Self-portrait in Lockdown, oil on linen, 34 x 33½" (86 x 85 cm)William F. Draper Grand Prize Winner
Sponsored by: American Art Collector, Jack Richeson & Co., Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited.
Paul Newton, NSW, Australia
Autumnal Hymn, oil, 37½ x 29" (95 x 73 cm)First Place Painting
Sponsored by: American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine, Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited.
Alex Venezia, Virginia, USA
Distanciation, charcoal, sanguine, chalk and pierre noire, 54.33 x 39" (137 x 99 cm)First Place Drawing
Sponsored by: Airfloat Systems, American Art Collector, Artefex, Artwork Archive, Natural Pigments, Portrait Society of America, Portraits, Inc. and Silver Brush Limited.
Shane Wolf, Missouri, USA
Hsin P. Soh, stone sculpture, 11 x 10 x 26" (27 x 25 x 66 cm)First Place Sculpture
Sponsored by: American Art Collector, Jack Richeson & Co., Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co. and Silver Brush Limited.
Jie Liu, Hebei, China
A Portrait Painters Painter, oil on canvas, 25½ x 29½" (64 x 74 cm)Second Place
Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials, FM Brush Company, Jack Richeson & Co., Masterworks Frames, Natural Pigments, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America and Rosemary & Co.
Frances Bell, Northumberland, UK
Auroral Continuum, oil, 39¾ x 23¾" (100 x 60 cm)Third Place
Sponsored by: Gamblin Artists Colors, Jack Richeson & Co., New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co. and Scottsdale Artists’ School.
Ron Hicks, Colorado, USA
Harriet in the Garden, oil, 40 x 30" (101 x 76 cm)Fourth Place
Sponsored by: Ampersand Art Supply, Artefex, Fabriano, Golden Artist Colors’ Williamsburg Oil Colors, Jack Richeson & Co., New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America and Winsor & Newton.
Jennifer Welty, California, USA
Mom, oil, 24 x 36" (60 x 91 cm)Fifth Place
Sponsored by: Ampersand Art Supply, Holbein Artist Materials, Natural Pigments, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Raphael and Silver Brush Limited.
Matteo Caloiaro, Florida, USA
A Lonely Man’s Self-Portrait in 2022, watercolor, 20 x 14" (50 x 35 cm)1st Honor Award
Sponsored by: Artefex, Natural Pigments, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co., Silver Brush Limited and SourceTek.
Chung-Wei Chien, Taiwan
Garden of Creation, oil, 36 x 36" (91 x 91 cm)2nd Honor Award
Sponsored by: FM Brush Company, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co. and Silver Brush Limited.
Scott Burdick, North Carolina, USA
Portrait of an Artist, bronze, serpentine marble, 25 x 17 x 10" (63 x 43 x 25 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Blue Ridge Oil Colors, Gamblin Artists Colors, Portrait Society of America and Raymar.
Rick Casali, Maryland, USA
Rev. W. Andrew Waldo, oil, 40 x 45" (101 x 114 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: M. Graham & Co., Masterworks Frames, Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited.
Joseph Daily, New York, USA
Vanitas 23, graphite on paper, 23½ x 18" (59 x 45 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Blue Ridge Oil Colors, EdgeProGear, Plaza Art and Portrait Society of America.
Hiroshi Hayakawa, Ohio, USA
The Abduction of Time, oil on linen, 36 x 48" (91 x 121 cm)Exceptional Merit and People’s Choice Awards
Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, New Wave Fine Art Products, RGH Artists’ Oil Paints, Inc., Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited.
Ruth Fitton, West Yorkshire, UK
Years, oil, 40 x 30" (101 x 76 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials, Fabriano and Sennelier, Jack Richeson & Co., Masterworks Frames and Portrait Society of America.
Fengshi Jin, New York, USA
Farewell the Trumpets, oil on board, 55.9 x 44.8" (141 x 113 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Michael Harding Handmade Paints, Portrait Society of America and The DaVinci Studios.
Sean Layh, Victoria, Australia
Dreaming on the Edge of Time [Leo], graphite, 12½ x 14" (31 x 35 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Golden Artist Colors’ PanPastel, Michael Harding Handmade Paints, Plaza Art and Portrait Society of America.
Janvier Rollande, Maine, USA
His Nurturer, oil on linen, 43 x 31" (104 x 78 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, Natural Pigments, Plaza Art, Portrait Society of America, Raymar and SourceTek.
Pramod Kurlekar, Maharashtra, India
Ivy age 4, oil, 26.3 x 46" (66 x 116 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Golden Artist Colors, Michael Harding Handmade Paints, Plaza Art, Portrait Society of America and Winsor & Newton.
Jamie Routley, London, UK
Sadé, oil on linen, 48 x 36" (121 x 91 cm)Exceptional Merit Award
Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials, Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials, Plaza Art and Portrait Society of America.
Robert Strickland, Ontario, Canada
SPONSORS
The 25th annual International Portrait Competition was made possible by the generous contributions of a variety of organizations that joined us in supporting the arts through our educational mission. Our sincerest thanks to the following sponsors.
Diamond
American Art Collector, International Artist, Jack Richeson & Co., Silver Brush Limited,
Platinum
Artwork Archive
Gold
Artefex, Blick Art Materials, Fabriano, FM Brush Company, Gamblin Artists Colors, Michael Harding Handmade Paints, Natural Pigments, Plaza Art, Portraits, Inc., Raphael, Raymar, Rosemary & Co., Sennelier
Silver
Blue Ridge Oil Colors, Golden Artist Colors, Masterworks Frames, New Wave Fine Art Products, PanPastel Artist Pastels, SourceTek, The DaVinci Studios, Williamsburg Oil Colors
Bronze
Airfloat Systems, Ampersand Art Supply, Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials, EdgeProGear, Holbein Artist Materials, M. Graham & Co., RGH Artists’ Oil Paints, Inc., Scottsdale Artists’ School, Winsor & Newton