Congratulations to the 7th Annual Black & White Best in Show winners Maxwell G. Miller (Traditional) and Steve Stratis (Photography & Digital).
Anand Manchiraju is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist based in India. He considers himself an artist by birth, photographer by profession and sculptor by practice.
Annik Janssens is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning animal and wildlife artist. She is based in Belgium and she strives to convert her passion for animals into realistic pastel portraits where she tries to approach the character of the animal as much as possible.
Barbara Mierau-Klein is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning digital artist and photographer. She is based in the Washington, DC area but she travels extensively indulging in her passion for landscape & nature photography and digital compositing.
Carina Imbrogno is a self-taught, internationally award winning artist and illustrator based in Connecticut, USA. She paints and draws in a realistic style and the details she infuses into her work breathes life into the subjects of her drawings and paintings.
Cheryl L. Hrudka is an award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Arizona, USA. She has been a professional photographer and artist for more than 30 years.
Christopher Forrest is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning contemporary artist based in Brigantine, New Jersey, USA. Living on a NJ coastal island his focus is on painting everyday marine environments with wildlife in oils and acrylics.
Christopher Forslund is an award-winning photographer artist based in South Dakota, USA. He is a US based landscape photographer and full time RV Nomad. His images are featured in online galleries throughout the United States.
Daniel Forster is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning fine art photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. A few years ago, he picked up a digital camera and hasn’t looked back.
Diamante Lavendar is an award-winning, inspirational author and artist based in the Midwest, USA. She creates art highlighting spirituality and the human condition.
Diane Liguori is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning author, illustrator and contemporary fine artist. She is based in both Northern California and New Mexico, splitting her time between Healdsburg and Santa Fe.
Diane Morgan is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist based in the Palm Springs area of California, USA. After a successful career in advertising, and as Public Art Administrator for the City of Palm Springs, she now teaches art classes and paints full-time.
Elena Ansaloni is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, self-taught artist. She is based in Turin, Italy and her artistic journey began in high school. It was there she discovered her passion for drawing animals.
Elizabeth Kayl is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning fine art photographer based in Loveland, Colorado, USA. As a photographer by passion and not trade, she is intrigued by both the ordinary and extraordinary.
Emily L. Joseph is an award-winning mixed media abstract artist based in New York State, USA. Her work is vivid and fluid, taking on a life of its own as it tells a story – her story.
Gabriele Gracine is an award-winning, self-taught digital artist based in Colorado, USA. Gabriele creates art for the pure joy of the experience and in an attempt to bring the power of beauty to the world.
Jan Lowe is a an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist and instructor. She is based in Ventnor, Victoria, Australia and works in a variety of media including scratchboard, ink, pastels, watercolor, acrylic and oil, to name a few.
Jana Jaros is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist based in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. Although she primarily considers herself a figurative painter, Jana’s history and subject matter varies from figures to landscapes, still life, murals and scenic/set backdrops.
Jaren Dahlstrom is an award-winning artist based in California, USA. For the past 20+ years he has been working on his “abstract reality” series of paintings. These surrealistic fractured light paintings are based on the concept of how reflections create abstracted images.
Jay Decker is an award-winning impressionist painter based in Texas, USA. He began painting later in life after giving himself painting lessons for his birthday. His impressionistic paintings capture his subject with depth and character.
Joan Marie Giampa is an award-winning artist, designer and educator based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. After many years working in graphic design in the corporate sector, Joan is now a full-time artist working on a new series of paintings and a book.
Joe A. Oakes is an award-winning landscape artist based in Southern California, USA. After previous careers as an art teacher, art consultant and graphic designer, he is now a full-time artist.
Judy Belleci is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, self-taught photographer and digital artist. She is based in Sprague River, Oregon, USA. Her body of work is eclectic, colorful, and infinitely creative.
Lillian Anna Blouin is an award-winning, hyper realistic artist based in Newport Beach, California, USA. A devoted student of hyper-realism Lillian’s unique style of painting seeks to bridge together the worlds of the real and the unreal. Each piece is a surreal exploration of everyday objects with multiple interpretations behind each painting.
Linda McCord is an international award-winning artist based in Washington, USA. Her work has been described as abstract realism and she works in most of the two-dimensional mediums.
Lisa Daniels is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, abstract artist based in Washington State, USA. Inspired by nature and architecture, Lisa creates striking acrylic abstract works on canvas featuring strong geometric lines and bright color palettes.
Lyn Darlington is an award-winning photographer and digital artist based on the Central Coast in New South Wales, Australia. Lyn’s art stirs emotions and draws attention to the beauty of the wildlife and animals.
Nicholas Kozis is an award-winning, digital artist based in Los Angeles, California, USA. For more than two decades, he has pursued a successful career in digital animation and fine arts.
Nijat Burjiyev is a Los Angeles, California, USA based digital artist with a passion for graphic design. Through his lens, Nijat captures the beauty of the world around him, exploring the interplay of light, texture, and color.
Nina Antonakes is an award-winning artist based Ontario Canada. Her work tends to revolve around life in all its forms and the whimsical side of the human experience.
Ruth Egnater is an award winning artist based in Perry, Michigan, USA. Her art is whimsical, not realistic but a playful dose of her imagination and humor.
Zach Gastley is an award-winning illustrator and street artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. An Atlanta-born street artist, Zach has been making art his whole life with the intent to emphasize the beauty within randomness, using abstract art to explore the concepts around how we perceive and add value to natural forms.
