Art Competition Archive

Story and artwork from Willy van Dregt

You already know my name: Willy. I am living in the Netherlands. I paint everyday, mainly watercolor. My drawing skills are not that good, so that is my biggest challenge.

Story and artwork from Gerhard Laubser

I am 40 born in SA. Art has a big interest in my life and finding something unique is always on my mind.

Story and artwork from Ralph Nicoloff

Essentially, what I do is capture an actual moment or event about me or someone else in conversation and capture it as an art piece!

Artwork by Anxhela

My name is Anxhela.

I am currently studying architecture. Painting is one of my greatest passion and joy in my life.

I have always try to challenge myself in new experimentations in painting to find out how my true art is.

I’m shadow. Art takes half of my life. It is challenging and I would like to improve my drawing skills. I want to learn fundamental techniques that are taught in the Drawing Academy course.

Story and artwork from Charles Gilliam

My name is Charles Gilliam, but everyone calls me “Chuck.” I grew up in the Air Force. We averaged moving every 26 months. While that might sound rough I loved it. New people, new places, new things to see and experience. It was a great life, for me. And through it all, art held a special place for me. My Mom and Dad supported my art endeavors, providing me with the materials I needed to create images of the places we went and the people we saw.

Story and artwork from Jason O’ Donnell

Hi, my name is Jason. I am a self-taught artist based in Cork, Ireland.

Artwork from Sikhulile Nyathi

I am a passionate Afrocentric budding artist, who has been fascinated with wildlife in Africa

Story and artwork from Alexander Zyuzin

Hi, my name is Alexander.

As probably most of the participants in the competition, I have been drawing since childhood. My parents wanted me to become an engineer and under their influence I got an education in IT and worked for a long time as a software engener and systems analyst, but all my life I tried to draw. Unfortunately until recently I did not have the opportunity to devote enough time to drawing. About a year ago, I decided to take up drawing seriously and paint every day. Of course, there were breaks from time to time, but on the whole I coped with it and I started to get work that I was happy with.

Story and artwork from Tony Vivirito

I’m a southerner and like most of them I spend a lot of time out doors. I have been fishing and hunting all of my life both for the excitement but as I look deeper for the beauty of them and their environment.

Drawing and painting has been a passion in my life from childhood as I loved coloring books.