Art Competition Archive

Art by Juliet Mevi

Makers of Artworks

Art making is what I do. I make art because the process brings me gratification and self fulfillment.

Challenges lie in constantly improving my art making and expanding my skills.

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Artwork by Davide Hurley

I paint to live

I was always a artist. After high school I enrolled in a commercial art school. It was not for me. I got married and moved to the country and lived in a geodesic dome. I opened a printed t-shirt business and had art shows to stay alive. Eventually I moved back to the city and went to work for a sign company. Now and then I would show my art with other artists.

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Drawing by Maria

His creation

I am a wife, mother of 4 children that took up art after neglecting it for many years. I find art gives me the opportunity to get away from everyday life and its a place where I can just get perspective again. Art has taken on a very special place in my life currently. Since I just started I find that art in itself a challenge, meaning it is hard to start from scratch.

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Paintings and Portraits

Paintings and Portraits

Hi,

My name is Ovidiu Iovanel, I am from Romania, Europe. I am an architect, but since 5 years I only do art (paintings and portraits). For me, painting is a lifestyle.

I want to get to paint in oil in photorealistic style. I am fascinated by the Trompe L’oeil style and international painters such as Michael Lassel.

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Painting by James Burns

Painting by James Burns

Help make these mediocre paintings come to life with a formal Drawing Academy Course

I am a 66 yo practicing physician recently diagnosed with a not so fun diagnosis. I have always enjoyed doodling and was guided by my architecturally trained mother on those intermittent occasions when we happened to be talking about drawing and architecture but no formal training.

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Drawing by Orlando Nah

Drawing by Orlando Nah

MY ART JOURNEY

My name is Orlando Nah and I live in Camalote, a small village in the country of Belize. I can reflect to a day whilst in class, almost 45 years ago, our teacher asked the entire class to draw anything and write about it. I took one of the encyclopedia from our school library and as I flipped thru the pages, I saw a rat and decided to draw it. I drew the rat, colored it and wrote about it. This is a very fond memory of mine because it was on this day that I discovered I had a talent, I knew how to draw! My teacher and my class mates were amazed by the fine work that I did. This marked the beginning of my journey as an artist. Every opportunity I got I drew. I did drawings from magazines and comic books, basically anything I could get my hands on.

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Christopher’s Art

Drawing by Christopher Pam

Art is everything in my life I eat, breath, sleep art. I want to learn the essential and time honoured skills of the old masters to express myself freely.

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Artwork by Jeffrey Phillips

Life at its fullest

I am a senior with a gift from God – art.

Art, creativity and design is evidenced everywhere, just open you eyes. The challenge is how to imortalize it in an artwork. I strive to do this in every endevour whether it’s a pencil sketch , pastel or oil.

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Artwork by Shirley Mandeville

Light from Heaven

My maternal grandma who died when I was a fetus was an artist. So was my paternal aunt who found her gift at my age now. She and a college friend told me I had talent I should develop. My career as a Nurse Practitioner and a Wife/Mom kept me too busy but my soul craved Art. I see and feel God when light reaches out on a person or through the trees or clouds. I want to share that feeling through art but have limited skills. I had the privilege of painting this scene recently with guidance from a talented artist but she retired from teaching and I need help. I have only used pencil and oil media and done 3 study still lifes and this one landscape.

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