Teine koht pastellmaali katergoorias ja Honorable Mention auhind akvarelli kategoorias Ameerika Portreekunsti Ühingu korraldatud võistlusel.

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Aapo,

 

Congratulations! Your work Kelly won Second Place in the Pastel category of the Member Showcase Competition. Additionally, your work Aaron won Honorable Mention in the Watercolor category.

 

We were very excited last year to offer multiple categories for the Members Only Competition, and in 2009, we took it further in offering a multi-category competition option by medium of choice.  The number of entries was again unprecedented, and the quality of the work this year made it particularly challenging for our judge. 

 

Included in the criteria for judging were competent drawing skills; evidence of the artist's understanding of anatomy; and whether color, where applicable, and form were used appropriately in achieving the mood, capturing the overall subject and rendering the form as the artist's intended to interpret them.  After these criteria were applied, the work was reviewed for its compositional strengths, risk taking and uniqueness of overall composition.  The Portrait Society’s competitions are not just about showcasing a Classical view, but instead intend to showcase a realistic artistic perspective with foundations based in tradition and the strength to find new pathways of interpretation.

 

We greatly appreciate you sharing your artwork with us through this competition, and I would encourage you to enter additional works in the upcoming International Portrait Competition, as well as next year’s Member Showcase Competition. 

 

Again, congratulations and wishing you all the best in the New Year.

 

Sincerely,

 

Christine Egnoski

Executive Director