Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition

5 First Place Awards

$2000

Five (5) First Place Award Winners (one per category) will receive $2000 and a 1-year Artists Network Membership ($99.99 value).

5 Second Place Awards

$1000

Five (5) Second Place Award Winners (one per category) will receive $1000 and a 1-year Artists Network Membership ($99.99 value).

5 Third Place Awards

$500

Five (5) Third Place Award Winners (one per category) will receive $500 and a 1-year Artists Network Membership ($99.99 value).

Kathleen Hudson

Landscape + Cityscape

Kathleen Hudson is a plein air painter who emphasizes dynamic light and atmosphere in her works. A move from Lexington, Kentucky, to Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her family has resulted in new landscape subjects and painting challenges. When she’s not outside painting on location, she’s in the studio creating larger-scale landscapes. Hudson, a graduate of Harvard University, is a Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of America and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, and the second-youngest artist ever to be elected a Fellow in the American Society of Marine Artists. She’s also a member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America and California Art Club. Her work has won numerous plein air awards and is represented by galleries across the West.

David Kassan

Portrait + Figure

David Kassan is an acclaimed contemporary artist recognized for his deeply humanistic and emotive portraits. Based in the high desert of New Mexico, Kassan’s work captures the resilience and dignity of the human spirit, often focusing on themes of memory, identity and survival. With a career spanning more than 25 years, his art has been exhibited in venues worldwide, including the National Portrait Galleries in London and Washington, D.C. HIs work has also been featured in prominent publications like the LA Times. Beyond his studio practice, he is a passionate educator, sharing his craft through workshops, including an upcoming session in Urbino, Italy. Dedicated to honoring historical narratives, Kassan is currently working on a project painting the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers.

Adonna Khare

Animal + Wildlife

Adonna Khare creates large-scale drawings that combine realistic animal imagery with imaginary worlds and scenarios. “I draw how one might sculpt,” Khare says, using layers and layers of pencil on paper. Her work has been featured on NPR and in publications such as The Los Angeles Times, American Art Collector, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose and Artists Magazine. Her drawings have been shown in exhibitions at Crystal Bridges Art Museum, Boise Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Long Beach Art Museum and Yellowstone Art Museum, among others. Her art is also part of numerous collections around the world. Khare earned an MFA degree from California State University Long Beach.

Mona Monroe

Abstract + Experimental

Multi-disciplinary artist Mona Monroe was born in New York City and is currently based in Wyoming and Portland, Oregon. She received a B.A. with a major in printmaking from Goddard College, in Plainfield, Vermont, and also studied painting at the Moore College of Art & Design, in Philadelphia. Monroe has been accepted into the Wyoming Governor’s Capital Art Exhibition for several years and has received artist residencies at the Jentel Foundation, in Banner, Wyoming; Hypathia-In-The Woods, in Shelton, Washington; and the Centrum Foundation, in Pt. Townsend, Washington. Her work is part of private and public collections in the United States and internationally.

Lana Privitera

Still Life, Floral + Interior

Originally from Spain, Lana Privitera graduated in 1983 from the Fine Arts School of Zaragoza, where she majored in Fashion Design and Art History. After working in advertising for a few years, she moved to the U.S. in the early 1990s. Privitera has been working in watercolor for more than 20 years, and her realistic still life painting in the medium has garnered many awards in national and international competitions. She’s a Signature Member in the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America.