Meet the winners!
We are happy to present the winners of this year’s eighth annual Artistic Excellence competition. The competition is open to artists around the world, with no restrictions on medium or subject matter. This year we received more than 1,500 entries, but the 13 works on the following pages are the ones that most captured our attention. The winning artists hail from across the United States as well as from Canada, Austria, and Taiwan, but their works speak the universal language of art. Congratulations to all!
First Place | Bruce Lawes
Second Place | Loren DiBenedetto
Third Place | Jesse Lane
Honorable Mention | Alexandra Averbach
Honorable Mention | John White
Honorable Mention | Robbie Fitzpatrick
Honorable Mention | Lynette Cook
Honorable Mention | Wendy Liang
Honorable Mention | Jolanda Richter
Honorable Mention | William Schneider
Honorable Mention | Ya-Jen Ku
Honorable Mention | Dhwani Parekh
Honorable Mention | Elise Zoller