Artistic Excellence 2019 - Southwest Art Magazine

Meet the Winners

By Kim Agricola

First Place: Drew Keilback, FoxTrot, oil, 18 x 36.

This story was featured in the December 2019/January 2020 issue of Southwest Art magazine. Get the Southwest Art December 2019/January 2020 print issue or digital download now–then subscribe to Southwest Art and never miss another story.

We are happy to present the winners of this year’s ninth 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 1,000 entries, but these 13 works are the ones that most captured our attention. The winning artists hail from across the United States as well as from Canada, Poland, and Greece, but their paintings speak the international language of art.