Each year, the Portrait Society of America hosts an international portrait competition at its annual conference. Of the many submissions, the judges winnow the field down to the top fifteen paintings, which are then voted upon by the attendees of the conference. The final fifteen for the 2009 Art of the Portrait Conference are listed below.
Before the medal winners are announced at the Gala Award Banquet scheduled for Saturday evening, April 25, I'd like to hear for whom you'd vote, and compare your choices to those made by the members attending the conference. The award categories for the show, in descending order, are the William F. Draper Grand Prize, Best in Show, First Place, Second Place, and First Honors (the top Honor Award winner).
The poll can be found in the sidebar to the left of this post.
Casey Baugh Allure
Garth Herrick Bella
Amy Kann Self Portrait in Field of Birch
David Kassan My Aunt Dale
Jeremy Lipking David Tanner
Wenquan Liu Relax
Susan Lyon Amusement
Tim Norman Francesca
Tony Pro Sassy
Sylvia Pydych The War
Robert K. Semans Portrait of a Gentleman
Joseph Todorovitch Antiques
Jeffrey Watts Liz
Lea Colie Wight Waiting
Jian Wu Asami in Chinese Dress
4 comments:
Hey Matthew what a great blog! I can´t open some pictures in a larger view, I had that problem in my blog and it was because when I moved the pictures down the html code for the link broke. Maybe it's the same problem!
Anyway great art and great paintings thank you!
Hard choice, can I vote three times?
Its just ridiculously tough. I'm envious, because I wish we could see a field of such fine portraitists and works in UK competitions.
Thanks for your post about the portraits and your great blog...it's always a good hit of inspiration when I check it out!
-Cort
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