Awards of Exeptional Merit
Anna Rose Bain, Westminster, CO, USA Silent Snowfall, oil on linen, 36 x 30" (91 x 76 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Haynes Galleries, Gamblin Artists Colors and Savoir-faire
Rick Casali, Galesville, MD, USA Helena Augusta, patinated plaster, 22 x 22 x 10" (56 x 56 x 25 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Haynes Galleries, Gamblin Artists Colors and Silver Brush Limited
Marc Chatov, Buckhead, GA, USA Braids, oil, 40 x 30" (102 x 76 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited
Yuan Dong, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China Listen, oil on linen, 60 x 80 cm (24 x 31") Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Fredericksburg Artists’ School
Michelle Dunaway, Albuquerque, NM, USA Portrait of Richard Schmid, oil on linen, 40 x 27" (102 x 69 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited
Natalia Fabia, Costa Mesa, CA, USA I’m OK, oil, 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Savoir-faire
Rose Frantzen, Maquoketa, IA, USA Perhaps an Impossible Home for Invisible Dreams, oil, 48 x 50” (122 x 127 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Studio Incamminati School for Contemporary Realist Art People’s Choice Award Sponsored by: HK Holbein, Atlantic Papers and Silver Brush Limited
Daniel Gerhartz, Kewaskum, WI, USA Dancing on Air, oil, 36 x 40" (91 x 102 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Natural Pigments
Seth Haverkamp, Norris, TN, USA Sitting on the Moon, oil on panel, 24 x 36" (61 x 91 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Savoir Faire
Pramod Kurlekar, Vasai, Maharashtra, India Light My Fire, oil on linen, 30 x 28" (76 x 71 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Baumgaertner Videos
George Pratt, Sarasota, FL, USA Mary, Arms Upraised, mixed media, 18 x 18" (46 x 46 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited and Ampersand Art Supply
Mary Sauer, Saratoga Springs, UT, USA A Little Bit of Everything, A Great Deal of None, oil, 18 x 24" (46 x 61 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co. and Baumgaertner Videos
Dan Thompson, Staten Island, NY, USA Heff, graphite, 18 x 24" (46 x 61 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited and Rosemary & Co.
Elizabeth Zanzinger, Oakland, CA, USA Night Forest, oil, 26 x 28" (66 x 71 cm) Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Blick Art Materials