Mam Awards 2011: Portrait Nominations For Best Artwork

The Making a Mark Prize for Best Artwork - Portrait / Figures 2011 aims to celebrate too highlight excellence inward portraiture and/or artwork predominantly involving figures

Below you lot tin cease honour the nominations I received for the  best flick (portrait/figure) on an fine art weblog inward 2011.

• I've nevertheless to select a locomote for my nomination. I'll thus hold out selecting 3 industrial plant to dice forwards every bit the shortlist for you lot to the vote on for the best nevertheless life flick on fine art weblog inward 2011. 
• I'll hold out including larger images of the three shortlisted industrial plant inward the invitation to vote for the winner.
• You thus choose until 29th Dec to vote for the locomote you lot hollo upwardly is the best (ie voting closes a infinitesimal later on midnight GMT on 30th December )

This is a link to the

• Landscape Nominations for Best Artwork
• Still Life Nominations for Best Artwork
• Natural World Nominations for Best Artwork

The details of the nomination procedure too criteria for submissions tin cease hold out constitute in Nominate the Best Artwork (Portraits/Figures) on a weblog inward 2011

Now for the nominations.....




Nomination: Girl alongside Lambs past times Antii Rautiolla
Post: Girl alongside Lambs
Nominated by: Casey Klahn

Mr. Rautiola, of Helsinki, paints his 3 daughters every bit subjects, too the results are intimate, too at the same fourth dimension they choose an "everyman" aspect. The angular lighting of his scenes adds to this effect.

The liberate application of his pigment keeps these otherwise personally of import scenes at the viewer's level, too thus at that spot is no barrier betwixt the viewer too the ideas the creative mortal is presenting.

Simply wonderful.

This Girl alongside lambs icon adds a herd of domestic animals to the kid scene. The lambs are every bit attentive to what the fille brings every bit I am to what the creative mortal does!

Nomination: "Leah at Sea" past times Taryn Day (Awake too Painting)
Post: Leah at Sea
Nominated by: Rose Welty

Taryn's treatment of the pigment seems to reverberate Leah's personality. You right away sympathize that Leah is confident too adventurous

Scarlet past times Zachary Proctor
24" x 24", oil

Nomination: "Scarlet" past times Zachary Proctor (Sketchbook)
Post: # 46 Scarlet
Nominated by:  Regula Scheifele

I'd similar to nominate the wonderful portrait "Scarlet" past times Zachary Proctor, business office of an ongoing serial of what is to hold out 100 portraits.

As the creative mortal stated: "These paintings (sketches) are all 24"x 24" too are completed for the most business office inward 1 session. My finish is to create 100 too choose a demo alongside all of them."

I similar the icon nominated because – apart from beingness really good executed – Zachary Procter manages to pigment a really pleasing portrait of a child, catching her sweetness too innocence without drifting into 'overly sugariness too kitschy'.

As alongside all the portraits inward this series, Scarlett is shown face-on, no surroundings, single-colored background. Nothing is taking away from the whimsical, contemplative human face on Scarlet's face.

It's likewise worth looking at all the portraits inward this serial – unique individuals portraits alongside insight passion

Black Lord's Day past times Dirk Dizmirsky
Graphite on paper, heightened alongside white ink
25.6" x 20.5" (65 x 52 cm)

Nomination:  "Black Sun" past times Dirk Dzimirsky (Dirk Dzimirsky - Drawings)
Post:  Black Sun
Nominated by:  Jessica Rosemary Shepherd

Firstly, this slice is a huge achievement showing Dirk's amazing drawing skills too his patience. The tonal variation is remarkable too he has approached this portrait alongside sensitivity too wonder.

When I await at this piece, I experience sad, but I likewise experience thunderstruck at how amazing too inspiring life is. The contradiction of these feelings leaves me feeling puzzled which agency I await at the portrait 1 time again too 1 time again for longer too longer until I experience lost inward it. The slice has a timeless character to it. It's uncomplicated too non fussy. I would gladly choose this on my wall, fifty-fifty though I don't know the human depicted. It's busting alongside life, fifty-fifty though at that spot is no color too no movement. From the shiny eyes to the piddling chip of spittle on the lips -there is a mood of anticipation inward this piece. I can't assistance but wonder what the human is thinking about? What he wants too where he's been? Who he's loved, who he's lost...

Nomination: David Boles (Cobalt Blues)
Post:  Candlelight II
Nominated by: Jeanette Jobson

I'd similar to nominate David Boles for Best Portrait/figure for his drawing Candlelight II on his weblog Cobalt Blues. David uses silverpoint too inward this piece, a affect of gouache. His drawing is thus technically sound, something that is seen less too less these days, that it becomes optic catching. His depiction of texture too values using silverpoint is masterful.

Preserving drawing abilities is crucial to all artists too highlighting a slice that shows the technique at its finest helps convey it to the forefront again.

"Veiled" past times Johanna Spinks
10" x 10"

Nomination: "Veiled" past times Johanna Spinks (Portrait Painting Patter past times Johanna Spinks)
Post: How to pigment eyes...What was I thinking?
Nominated by: Marie Theron

Johanna Spinks is a portrait creative mortal that I admire really much. She industrial plant from the model, is comfortable to pigment alongside a crowd watching too blogs inward a pleasant too chatty form of way.

The spontaneous industrial plant oft choose an Old Masterly experience to it. I instruct the impression that this creative mortal does non e'er rely on photographs.

Raccoon past times Rosie McClelland
petroleum on canvas
lx x 100cm

Nomination: Raccoon" past times Rosie McClelland (Rosie McClelland Art)
Post: Finished Pastel Portrait of Nick
Nominated by: self-nomination

This is Nick. The icon shows who he is non only what he looks like

Anastasia past times Maria Villioti

Nomination: ''Anastasia" Maria Villioti (Art breaths / pnoes texnis)
Post:  /search?q=mam-awards-2011-landscape-nominations
Nominated by: self-nomination
(no comment) 

Laughed Ray past times Tilen

Nomination: "Laughed Ray" past times Tilen (Tilen Artplanet)
Post: #136 • Laughed Ray
Nominated by: self-nomination

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