2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions (Part 18): Photo, Digital, Stained Glass, Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Fabric, Collage, More

Thom Bierdz
8 min readAug 30, 2023

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If you chase beauty like I do, you’ll love these August articles showing you the beautiful and diverse art entered so far from around the globe in the 2023 American Art Awards, scored next month by 20 of the best galleries in the USA, seen here:

Any sketcher, painter, digital artist, sculptor or photographer can enter online images by [extended deadline September 10]. There will be over 300 winners in 50 categories, who will receive great press. The 6 highest scores will receive cash prizes as well.

Online art images will be placed in the category where they have the best chance to win: oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, various photography, sculpture, digital, realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual, etc..

TERRY SCOPELLITI USA http://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” Ink jet print on metallic paper.

MOAZZAM ALI PAKISTAN www.moazzamali.com moazzamartist@hotmail.com “Woman with Pitcher” 30x21” Watercolor.

ESTELLA LI USA “Bufferin” Photo.

FLORIS BETROUW SURINAME https://www.instagram.com/flo_collection_art_sr/ “Self-Defense” 24x24” Hardboard, canvas, paper-mache, acrylic.

AIDEN OLSEN USA aidenolsen@sfhs.com “Koi Fish” 28x36cm Stained glass with beads and rocks on wood board. Category:Innovative

YOON JUNG NA SOUTH KOREA “The Origin” 30x200cm Textile with threads. SCULPTURE — REPRESENTATIONAL

JIA KIM USA “These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things” 20x12” Acrylic on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “Lady In Red” 36x36" Oil on canvas.

TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “The Shakuhachi Maker Performs” 20x13" Digital painting.

DOREEN LEE SOUTH KOREA “Door To Fantasy” 41.6x29.5cm Color pencil. Fantasy Landscape

TERRY SCOPELLITI USA http://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Pier Pose” Ink jet print on metallic paper.

TERRY SCOPELLITI USA http://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Male Scapes 601” Ink jet print on metallic paper.

TERRY SCOPELLITI USA http://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Male Scapes 511” Ink jet print on metallic paper.

YOON JUNG NA SOUTH KOREA “Robert Downey Jr” 48x33cm Color pencil on paper. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS

TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Nico” 9x12” Oil on paper.

TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Song Of Impermanence” 55x40cm Graphite pencil on paper.

TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “The Scientist” 18x15” Oil on canvas board.

TANDAFA LITHUANIA www.tandafa.com “To Be, Or Not To Be, An Artist In The Era Of AI? — You Won’t Give Up When You Love” 60x80cm Acrylic on board, paper (images generated by Midjourney). Innovative

MOAZZAM ALI PAKISTAN www.moazzamali.com “Sleeping Woman” 21x30” Watercolor.

IWONA WEISS POLAND https://www.instagram.com/unikat_we_wnetrzu/ “Bloodstream” 81x42cm Oil on board. futurism

IWONA WEISS POLAND https://www.instagram.com/unikat_we_wnetrzu/ “Green Eyes” 75x44cm Oil on board. innovative

GONG SOYEO SOUTH KOREA “Peter Pan Syndrome” 50x65cm Acrylic on canvas.

EMILY CHO SOUTH KOREA “Birth And Death” 50x76cm Acrylic on board.

EMILY CHO SOUTH KOREA “Complexity Of My Mind” 38x50cm Color pencil, acrylic on board.

SAVVAS KARAMPALASIS GREECE https://www.artstation.com/savvas_karampalasis “Humanity’s Parody” Digital.

Below are submissions from talented artists around the world. Feel free to browse their sites or contact them if interested in buying their work, which may turn out to be an American Art Awards winner in late October.

EUGENE LEE USA “Cold Feet” 18x24" Acrylic on canvas.

EUGENE LEE USA “Homebound Wanderer” 18x24" Acrylic on canvas.

EUGENE LEE USA “Path Of The Disturbed” 18x24" Acrylic on canvas.

EUGENE LEE USA “ ‘Salvation’ “ 12x18” Acrylic on canvas.

EUGENE LEE USA “ ‘Resurrection’ “ 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.

EUGENE LEE USA “Overflowing Gluttony” 18x12" Acrylic on canvas.

SEOWON LEE SOUTH KOREA “Importance Of Scent In One’s Mind” 53x65.1cm Oil on canvas.

SEOWON LEE SOUTH KOREA “Escape From Reality” 65.1x53cm Oil on canvas.

SEOWON LEE SOUTH KOREA “The Masked Angel” 65.1x53cm Oil on canvas.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Revisitation Of Nostalgia: The Immutable Place” 18x24" Digital photo.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Revisitation Of Nostalgia: The Beginning of Forever” 20x16" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Revisitation Of Nostalgia: Solidarity Communication” 18x24" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Revisitation Of Nostalgia: To New Life” 24x18" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Revisitation Of Nostalgia: The Person, The Place” 24x18" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “Releasing The Duchenne Smile” 24x18" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Sweet Life” 18x24" Digital photography.

JOSHUA SONG USA “The Power Of Tauntation” 24x18" Digital Photography

YE XINLIN CHINA “Uighur Girl” 50x70cm Oil on linen.

JIA KIM USA “Cactused” 15x12” Acrylic on canvas.

JIA KIM USA “May The Land On Which We Walk Be Blessed” 20x12” Acrylic on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “Yellow Umbrellas” 38x48" Oil on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “Reflections Of Tugboats” 30x40" Oil on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “New Fallen Snow” 30x40" Oil on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “Sunset On The Outer Banks” 11x14" Oil on canvas.

BRIAN PIER USA https://wwwbrianpierart.com “Catch Of The Day” 11x14" Oil on canvas.

HADI PANAHI IRAN/URMIA https://www.instagram.com/hadi_panahi_official/ “Axiom’s End” 47x20" Digital.

HADI PANAHI IRAN/URMIA https://www.instagram.com/hadi_panahi_official/ “Digitized Bodies” 47x20" Digital.

HADI PANAHI IRAN/URMIA https://www.instagram.com/hadi_panahi_official/ “Artificial Birth” 47x20" Digital.

HADI PANAHI IRAN/URMIA https://www.instagram.com/hadi_panahi_official/ “Utter Silence” 39x28" Digital.

ALLISON YI USA “Morning Shower” 20x24” Acrylic on board.

ESTELLA LI USA “The Staircase” Photo.

ESTELLA LI USA “Staring Into Loneliness” Photo.

ESTELLA LI USA “Making Me” 9x11” Charcoal on paper.

ESTELLA LI USA “Han Hye Jin” 9x11” Pencil on paper.

ESTELLA LI USA “Timeless Together” Photo.

YOON JUNG NA SOUTH KOREA “Phobia” 32x50cm Acrylic on board. SURREALISM

ALLISON YI USA “Gorilla Glam” 20x24” Acrylic on board.

YOON JUNG NA SOUTH KOREA “Repent” 45x52cm Oil on canvas, with thread on acrylic board. SURREALISM

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Thom Bierdz

One of Medium’s TOP ART CONTRIBUTORS, award-winning author, actor, film-maker, painter. 12 books: 6 on art. President of WAA & AAA & ACCA.