2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions (Part 19): Threats, Masks, Peace, Costumes, Frustration, Play, Dreams, Floral, Geometric, More

Thom Bierdz
9 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 soon 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..

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.

CARLOS ANTONIO RANCANO USA www.CarlosRancano.com “9–5” 36x36” Oil on canvas.

RITA PAUL INDIA https://www.instagram.com/ritzpaul/ “Beautiful Sadness” 30x30cm Digital painting.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE olena.info@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “Altar Of Hope. Based On News Photos Of The Shelling Of Ukrainian Cities” 30x56" Triptych Acrylic on canvas. In 6 categories:

MICHAL STRASKA SLOVAKIA www.michalstraska.com “Pope Francis” 58x40cm Pencil on paper.

HEEJUN HAM REPUBLIC OF KOREA “The Building Of Inside” 38.1x50.8cm Acrylic on board.

BIRGIT STERN GERMANY www.birgit-stern.de “Seafood” 100x70cm Oil on canvas.

EDWARD CORONEL PHILIPPINES “Rays Of The Sun” 64x44” Oil on canvas. 2 categories

SUMANTA BORUAH USA https://www.instagram.com/artistgaon/ “Twilight Sparkle” 24x36” Oil on canvas. Category 36.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “In Search Of Universal Harmony. Study Of The Interaction Of Colors In The Form Of Linear Vibrations” 36x30" Acrylic on canvas. ABSTRACT

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sandstone 9” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Seaweed 3” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

YEVHEN SAMUCHENKO UKRAINE https://q-l-n.com/shop/beauty-of-ukraine/two-ice-creams/ “Two Ice Creams” 28x28” Photo.

EMERSON WEIN USA “Puppeteer Of Emotions” 12x21” Charcoal and acrylic.

JENNA KIM USA “(In)Significance” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

JENNA KIM USA “Sushi In Bikini” 24x18” Acrylic on board.

JENNA KIM USA “A Distant Dream” Digital.

JENNA KIM USA “A New World” Digital

CHANTILLY LEE USA “Instant Diety” 13x18” Acrylic on board.

CHANTILLY LEE USA “Under My Mind” 8x11” Micropen on paper.

CHANTILLY LEE USA “MY NY” 11x17” Pen and watercolor on paper.

CHANTILLY LEE USA “Glubby Talks” 15x10.5” Acrylic on board.

CHANTILLY LEE USA “His Body, His Bikini” 18x24” Pen and Watercolor on

paper.

CHANTILLY LEE USA “#BringYourUmbrella” 10.5x13” Acrylic on board.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Little Watchers” 50x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Memory Of You” 50x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Aromatic Morning” 50x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Very Lazy Sunday” 70x50cm Acrylic on canvas.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Hi There” 50x40cm Acrylic on canvas.

KATARZYNA MELZACKA POLAND www.artuszko.pl “Morning Coffee” 40x30cm Acrylic on canvas.

DONGHA KIM SOUTH KOREA “Double Sided Life” 38x51cm Acrylic on paper.

DONGHA KIM SOUTH KOREA “Breakdown Of Shell” 55x78cm Charcoal and acrylic on paper.

DONGHA KIM SOUTH KOREA “The Mask For Society” 60x78cm Acrylic and charcoal on paper.

SACHIN DURGAM USA “Fluorescent Reverie” 24x18" Acrylic on board.

SACHIN DURGAM USA “The Roots Of Rage” 18x24" Acrylic on board.

SACHIN DURGAM USA “A Suspended Existence” 24x18" Pencil on paper.

HUANG TING CHINA “Hidden Deer” 150x200cm Acylic on canvas.

JOHANNA LEE USA “Life In A Glass” 12x16" Acrylic on canvas.

JOHANNA LEE USA “Tranquility” 18x14” Acrylic on canvas.

JOHANNA LEE USA “Colors Of Devotion” 28x22” Acrylic on canvas.

JOHANNA LEE USA “Freedom Of Flight” 9x12” Acrylic on mixed media paper.

JOHANNA LEE USA “Colors Of Black” 8.5x11” Acrylic on mixed media paper.

JOHANNA LEE USA “White Lies” 8.5x13” Acrylic on mixed media paper.

SEOHYUN KIM USA “Chasing Hope” 17x13" Acrylic on board.

SEOHYUN KIM USA “Confined” 17x16" Acrylic on board.

DOREEN LEE SOUTH KOREA “My Life As A Student” 31x41cm Acrylic on canvas Surrealism

ASHLEY WENG USA “Concrete Consumption” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

ASHLEY WENG USA “Natural Selection” 18x24” Acrylic on board.

BATHMAWATHY G INDIA https://www.artistbathmawathy.com/ “Day Dreamer” 24x24" Charcoal on canvas. Realism — Animal Category

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “Disappearing Winter. Climate Change Series” 24x36" Acrylic on canvas.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “Winter Tree. Climate Change Series” 31x47" Acrylic on canvas.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “War Landscape” 20x30" Acrylic on canvas. in POLITICAL COMMENTARY & REALISM — LANDSCAPE

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sandstone 6” 28x45” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Lobster Ropes 5” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sandstone 11” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

SEOHYUN KIM USA “Behind The Bar” 18x18" Acrylic on board.

MICHAL STRASKA SLOVAKIA www.michalstraska.com “Having Lunch” 54x40cm Pencil on paper.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sumac 2” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sandstone 16” 54.9x28” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Queen Annes’ Lace” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

WILLIAM GILLULY USA https://1-william-gilluly.pixels.com “Sandstone 12” 24x24” Manipulated photography- landscape or still life.

DOREEN LEE SOUTH KOREA “The Endangered Meerkats” 40x30cm Acrylic on gesso board. Surrealism

JENNA KIM USA “Freedom Of Expression” 12x24” Oil on board.

JENNA KIM USA “(In)Significance” 12x24” Acrylic on board.

STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY http://www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Flying Dreams” 70x50cm Oil on canvas, collage.

SACHIN DURGAM USA “The Last Cliffside Sunset” 8x12" Pen and ink.

DOREEN LEE SOUTH KOREA “The Endangered Ring-Tailed Lemur” 31.5x41.5cm Color pencil. Impressionism-animal

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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.