2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions (Part 20): Precious Stone, Surreal, Landscape, Animal, Figure, Abstract, Minimal, More

Thom Bierdz
8 min readAug 31, 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.

SAMUEL KIM USA “Crab Falling” 12x24” Acrylic on canvas.

ELENA BELYAVKSYA USA “View From Lobos Portuguese Cliffs” 40x50cm Oil on canvas. Category: Impressionism Landscape

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Deep Tenacity” 36x60" Oil on panel with semi precious stones.

KAREN SEQUEIRA USA “The Horsemen“ 30x38” Acrylic.

IRENE PARK USA “Food Chain” 24x24" Acrylic on board.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Duality” 12x24" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

HEYON CHOI USA “Spring Inspired By Arcimboldo” 23x15” Digital. Self-po

HEYON CHOI USA “Living Room Arrangement” 34x24” Charcoal. Realism — Still Life

HEYON CHOI USA “Polar Bear In The Manmade Arctic” 16x23” Acrylic. Futurism

LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Seconds To Zoomies” 36x36” Acrylic, ink, canvas. Expressionism Other and Minimalism

LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Wire Composition 5” 36x36” Wall paint, acrylic, modeling medium, bronze wire, canvas. Category: Innovative or Minimalism

HEYON CHOI USA “Animal Diner” 24x15” Digital. Digital-Repr

LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Heisenberg” 24x12” Acrylic, ink, canvas. Category: Minimalism

ELENA BELYAVKSYA USA “Como Lake Sailing” 35x45cm Oil on canvas. Category: Impressionism Landscape

SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Self-Portrait” 40x30cm Pastel on paper.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “Moonlight” 32x32" Acrylic on canvas.

HEYON CHOI USA “(Un)Aware” 8x12” Acrylic. Surrealism

LINDA IRWIN CANADA www.lindairwinartist.com “Still Waters (Ref Photo By Tracy Kerestesh)” 24x16" Acrylic on board. Category 33

LINDA IRWIN CANADA www.lindairwinartist.com “Have Your Cake And Wear It Too!” 14x11" Acrylic on board. Cat 2 & 19 & 32

LINDA IRWIN CANADA www.lindairwinartist.com “On The Fence” 16x20" Acrylic on board. Category 36

LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Two” 36x36” Acrylic, canvas. Category: Minimalism

LINDA REYMORE USA https://lindareymore.com “Crop Circle” 30x24” Acrylic, wall paint, screen material, modeling paste, canvas. Category: Minimalism

ELENA BELYAVKSYA USA “Graceful Flamingos” 30.5x23cm Oil on canvas. Category: Landscape with Life

ELENA BELYAVKSYA USA “Summer Day In The Park” 28x35.5cm Oil on canvas. Category: Impressionism Landscape

SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Cape Parrot” 30x40cm Pastel on paper.

SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Strange To Be Wandering In Mist” 50x70cm Pastel on paper.

SILVIA SCHMIDT GERMANY www.silvia-schmidt-farbreisen.de “Lost In Oneself (Ref Photo By Terence Porter)” 30x22.5cm Pastel on paper.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Ancient Webb” 11.5x40" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Golden Elegance” 27x54" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Harmony” 36x48" Oil on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Inner Connected” 28x55" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Inspiration” 40x55" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Quantum Depths” 36x60" Oil on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Serene” 28x57" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Brilliance” 11x28" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Emerging” 12x29" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Light In The Depths” 24x24" Oil on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Prosperity” 29x30" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Blossom” 29x31" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Artic” 29x31" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

TESA MICHAELS USA https://www.tesamichaels.com/ “Sunset Tide” 30x40" Mixed media on panel with semi precious stones.

JAY LIM USA “Overwhelming Anger” 18x24” Acrylic.

HEYON CHOI USA “Look Through The Leaves” 23x25x15” Natural material and mixed media on canvas. Innova

HEYON CHOI USA “Burn Through Me” 15x15” Mixed media. Self-po

HEYON CHOI USA “See This World Now” 34x26” Digital. Fantasy landscape & Digital Repr

HEYON CHOI USA “Rip Me Apart” 16x12” Digital. Art brut

HEYON CHOI USA “Set Me Free” 24x15” Acrylic. Art brut

LINDA IRWIN CANADA www.lindairwinartist.com “Into The Blue (Ref Photo By Randy Hall)” 20x16" Acrylic on board. Category 36

JOONKYU SHIM USA “Blood Moon” 9x12” Acrylic on board.

KAREN SEQUEIRA USA “Ruff’en It“ 26x36” Acrylic .

KAREN SEQUEIRA USA “As It Is So“ 26x36” Acrylic.

KAREN SEQUEIRA USA “Grace” 13x2” Acrylic on a feather.

MARIA MCCULLOCH BULGARIA https://mariamcculloch.com/ “Escape” 60x80cm Oil on canvas.

MARIA MCCULLOCH BULGARIA https://mariamcculloch.com/ “Fusion” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.

KAYLA J. PARK USA “Glitch In The Past” 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.

MARIA MCCULLOCH BULGARIA https://mariamcculloch.com/ “The Time” 54x65cm Oil on canvas.

MARIA MCCULLOCH BULGARIA https://mariamcculloch.com/ “Pearl” 35x45cm Oil on canvas.

YENA HWANG USA “A Sweet Treat” 10x12” Color pencil and gel pen.

OLENA MOSIYEVYCH USA-UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/olena.mosiyevych/ “Green” 36x60"Diptych Acrylic on canvas.

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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.