WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Watercolor / Figure: MCCORD, HASSEY, SHI ZHAI, DEGROAT, SUN, MAHOBE, GUOHZU, ÇEVIKCAN, ANNOSI & BHANDARI

6 min readJun 26, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 3: WATERCOLOR / FIGURE live in USA, CANADA, CHINA, INDIA, TURKEY & ITALY.

Artists from 79 countries competed in the 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: LINDA MCCORD

Born in California, Linda McCord now resides in Washington State. She works in most of the two-dimensional mediums and does fashion design in nuno felt. Once a medium becomes easy, she moves on to a new medium or revisits a medium to try new challenges. She was a gallery owner for 10 years, and taught painting and printmaking at her local college. Although McCord is mostly self-taught, she has taken numerous international awards including the prestigious gold award at MiKiHASi, Memories, international Film online exhibit for her “In the 90's” watercolor series. Her art is in the collection of museums, churches, hospitals, and colleges. She is a signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters, Northwest Watercolor Society, Georgia Watercolor Society and California Watercolor Association. Her paintings have been published in several books. https://www.lindamccord.com/

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: KIERAN HASSEY

I am an Artist, currently living in Brampton, Ontario, Canada with my lovely wife and business partner Aida and our 3 yr old son Dylan. I have been drawing, painting, illustrating since i could hold a pencil! Music, classic movies, movie and Rock stars play a big part in my illustrations and renderings. Most of my work are Watercolour, but I can work comfortably in different mediums Acrylic, Oil, Pencil, etc….. I can be commissioned for that one of a kind portrait, project, what ver it is that needs an artists touch ? Originals are for sale and no reasonable offer will be refused, please enquire by e-mail (thetalismanstudio@yahoo.ca)
Thanking you for your time, feel free to visit often as there are new illustrations, paintings be added to my portfolio.

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 3. WATERCOLOR — FIGURE

1ST PLACE — TIE LINDA MCCORD USA https://www.lindamccord.com/ “Funny Pages” 18x29" Watercolor.

1ST PLACE — TIE KIERAN HASSEY CANADA www.instagram.com/hitthepostsportsartworks “Atomic Batteries To Power, Turbines To Speed” 18x24” Watercolour on 140lbs stock.

2ND PLACE SUMMER SHI USA “Hong Kong Memory” 55x36.5cm Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE YANQI ZHAI CHINA www.yqzart.com timzhai@163.com “Tibetan Old Patriarch” 38x56cm Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE GREGORY DEGROAT USA https://www.degroatartanddesign.com/ “Dr. LeRoy” 22x30" Watercolor on paper.

3RD PLACE — TIE YUQIAN SUN CHINA http://www.yuqiansun.com “Artificial Fairies №10 “Dissonance”” 48x74cm Watercolor & ink on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE DR. YATINDRA MAHOBE INDIA “A Village Women With Her Child” 12x16” Watercolor on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE ZENG GUOHZU CHINA “That Piece Of Lake” 72x103cm Watercolor on paper.

4TH PLACE — TIE ZENG GUOHZU CHINA “Distant Call” 53x105cm Watercolor on paper.

5TH PLACE EMEL ÇEVIKCAN TURKEY https://www.facebook.com/ecevikcan “Olive Woman. A Symbol Of Fertility And Peace. The Tree Of Nature Does Not Die” 32x42cm Watercolor.

6TH PLACE — TIE RAFFAELE ANNOSI ITALY www.raffaeleannosi.art Watercolor on paper. “Portrait Of Diego Armando Maradona” 30x42cm

6TH PLACE — TIE YOGESH SINGH BHANDARI INDIA “Rung Lady” 24x32” Watercolor on paper.

Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:

https://www.americanartawards.com/2023-winning-artists-world-art-awards/

In 2023, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 79 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.