World’s Best Acrylic Figure Artists: HOROBETS, HALEY, AIAZZI, JAMESON, FILICHKIN, GEEAWAN, VON TORNADO, AYODEJI, MOORE & KUMAH/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 62 countries competed in the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 20 international art collectors scored 50 categories of online images covering drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.
The winning works will be revealed in this column one category at a time.
The ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 2: ACRYLIC / FIGURE represent UKRAINE, USA, NIGERIA, GHANA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here::
CATEGORY 2. ACRYLIC — FIGURE
1st Place VALERII HOROBETS UKRAINE https://www.instagram.com/horobets1412?igsh=MTA3czFzbHAzdTFtZg== “Farewell” 40х50cm Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie DAVID HALEY USA www.facebook.com/DavidHaley.Art/ “I’ve Got Your Back” 22x28” Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie DAVID AIAZZI USA https://www.daiart.org/ “Cate Blanchett” 24x30" Acrylic on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie PAMELA JAMESON USA https://pamjoy.art/ “Emery” 15x21" Acrylic.
3rd Place — Tie TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Misty Blue And The Lilic Too — Jimi Hendrix” 22x28” Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place — Tie HAYDEN GEEAWAN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO “Elvis” 30x40" Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place — Tie DAVID AIAZZI USA https://www.daiart.org/ “Oliver” 36x48" Acrylic on canvas.
5th Place — Tie KRYS VON TORNADO USA Acrylic on canvas. http://www.krysvontornado.com “Smile You’re On Camera” 20x16”
5th Place — Tie OBADIPE AYODEJI NIGERIA “I’m Brave” 60x80cm Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie SUSAN MOORE USA www.foreverendeavor.us “Ted” 30x40” Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie SAMUEL OSEIGYEI KUMAH GHANA “Cosmic Dreams” 48x60” Acrylic on canvas.
In 2024, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 62 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arabian Emirates, UK, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
20 international art collectors asked to score art:
Andrew Cameron & Marcus Hamilton — Australia
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Floyd M. Elwell, III — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Judi Evans — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Michelle Foglesong Wilson — Las Vegas
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Paul Iacono — Chicago
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Celeste Miller — St. Petersburg, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Blaine L. Richards-Miller — Wichita Falls, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio