World’s Best Acrylic Figure Artists: HOROBETS, HALEY, AIAZZI, JAMESON, FILICHKIN, GEEAWAN, VON TORNADO, AYODEJI, MOORE & KUMAH/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards

Thom Bierdz
5 min readMar 27, 2024

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

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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.