World’s Best Celebrity Portrait Artists: FILICHKIN, SAMDALIRI, HUISKENS, SAFAR, JOANNA, GEEAWAN, CHASOV & DHAMI / 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 31. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS represent USA, UK, FRANCE, RUSSIA, CANADA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Tanya Filichkin is an artist living in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, working in acrylic, oil, pastel and mixed medium. Her portraits, still life, abstracts and landscapes are bold, expressive, colorful, fauvist, contemporary.
“Anything that surrounds me in real life could be a trigger and subject for inspiration. It could be the beauty of nature or human beings, expressed human emotions, everyday events reflected in the news, magazines or books, cinema, music and many — many other things. In my artwork, I strive to reflect the beauty of the surrounding world, a distinct moment in life and time that inspires me. It could be shapes of gorgeous flower petals, serenity of a stunning landscape scene, great music or expression of human emotions. I am trying not to be limited by any particular medium, color scheme or subject — art is a freedom of expression and that is the beauty of doing art. Subject always calls for spontaneous, specific ways of expression based mostly on intuition I trust and follow.”
AWARDS: 22x recipient of the AMERICAN ART AWARDS in different categories during 2015–2023 / 15x recipient of the 2024 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS
Filichkin’s works were published in the following books:
Inspiration: International Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2018, London, UK. pp.16–17
The First Berliner Art Book, 2017, Berlin, Germany. pp.30–31
Inspiration: international Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2017, London, UK, pp.44–45
Inspiration: international Art Book. Contemporary Masters Collection, 2016, London, UK, p.93
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html
WINNING WEBSITES: CATEGORY 31. PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE FAMOUS
1st Place TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Portrait Of John Lennon” 20x20” Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie GARY SAMDALIRI UK www.Artsamd.co.uk “Chief Sitting Bull Portrait Painting” 120x100cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie RANDAL HUISKENS USA www.randalhuiskens.net “Marilyn Monroe” 16x20" Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie TANYA FILICHKIN USA 20x20” Acrylic on canvas. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “First Among Equals Second To None The Last Of The Best — Bob Dylan”
3rd Place — Tie MATHIEU SAFAR FRANCE 121x83cm Digital art. https://www.artmajeur.com/mathieu-safar “Kit Harington — Golden Sky”
3rd Place — Tie JOANNA UK www.nouveau-studio.uk “Bowie” 84.1x59.4cm Pen and ink on paper.
4th Place — Tie HAYDEN GEEAWAN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO “Elvis” 30x40" Acrylic on canvas.
4th Place — Tie RANDAL HUISKENS USA www.randalhuiskens.net “John Lennon” 16x20" Acrylic on canvas.
5th Place TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-tanya-filichkin.html “Carlos Santana — Full Moon” 20x20” Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie YOURI CHASOV RUSSIA “Putin” 36x26cm Digital painting, paper.
6th Place — Tie MANJINDER KAUR DHAMI CANADA “Lahore Fateh Maharaja Ranjit Singh 8 July 1799” 12x16" Oil, panel.
ART COLLECTORS can see the hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:
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
