World’s Best Floral Impressionists: MUHA, POALUCCI, BOLEN, LEIMKUELLER, HRYTSKO, VAISIETAITE, SERSTINSKAJA, KORIEOCHA, MARTINEZ-PEREZ & HELEY / 2025 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 49 countries competed in the 2025 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 15 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 16. FLORAL — NOT REALISTIC represent RUSSIA, USA, JAPAN, AUSTRIA, UKRAINE, LITHUANIA & UK .
BIO of 1st Place Winner:
Master Alexandr Muha (also known in Russia as Mukhomedeev-Boyarov) is a painter, fashion designer, illustrator, art therapist, poet, and teacher, and he uses different materials and tries various technics in his art.
Born in Siberia, he spent school holidays in the village, painting the views. He began with realism, went into graphics, then into symbolism, then through technical experiments and abstract expressionism came to impressionism and post impressionism.
His trademark style was greatly influenced by such masters as Eugene Boudin, Edgar Degas, Felix Vallaton, Vincent van Gogh, Albrecht Durer, Georg Hendrik Breiter, Alfred Sisley, Dante Gabriel Rosseti, Karl Bryullov, Silvestro Lega.
Talent for drawing was noticed by his parents since early childhood. He’d got 8 exhibitions in childhood and then he won the first prize in the New York exhibition among young artists under 15 years old at the age of 13.
Since 1997 he’s been a member of the professional creative Union of Artists of Russia (international federation of artists).
Participated in city, union and international exhibitions and competitions, conducted master classes in Russia and abroad. (New York, Paris, Leipzig, Milan, Vienna, Moscow, Singapore, Seoul, Madrid, Bangkok, Bali).
https://valo-smuse.wixsite.com/mastermuha
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 16. FLORAL — NOT REALISTIC
1st Place ALEXANDR MUKHOMEDEEV A.K.A. MASTER MUHA RUSSIA https://valo-smuse.wixsite.com/mastermuha “Sunflowers” 120x160cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie THERESA POALUCCI USA https://www.artisttheresapoalucci.com “Sunlit Nectar” 20x30” Mixed media digitized and printed on acrylic.
2nd Place — Tie TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Sketch Of Ashwini” 5.5x7” Oil.
3rd Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA/AUSTRIA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Flowers V” 32x26cm Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie LIUDMYLA HRYTSKO UKRAINE lydmilagrycko@gmail.com “Born Of Dews” 50x50cm Oil on canvas, linen, transparent primer
4th Place — Tie ALEXANDR MUKHOMEDEEV A.K.A. MASTER MUHA RUSSIA https://valo-smuse.wixsite.com/mastermuha “Cornflowers And Daisies. Still Life In Hands” 100x80cm Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie PERLE VAISIETAITE LITHUANIA vingrida@yahoo.com “Transformation” 90x60cm Oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie DANGUOLE SERSTINSKAJA LITHUANIA www.petdrawings.net “Vibrant Poppies” 30x42cm Oil pastel on paper.
5th Place — Tie CHUKWUEMEKA KORIEOCHA USA www.instagram.com/masterpiecegallery.93/ “The Lotus Effect (Orange Sunshine)” 16x20" Digital, iPad.
6th Place — Tie CATHERINE MARTINEZ-PEREZ USA https://www.cmpstudiosllc.com/ “Night Bloom” 12x18" Watercolor, paper.
6th Place — Tie RICHARD HELEY UK https://www.brush.bio/richardheley “Gratitude” 48x48” Acrylic on canvas.
See hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:
In 2025, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 49 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Herzegovina, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Zimbabwe.
15 international art collectors asked to score art:
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Kene J. Rosa — Los Angeles, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Jordan Wallace — Georgetown, Illinois
Carole Hatcher — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
