World’s Best Floral Painters Named By America’s 25 Best Galleries: SEITER, ULEVICIENE, CHEN, FISKE, YOUSEF, KRAVCHENKO, FILICHKIN, PETRAITIENE, AMOIA, BARISAUSKIENE, ZI & DIETRICH/ 2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Each May the American Art Awards organization selects the 25 Best Galleries and Museums in America, then in autumn these revered art institutions vote on online art to decide the world’s best contemporary artists.
America’s Best Galleries & Museums scored almost 2,000 works in 50 categories from 64 countries.
Winners in this category are from USA, LITHUANIA, CHINA, RUSSIA, ITALY & CANADA.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Megan Seiter is an American artist specializing in colored pencil still life drawings.
Originally from Rhode Island, she received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, and in 2009 moved to California to pursue her career as an artist.
Megan’s work is distinguished by her attention to fine detail and nuance in color. She works with wax-based and oil-based colored pencils, building layers of color that add depth and luminosity to her works. Each still life drawing reflects her love for color, texture, and subtle value shifts.
ARTIST CONTACTS FOR ART COLLECTORS:
Category 17. FLORAL — REALISM
1st Place MEGAN SEITER USA www.meganseiter.com 11.5x11.5” “Jeannette” Pencil on sanded pastel paper.
2nd Place-Tie RAMUNE ULEVICIENE LITHUANIA 90x70cm www.facebook.com/Ramune-Uleviciene-Paintings-692703667445715 “Downwind With A Dream” Alcohol ink on canvas.
2nd Place-Tie XIAOXIA CHEN CHINA 306881448@qq.com
“Rose In The Rain” 106x68cm Watercolor on paper.
2nd Place-Tie LARRY FISKE USA Larryfiske@gmail.com “Pink With Yellow Butterfly” 16x20" Translucent watercolors, pigments.
3rd Place-Tie ABIR YOUSEF USA www.abiryousefgallery.com “Simplicity” 24x12” Oil on linen.
3rd Place-Tie LARRY FISKE USA Larryfiske@gmail.com 16x20"
“Branch With White” Translucent watercolors, Windsor & Newton pigments.
4th Place IULIIA KRAVCHENKO RUSSIA https://artsale.pro/en/ 90x70cm “Still Life With Maple Leaves” Oil.
5th Place-Tie TANYA FILICHKIN USA https://tanyafilichkin.artspan.com/ “Stellar” 20x16" Acrylic, textured with crackle.
5th Place-Tie NADIEZDA PETRAITIENE LITHUANIA https://www.saatchiart.com/npetra “Jewels Of Nature” 39.4x39.4" Oil on canvas.
5th Place-Tie ANTONIO AMOIA ITALY www.antonioamoia.it amoiant@tin.it “Camelia” 35x50cm Pastels on cardboard.
5th Place-Tie NATALIJA BARISAUSKIENE LITHUANIA natalija.barisauskiene@gmail.com “Amarilis” 41x51cm Oil on canvas.
6th Place-Tie YAN ZI CHINA 634736232@qq.com
“Peach Blossom” 140x160cm Oil on linen.
6th Place-Tie LORRAINE DIETRICH CANADA www.LorraineDietrich.com “Moderato Cantabile” 21x15” Watercolour on Winsor & Newton 140 lb c.p. paper.
6th Place-Tie NADIEZDA PETRAITIENE LITHUANIA https://www.saatchiart.com/npetra “Yellow Bloom” 47.2x27.6" Oil on canvas.
Click below to see the relaxing hour-long movie revealing 2021’s hundreds of winning artworks:
Artworks from 59 countries won among the 50 categories: paintings, drawings, photography, digital and sculpture. (Americans won more because Americans entered more since the competition is better known here.)
Number of winners per country: Argentina 1, Australia 12, Belarus 2, Belgium 2, Brazil 3, Bulgaria 2, Canada 30, China 85, Croatia 2, Cyprus 1, Denmark 2, England 2, Finland 1, France 7, Georgia 3, Germany 18, Ghana 1, Greece 3, Hungary 2, Japan 1, India 10, Iran 1, Ireland 1, Israel 1, Italy 14, Kazakhstan 1, Kuwait 2, Latvia 6, Lithuania 27, Macedonia 5, Malaysia 2, Mexico 2, Moldova 1, Morocco 1, Netherlands 3, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 8, Norway 1, Oman 1, Pakistan 1, Philippines 5, Poland 8, Republic Of Korea 12, Romania 2, Russia 45, Serbia 1, South Africa 8, Spain 11, Sweden 3, Taiwan 7, Thailand 1, Turkey 3, Uganda 1, UK 10, Ukraine 5, USA 264, Uzbekistan 1, Zambia 1, Zimbabwe 2.
ART COLLECTORS: all winning images and corresponding contact info of all the artists will soon be uploaded to this page:
This year’s 25 Best Galleries & Museums asked to vote on art were:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery of Fine Art
BEST IN CALIFORNIA: Revolver Gallery
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN FLORIDA: Art Fusion Galleries
BEST IN HAWAII: Sunshine Arts
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Trickster Cultural Center
BEST IN IOWA: Moberg Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
BEST IN KENTUCKY: E&S Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
BEST IN MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Sculptors Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: Hilliard Gallery
BEST IN MONTANA: Dana Gallery
BEST IN NEBRASKA: Kiechel Fine Art
BEST IN NEVADA: Metropolitan Gallery Las Vegas Art Museum
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW YORK: LIK SOHO
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: GF Contemporary
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: The Arts Council of Fayetteville| Cumberland County
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Art Museum
BEST IN TENNESSEE: Stanford Fine Art
BEST IN TEXAS: Ao5
BEST IN WASHINGTON: Maryhill Museum of Art
BEST IN WEST VIRGINIA: Parkersburg Art Center