World’s Best Floral Realists: KIBBE, MONTILLA, LIU, ALMEIDA, PRAEGER & MAHESHWARI/ 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 17. FLORAL — REALISM represent USA, CHINA & SWITZERLAND.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Lynn Kibbe is a professional artist specializing in nature and animal art. She also accomplishes still life, architecture, and landscape artwork as well. Prior to becoming a full-time artist in 2010, Lynn had a 10-year Air Force career as an administrative specialist and paralegal; performing both afterward as a civil service employee and lastly in the civilian sector; which allowed her various locations for reference material. After having worked in other fine art media, she now works exclusively in scratchboard. She is self-taught.
Lynn has demonstrated at area venues throughout Pennsylvania and has offered scratchboard workshops. Lynn is active in the local art scene and her work is with collectors across the United States and abroad; and has been chosen to be included in the Susquehanna Health Tower Project for use in medical centers around the region. She has also served on local (Bald Eagle Art League) and international art associations as a board member (most recently for the International Society of Scratchboard Artists-ISSA) and is currently a Signature Member of ISSA. Her work can be viewed at www.lynnkibbefineart.weebly.com.
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 17. FLORAL — REALISM
1st Place LYNN KIBBE USA https://lynnkibbefineart.weebly.com “Long Lasting Happiness” 10x8" Scratchboard.
2nd Place — Tie RICKY MONTILLA USA rickymontilla.artist@gmail.com “Springtime bloom” 57x60” Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie SIHUA LIU CHINA 40x40cm Oil on canvas. https://www.instagram.com/sihualiu.artist/ “The Flowers Of Isolation”
3rd Place — Tie TONY ALMEIDA USA www.artbytony.org “Purple Passion” 34x42” Mixed media on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie YVONNE PRAEGER SWITZERLAND www.yvonnepraeger.com “Magnificent I” 80x60cm Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie YVONNE PRAEGER SWITZERLAND www.yvonnepraeger.com “Pink Salvation” 80x120cm Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie LYNN KIBBE USA https://lynnkibbefineart.weebly.com “Magnolias” 8x10" Scratchboard.
5th Place — Tie SUBODH MAHESHWARI USA Pastel on paper. https://www.subodhfineartstudio.com/ “Morning Rose” 19.5x25.5”
5th Place — Tie RICKY MONTILLA USA www.rickymontilla.com “Dendrobium Yukidaruma King” 16x24” Oil on canvas.
6th Place SUBODH MAHESHWARI USA Oil on canvas. https://www.subodhfineartstudio.com/ “We Have to Meet” 24x30”
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
