World’s Best Landscape Realists: CASTLEMAN, GOODHALL, GAULT, FORREST, ROSSOUW & BARKER/ 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 35. REALISM — LANDSCAPE represent USA, UK & SOUTH AFRICA.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Douglas Castleman is a professional watercolor and oil painter. He also works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. He specializes in landscape, aerospace and marine painting, and the occasional wildlife subject.
Douglas is an Artist Fellow Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, an artist member of The International Association of Astronomical Artists, the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators, as well as local art groups. He has won numerous awards for his art from the various associations, national and international art shows, and the City of Torrance, California, where he resides. Many of his paintings are in private and corporate collections, NASA, and the Pentagon. Douglas has had five solo exhibitions in the Los Angeles area. From 2000–2018 (when the program was suspended), he taught watercolor painting for Yosemite National Park, and both oil and watercolor to many private clients. He has been invited to demonstrate both his oil and watercolor techniques to many local art groups and regularly teaches art to adult students in the local art center, where he has a studio/gallery. Many of his paintings have been published. He has earned a Bachelor Degree in Art from California State University, Northridge and a computer graphics degree and another degree in multi-media from Platt College, Cerritos, California. douglascastleman.myportfolio.com douglas-castleman.pixels.com
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 35. REALISM — LANDSCAPE
1st Place DOUGLAS CASTLEMAN USA https://douglas-castleman.pixels.com/ “River Of No Return” 12x24" Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie PETER GOODHALL UK www.petergoodhall.com ¨Tranquility¨ 45x90” Oil on linen.
2nd Place — Tie MICHAEL GAULT USA https://artisticendeavorsfineart.com “The Divide At High Noon” 36x48” Oil on linen.
3rd Place — Tie CHRISTOPHER FORREST USA https://www.chrisforrestart.com/ “Morning Meanders” 16x24” Oil, panel.
3rd Place — Tie MICHAEL GAULT USA https://artisticendeavorsfineart.com 24x36” “Cottonwood Reflections” Oil on linen.
4th Place — Tie PETER GOODHALL UK www.petergoodhall.com ¨Eternity¨ 36x60” Oil on linen.
4th Place — Tie MICHAEL GAULT USA https://artisticendeavorsfineart.com “Blue Nocturne” 48x60” Oil on linen.
5th Place ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/ “View Of Cape Town From Table Mountain” 30x40'’ Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie DOUGLAS CASTLEMAN USA https://douglas-castleman.pixels.com/ “Last Light In Yosemite” 16x20" Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie MICHAEL E. BARKER USA Epoxy on wood. https://bandofbrothersconsultinggroup.com/michael-barker-band-of-brothers-custom-creations-michelangelo-custom-art/ “Raging Sea” 12x12”
6th Place — Tie PETER GOODHALL UK www.petergoodhall.com ¨Ocean Wave¨ 60x60” Oil on linen.
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
