World’s Best Landscapes With Life: ROSSOUW, ALEKYAN, FORREST, RODIGAS & MOORE/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards

Thom Bierdz
6 min readApr 1, 2024

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 36. REALISM OR IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE WITH LIFE represent
SOUTH AFRICA, ARMENIA, USA & GERMANY.

WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 36. REALISM OR IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE WITH LIFE

1st Place ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/ “Last Train To London” 22x30'’ Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie MISHEL ALEKYAN ARMENIA “The Road Of Life” 50x70cm Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/ “One Summer’s Day In South Africa” 16x20'’ Oil on canvas.

3rd Place — Tie CHRISTOPHER FORREST USA https://www.chrisforrestart.com/ “Morning Meanders” 16x24” Oil, panel.

3rd Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Whanganui Journey” 70x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

4th Place — Tie ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA Oil on canvas. https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/ “Full Moon Over Gas Station” 35x45'’

4th Place — Tie SUSAN MOORE USA www.foreverendeavor.us “Wishing You Were Here” 16x20" Acrylic on canvas.

4th Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Friendship II” 100x70cm Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Friendship” 100x70cm Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie CHRISTOPHER FORREST USA https://www.chrisforrestart.com/ “New Year’s Sentinel” 20x16” Oil, panel.

6th Place — Tie CHRISTOPHER FORREST USA https://www.chrisforrestart.com/ “Dolphin Dance” 16x24” Oil on panel.

6th Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Doubtful Sound” 80x100cm Oil on canvas.

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

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Thom Bierdz

One of Medium’s TOP ART CONTRIBUTORS, award-winning author, actor, film-maker, painter. 12 books: 6 on art. President of WAA & AAA & ACCA.