World’s Best Naïve-Figure Artists / 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS: TUMBALI, BLUME, GEORGIEVA, PICKARD, SUPPLE, RAYNOR, HARTEL, DAJORE, YI, CARABALLO, COLEZ & YIHAN

Thom Bierdz
6 min readNov 2, 2023

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Artists from 72 countries competed in the 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS. Twenty of the most revered galleries in the USA were sent around 2,000 online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, can be seen in this series of articles.

USA’s top galleries decided winners in every medium: oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual, etc..

Art collectors can see all the winning images and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2023-winning-artists-american-art-awards/

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: Anna Liezelle M. Tumbali

I started drawing since am three (3) years old. Art is a talent since my childhood, teenage days and up to present. I graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Literature. I’m also holding a degree in Master in Business Administration (MBA).

I’m also into managing our family business of Commercial building for rent. Though, am just waiting for rental payments as a Landlord, I spent my time daily in drawing, painting and doing my artworks. I was a former Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Marketing and Management in Colleges and University in Manila. I draw and paint on canvas (huge, medium and small) and watercolor pads. My mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and charcoal painting.

I do live art drawing and painting on my facebook account Artsincolors Annapaints. I post all my painting and art works in my facebook link https://www.facebook.com/artsincolorsannapaints/ and post on reels as well. I do youtube painting tutorials in my channel @artsincolors_annapaints and the link is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LBdvAuerm7rQUJ0GDNrmw where I upload videos of my painting techniques. I also post my art works in my instagram account artsincolors.annapaints and the link is https://www.instagram.com/artsincolors.annapaints/?hl=en that is connected to my facebook account. My twitter account is @ArtsinColor71 and the link is https://twitter.com/ArtsinColor71 to share my paintings and art painting videos as well.

Though my Pinterest account is old and am still updating it to post my shirt collections as well. I submit my shirt designs on Spreadshirt, Threadless and Redbubble. I also do lazy minting of my art works as Non Fungible Token (NFT) at OpenSea. Art is my love and passion. I’m an introvert and I love my own space being alone so I can concentrate on my next art projects.

ARTISTS’ CONTACTS / SEE MORE OF THE ARTISTS’ WORKS:

1st Place ANNA LIEZELLE TUMBALI PHILIPPINES https://www.facebook.com/artsincolorsannapaints/ “Ladies Waiting For An Airplane” 41x54.5" Acrylic on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie BEATE BLUME GERMANY www.beateblume.de “Jump For Joy” 100x140cm Acrylic on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie RUMJANA GEORGIEVA BULGARIA https://www.instagram.com/romigianna/ “Goodbye Troubles — Charlie Chaplin And The Kid” 70x30 cm Acrylic & mixed media on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie NANCY PICKARD UK nancympickard@yahoo.co.uk “Adam And Eve” 100x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

3rd Place — Tie GREGORY SUPPLE USA www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/gregory-supple “Arrivals” 15x12" Watercolor on paper.

3rd Place — Tie CURT RAYNOR USA www.curtraynor.com “Where Have You Gone?” 9x12" Acrylic on canvas.

4th Place — Tie PAUL HARTEL USA https://hartelart.com/ “Temporal Executives” 14x12" Mixed media on canvas.

4th Place — Tie AUSRA DAJORE LITHUANIA ausra.dajore@gmail.com “Estera” 80x100cm Acrylic on canvas.

5th Place — Tie YUNSU YI SOUTH KOREA yunsu040511@gmail.com “Fruitful Expression” 6x4” Oil pastel.

5th Place — Tie EMMARYMAR CARABALLO USA emmavargas1330@gmail.com “My Own Shadow” 20x24" Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie AVADKA COLEZ USA www.avadkacolez.com “Steam Shower” 36x24” Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie GREGORY SUPPLE USA www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/gregory-supple “Manhattan Bound” 16x13" Watercolor on paper.

6th Place — Tie LAN YIHAN CHINA lanyh615@163.com “Moon Night” 57x30cm Watercolor.

In 2023, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 72 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

USA’s 20 Best Galleries & Museums who were asked to score online art in 2023 were:

American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2023, in alphabetical order:

BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art

BEST IN CALIFORNIA: Sparks Gallery

BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art

BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries

BEST IN GEORGIA: Black Art In America™ (BAIA)

BEST IN INDIANA: Gallery Forty-Two

BEST IN KANSAS: CityArts

BEST IN KENTUCKY: KMAC Contemporary Art Museum

BEST IN LOUISIANA: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

BEST IN MAINE: Clarke Gallery

BEST IN MONTANA: Cawdrey Gallery

BEST IN NEBRASKA: Kiechel Fine Art

BEST IN NEVADA: Elena Bulatova Fine Art

BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery

BEST IN NEW YORK: Gallery 23 NY

BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art

BEST IN TEXAS: Ao5 Gallery

BEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Art Museum

BEST IN VERMONT: Helmholz Fine Art

BEST IN WYOMING: Gallery Wild

American Art Awards https://www.americanartawards.com/ annually awards 20 museums and/or galleries, who agree to score art and award nearly 300+ deserving contemporary artists from 60+ countries: painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists.

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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.