World’s Best Still Life Impressionists: LEWIS/LUISI, VON TORNADO, ROSSOUW, MOORE, BLUME, PAPIKYAN, PURUSHOTHAMAN, TŁUCZEK & KOPENHAFER/ 2024 Art Collectors Choice Awards

Thom Bierdz
6 min readMar 31, 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 23. IMPRESSIONISM — STILL LIFE represent USA, SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY, ARMENIA, INDIA & POLAND.

WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 23. IMPRESSIONISM — STILL LIFE

1st Place GREGORY D LEWIS/LUISI USA “Black Bottle And Two Peaches” 16x20” Oil on wood panel.

2nd Place — Tie KRYS VON TORNADO USA http://www.krysvontornado.com “Almost Heaven” 60x48" Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA Oil on canvas. https://www.roelofrossouwart.com/ “Old Factory Office” 24x30'’

3rd Place — Tie SUSAN MOORE USA www.foreverendeavor.us “African Fishing Boat” 40x30" Acrylic on canvas.

3rd Place — Tie BEATE BLUME GERMANY www.beateblume.de “Tower Bridge At Dawn” 40x50cm Acrylic on canvas.

4th Place — Tie GOHAR PAPIKYAN ARMENIA “Noturmort” 40x60” Oil on paper.

4th Place — Tie GOHAR PAPIKYAN ARMENIA “Corner Of Armenia” 50x70cm Crystals, natural stones on canvas.

5th Place CHAITALI. V. PURUSHOTHAMAN INDIA https://linktr.ee/11TimeWorldAwardee.vastu.astro “Shades Of Life Through Music… 3.30 To 5.30 AM” 24x24” Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie WALDEMAR TŁUCZEK POLAND https://www.instagram.com/waldemartluczek_waldzior/ “Redhead And Still Life” 40x60cm Oil on canvas.

6th Place — Tie BEATE BLUME GERMANY www.beateblume.de “Sunset At The Eiffel Tower” 40x30cm Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie CINDY KOPENHAFER USA https://www.cindykopenhafer.com “Rooted In The Beginnings” 14x17” Sanguine chalk on paper.

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.