World’s Best Witty Art: LU, BLUME, VON TORNADO, LEIMKUELLER, ROBLES, MATSUMOTO, SCOPELLITI, BOLEN, PISHUNOV, GILVONAUSKAS & RODIGAS / 2025 Art Collectors Choice Awards
Artists from 49 countries competed in the 2025 ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS. 15 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 19. HUMOR/WIT represent CHINA, GERMANY, USA, AUSTRIA, PHILIPPINES, JAPAN & LITHUANIA.
WINNER WEBSITES: CATEGORY 19. HUMOR/WIT
1st Place YUN LU CHINA tian.sa@163.com “To Be Her Teacher” 60x80cm Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie BEATE BLUME GERMANY www.beateblume.de “Best Friends On The Beach” 80x60cm Acrylic on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie KRYS VON TORNADO USA www.krysvontornado.com “We’ve Got Your Back” 20x16” Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie TATIANA LEIMKUELLER USA/AUSTRIA https://mysculptureanddrawings.tilda.ws/portfolio “Still Life” 31x25cm Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie FERNANDO ROBLES PHILIPPINES 2donrobles@gmail.com “Silent Whimsy” 70x90cm Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie EDI MATSUMOTO USA https://www.instagram.com/edi_art_design/ www.edimatsumoto.com “Van Gogh Otter” 14x11” Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie YUN LU CHINA tian.sa@163.com “The Selfish Genes” 102x116cm Acrylic, oil on canvas.
5th Place — Tie TERRY SCOPELLITI USA https://www.scopellitiphotography.com “Worship” 11x14” Ink jet print.
5th Place — Tie TERESA BOLEN JAPAN https://teresabolen.com “Darling Miss M” 9x12” Oil.
5th Place — Tie KRYS VON TORNADO USA www.krysvontornado.com 16x20” “The Magic Of Believing” Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie MELODI PISHUNOV USA https://www.etsy.com/shop/GalleryMelodi?ref=seller-platform-mcnav “Flamingo” 122x152cm Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie TOMAS GILVONAUSKAS LITHUANIA https://tumblr.com/gilvonas “Retired Trolleybus Above Vilnius” 21x29.7cm Acrylic on cardboard.
6th Place — Tie STEFFI RODIGAS GERMANY www.steffi-rodigas-artist.com “Toothache” 30x30cm Polychromos on black paper.
See hundreds of winning images and corresponding contact info to all the artists here:
In 2025, ART COLLECTORS CHOICE AWARDS had submissions from these 49 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Herzegovina, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Zimbabwe.
15 international art collectors asked to score art:
Jason Stuckless — Toronto, Ontario
Kene J. Rosa — Los Angeles, California
Michael Gregg Michaud — Los Angeles, California
Alec Wilder — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Eddie Dyer — Los Angeles / Las Vegas / New Orleans
Thomas Zora — Las Vegas
Ron Lundin — Naples, Florida / Chicago, Illinois / Vail, Colorado
Jay H. Brewer — Orlando, Florida
Alan McMullen — Fannettsburg, Philadelphia
Brian Townley — Waco, Texas
Aimee Unakis — Georgetown, Illinois
Jordan Wallace — Georgetown, Illinois
Carole Hatcher — Rancho Mirage, California
Jan Gold — Roseville, California
Karen Valentine — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mitchell Antesky — Toledo Ohio
