Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A Hearty Congratulations to the Portrait Painters!

Bringing our live, three-day alla prima portrait painting competition to a close on Friday night, judges Jacob Collins, Travis Schlaht and Edward Minoff awarded First Place to Patrick Byrnes
Second Place to Kristin Nikitin and Third Place to Danny Ferland!

Also, within minutes, Elizabeth Zanzinger sold two paintings.

All sixty paintings will be on  view at Eleventh Street Arts through November 20th by appointment by emailing: eleventhstreetarts@gmail.com. Come see the real works, nothing else compares! The paintings are for sale.

Over the next week of each artist's favorite competition portrait will be posted on Instagram.

Thank you to all ten artists for journeying to GCA and sharing your talent and persistence! Thanks to our judges mentioned above. Sam Hung did an amazing job hanging the exhibition, thank you, Sam! Thank you to Jessica Artman for photographing 20 portraits each evening! The competition monitors kept the order and humor - thank you to Allison Parker, Arthur Haywood, Kelly Foss, Eric Kerke and Noah Offitzer and to Dale Zinkowski who hung the backdrops! Thanks also to Justin Wood and Colleen Barry for setting the poses. Thanks to Justin Wood, Brendan Johnston and Sam Hung for welcoming the coffee stand to the lounging quadrant of their shared studio. Finally, thank you to our six models who shared their unique faces with us radiating their humanity into a four-hour sitting.

Scroll down to enjoy the twenty portraits from the third and last day of the event! The real artist names are revealed below.

Next up GCA competition sneak peak .... a five-day figure drawing competition in early June.

Day 3 - Morning


By Double Rainbow...Elizabeth Zanzinger

By Jean de Daumier-Smith...Patrick Byrnes
First Place Winner
By Lightning....Jennifer Gennari

By Mahlstick...Evert Ploeg

By Mama Quilla....Leeanna Chipana

By Muffin Top...Brendan Johnston

By Prudent Hans...Kristin Nikitin
Second Place Winner

By The Badgerhound...Michael Davis

 By The Outlier...Dominique Medici

By The White Gibbon...Danny Ferland
Third Place Winner

Day 3 - Afternoon 

By Double Rainbow...Elizabeth Zanzinger

By Jean de Daumier-Smith...Patrick Byrnes
First Place Winner
By Lightning...Jennifer Gennari

By Mahlstick...Evert Ploeg

By Mama Quilla...Leeanna Chipana

By Muffin Top...Brendan Johnston

By Prudent Hans...Kristin Nikitin
Second Place Winner

By the Badger Hound...Michael Davis

By The Outlier...Dominique Medici

By The White Gibbon...Danny Ferland
Third Place Winner

Friday, October 23, 2015

Presenting ... Competition Day 2 Portraits!


Dear Reader - The painters are finishing up their sixth and final painting right now! Join us tonight, October 23 from 6-9pm at the competition awards party and opening reception of 10 x 6: Portrait Sketches. View all sixty portraits completed during this live, three-day painting competition. Works are for sale and will be on display at the adjacent Eleventh Street Arts through November 20th by appointment.

The real artists names will be revealed tonight!


Day Two - Morning Pose

By Double Rainbow

By Jean de Daumier-Smith

By Lightning

By Mahlstick

By Mama Quilla

By Muffin Top

By Prudent Hans

By the Badgerhound

By The Outlier

By The White Gibbon


Day Two - Afternoon Pose
By Double Rainbow

By The White Gibbon

By Jean de Daumier-Smith

By Lightning

By Mahlstick

By The Outlier

By The Badgerhound

By Prudent Hans

By Muffin Top

By Mama Quilla


Thursday, October 22, 2015

Presenting ... Competition Day 1 Portraits!

Dear Reader,

Please enjoy the first twenty portraits completed in the first 8 hours of our 2015 Alla Prima Portrait Sketch Competition! The artists painted the morning pose from 9am-1pm, and the afternoon pose from 2pm-6pm. Each painting is attributed to a pseudonym chosen by the artist. The real names will be revealed after the Awards Party and Exhibition Opening this Friday! Join us 6-9pm when judges Jacob Collins, Travis Schlaht and Edward Minoff will award $1,000 and $500 to First and Second Place winners respectively. Open to the public! 10 x 6: Portrait Sketches will be on view for one month at our adjacent gallery Eleventh Street Arts.

Judging Criteria:
The portraits will be judged as a group and evaluated for form, light effect, variety of color, paint handling and solid facial structure.


Day One - Morning Pose:

By Double Rainbow

By Jean de Daumier Smith

By Lightning

By Mahlstick

By Mama Quilla

By Muffin Top

By Prudent Hans

By The Badgerhound

By The Outlier 
By The White Gibbon


Day One - Afternoon Pose:

By Muffin Top

By Double Rainbow

By Jean de Daumier Smith

By Lightning

By Mahlstick

By Mama Quilla

By Prudent Hans

By The Badgerhound

The Outlier

The White Gibbon