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
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By Double Rainbow...Elizabeth Zanzinger |
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By Jean de Daumier-Smith...Patrick Byrnes First Place Winner |
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By Lightning....Jennifer Gennari |
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By Mahlstick...Evert Ploeg |
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By Mama Quilla....Leeanna Chipana |
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By Muffin Top...Brendan Johnston |
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By Prudent Hans...Kristin Nikitin
Second Place Winner |
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By The Badgerhound...Michael Davis |
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By The Outlier...Dominique Medici |
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By The White Gibbon...Danny Ferland
Third Place Winner |
Day 3 - Afternoon
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By Double Rainbow...Elizabeth Zanzinger |
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By Jean de Daumier-Smith...Patrick Byrnes First Place Winner |
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By Lightning...Jennifer Gennari |
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By Mahlstick...Evert Ploeg |
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By Mama Quilla...Leeanna Chipana |
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By Muffin Top...Brendan Johnston |
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By Prudent Hans...Kristin Nikitin
Second Place Winner |
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By the Badger Hound...Michael Davis |
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By The Outlier...Dominique Medici |
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By The White Gibbon...Danny Ferland
Third Place Winner |
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