20th International Portrait Competition
2018 Winners, presented at The Art of the Portrait Conference
April 19-22, 2018 - Washington, DC area
It has been a record setting year for the Portrait Society of America. February 1st marked the beginning of our 20th year sharing a passion for the portrait. At midnight on February 22, we surpassed our previous number of entries by over 400 – with 2,733 entries submitted to the International Portrait Competition. Portraiture is alive and well!
Thank you to all the artists that submitted work and were part of such a historic time in our organization.
Congratulations to the winners of the International Portrait Competition, recognized at the 20th The Art of the Portrait Conference, April 21, 2018.
 William F. Draper Grand Prize Winner Daniel Keys Innocence, 40x45”, Oil on Linen |  First Place Painting Yuqi Wang Red Hook Fantasy, 65x58", oil on linen |  First Place Drawing Leon Doucette Gathering, 15x22.5”, Charcoal on Paper |
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 First Place Sculpture Ben Hammond An Angel in Contemplation, 20.5x9x12", bronze |  Second Place Casey Childs Sliver, 30x20”, Oil on Aluminum |  Third Place Chin Hsien Lin Shuan's Silence, 20.9x17.9”, Oil on Canvas |
 Fourth Place Gavin Gardner Mia and the Stereoscope, 24x48", Clay for Plaster |  Fifth Place Jean-Paul Tibbles Gordon, 18x13”, Oil |  First Honor Award Simon Watkins Stephan, 31.5x39”, Oil |
 Second Honor Award Erin Anderson The Healer, 36x30”, Oil on Copper |  Exceptional Merit Anna Rose Bain Silent Snowfall, 36x30”, Oil on Linen |  Exceptional Merit Rick Casali Helena Augusta, 22x22x10”, patinated plaster |
 Exceptional Merit Marc Chatov Braids, 40x30", Oil |  Exceptional Merit Yuan Dong Listen, 23.6x31.5” Oil on Linen |  Exceptional Merit Michelle Dunaway Portrait of Richard Schmid, 40x27", oil on linen |
 Exceptional Merit Natalia Fabia I'm OK, 8x10”, Oil |  Exceptional Merit and People's Choice Award Rose Frantzen Perhaps an Impossible Home for Invisible Dreams, 48x50”, Oil |  Exceptional Merit Daniel Gerhartz Dancing on Air, 26x40”, Oil |
 Exceptional Merit Seth Haverkamp Sitting on the Moon, 24x36”, Oil on Panel |  Exceptional Merit Pramod Kurlekar Light My Fire, 30x28”, Oil on Linen |  Exceptional Merit George Pratt Mary, Arms Upraised, 18x18”, Mixed Media |
 Exceptional Merit Mary Sauer A Little bit of Everything, a Great Deal of None, 18x24”, Oil |  Exceptional Merit Dan Thompson Heff, 18x24”, Graphite |  Exceptional Merit Elizabeth Zanzinger Night Forest, 26x28”, Oil |