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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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