2nd Annual Colors Art Exhibition Monthly Winning Artists

Seven artists in each category were given awards in the 2nd Annual Colors international online art exhibition for a total of 14 artists. Below are the biographies and/or artist's statements along with the artist's websites or emails.

Please visit the 2nd Colors exhibition page and contact the artists directly for purchase inquiries or to see more of their work.

Congratulations again to all the winners and thank you for sharing your talent with us.

 

Best in Show (Traditional)
Pam Folsom

Cincinnati native Pam Folsom is nationally known for her vibrant, energetic oil paintings of familiar scenes, depicting everything from the rolling farmland of the Midwest to the beaches of Florida’s coast. Her award-winning works have appeared in numerous juried group, two-person, and solo exhibitions. Dozens of Pam’s paintings appear in private collections across the U.S., as well as the corporate collections. Pam is currently represented by Gingerbread Square Gallery in Key West, Florida; The Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio; and B. Deemer in Louisville, Kentucky.

Artist Statement:

Color is my inspiration.  Placement, interpretation, and swirls of visible knife strokes climbing through the composition, forming texture, blending and making the edges of vibrant colors mesh.  The paintings are beyond reality, but believable. These paintings are about slowing down, drinking in the day, stopping, enjoying and finding the dialogue to express what I need to say.  Life is intoxicating if you take the time to notice. It is strictly out of selfishness that I paint; I enjoy it that much.  An hour passes, a day, however long it takes.  No Rules, no guidelines, just creating visual communication with others that appreciate the dialogue.

Please visit Pam's website if you are interested in purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of her work.

Best in Show (Traditional)
Pam Folsom

Cincinnati native Pam Folsom is nationally known for her vibrant, energetic oil paintings of familiar scenes, depicting everything from the rolling farmland of the Midwest to the beaches of Florida’s coast. Her award-winning works have appeared in numerous juried group, two-person, and solo exhibitions. Dozens of Pam’s paintings appear in private collections across the U.S., as well as the corporate collections. Pam is currently represented by Gingerbread Square Gallery in Key West, Florida; The Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio; and B. Deemer in Louisville, Kentucky.

Artist Statement:

Color is my inspiration.  Placement, interpretation, and swirls of visible knife strokes climbing through the composition, forming texture, blending and making the edges of vibrant colors mesh.  The paintings are beyond reality, but believable. These paintings are about slowing down, drinking in the day, stopping, enjoying and finding the dialogue to express what I need to say.  Life is intoxicating if you take the time to notice. It is strictly out of selfishness that I paint; I enjoy it that much.  An hour passes, a day, however long it takes.  No Rules, no guidelines, just creating visual communication with others that appreciate the dialogue.

Please visit Pam's website if you are interested in purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of her work.

Cincinnati native Pam Folsom is nationally known for her vibrant, energetic oil paintings of familiar scenes, depicting everything from the rolling farmland of the Midwest to the beaches of Florida’s coast. Her award-winning works have appeared in numerous juried group, two-person, and solo exhibitions. Dozens of Pam’s paintings appear in private collections across the U.S., as well as the corporate collections. Pam is currently represented by Gingerbread Square Gallery in Key West, Florida; The Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio; and B. Deemer in Louisville, Kentucky.

Artist Statement:

Color is my inspiration.  Placement, interpretation, and swirls of visible knife strokes climbing through the composition, forming texture, blending and making the edges of vibrant colors mesh.  The paintings are beyond reality, but believable. These paintings are about slowing down, drinking in the day, stopping, enjoying and finding the dialogue to express what I need to say.  Life is intoxicating if you take the time to notice. It is strictly out of selfishness that I paint; I enjoy it that much.  An hour passes, a day, however long it takes.  No Rules, no guidelines, just creating visual communication with others that appreciate the dialogue.

Please visit Pam's website if you are interested in purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of her work.

 

 

Best in Show
(Digital & Photography)
Marcia Berg Haskell

After retiring from spending over 40 years in the scientific and management fields, Marcia became interested in exploring her creative side. During the subsequent years, Marcia began to learn the possibilities involved in drawing and painting. She rapidly discovered that no single material or set of techniques satisfied her completely.

Today, Marcia uses her art to display her vision – her love of nature, it’s beauty, patterns, and incredible range of possibilities. – her love of the man-made, the power and possibilities of man’s structures and their interactions with the world around them. – her love of the non-physical, the possibilities of what never existed, the emotions of the inanimate, the communication of that which has no mouth or external sound. Her art has lead to the desire to show existence through the senses and emotions and has led her to concentrate on three forms of artistic endeavor: non-representational painting, her ‘fractured fotographs’, and views she captures through ‘realistic’ digital photographs.

In her painting, she use several mediums such as acrylics, inks, and watercolors, to create original work that conveys emotions, feelings and mood. The ‘fractured fotographs’ are computer manipulations of her ‘as taken’ photos to something that does not exist but is, instead, a changed form of beauty. She tries, through those pictures to reflect a more general truth about the subject and it’s interaction with the viewer. Marcia often tries to focus attention on parts of the whole that might not be noticed otherwise.

Over the years, her photography has focused more strongly on capturing the patterns around her: from nature; plants, animals, birds, flowers, trees and landscapes and from the man-made; structures such as buildings, unique industrial configurations, construction sites, and recreation sites such as golf courses or children’s playgrounds, and outdoor sculptures.

Please Marcia's website if you are interested in purchasing this award-winning piece or if you would like to see more of her work.

Best in Show
(Digital & Photography)
Marcia Berg Haskell

After retiring from spending over 40 years in the scientific and management fields, Marcia became interested in exploring her creative side. During the subsequent years, Marcia began to learn the possibilities involved in drawing and painting. She rapidly discovered that no single material or set of techniques satisfied her completely.

Today, Marcia uses her art to display her vision – her love of nature, it’s beauty, patterns, and incredible range of possibilities. – her love of the man-made, the power and possibilities of man’s structures and their interactions with the world around them. – her love of the non-physical, the possibilities of what never existed, the emotions of the inanimate, the communication of that which has no mouth or external sound. Her art has lead to the desire to show existence through the senses and emotions and has led her to concentrate on three forms of artistic endeavor: non-representational painting, her ‘fractured fotographs’, and views she captures through ‘realistic’ digital photographs.

In her painting, she use several mediums such as acrylics, inks, and watercolors, to create original work that conveys emotions, feelings and mood. The ‘fractured fotographs’ are computer manipulations of her ‘as taken’ photos to something that does not exist but is, instead, a changed form of beauty. She tries, through those pictures to reflect a more general truth about the subject and it’s interaction with the viewer. Marcia often tries to focus attention on parts of the whole that might not be noticed otherwise.

Over the years, her photography has focused more strongly on capturing the patterns around her: from nature; plants, animals, birds, flowers, trees and landscapes and from the man-made; structures such as buildings, unique industrial configurations, construction sites, and recreation sites such as golf courses or children’s playgrounds, and outdoor sculptures.

Please Marcia's website if you are interested in purchasing this award-winning piece or if you would like to see more of her work.

Best in Show
(Digital & Photography)
Marcia Berg Haskell

After retiring from spending over 40 years in the scientific and management fields, Marcia became interested in exploring her creative side. During the subsequent years, Marcia began to learn the possibilities involved in drawing and painting. She rapidly discovered that no single material or set of techniques satisfied her completely.

Today, Marcia uses her art to display her vision – her love of nature, it’s beauty, patterns, and incredible range of possibilities. – her love of the man-made, the power and possibilities of man’s structures and their interactions with the world around them. – her love of the non-physical, the possibilities of what never existed, the emotions of the inanimate, the communication of that which has no mouth or external sound. Her art has lead to the desire to show existence through the senses and emotions and has led her to concentrate on three forms of artistic endeavor: non-representational painting, her ‘fractured fotographs’, and views she captures through ‘realistic’ digital photographs.

In her painting, she use several mediums such as acrylics, inks, and watercolors, to create original work that conveys emotions, feelings and mood. The ‘fractured fotographs’ are computer manipulations of her ‘as taken’ photos to something that does not exist but is, instead, a changed form of beauty. She tries, through those pictures to reflect a more general truth about the subject and it’s interaction with the viewer. Marcia often tries to focus attention on parts of the whole that might not be noticed otherwise.

Over the years, her photography has focused more strongly on capturing the patterns around her: from nature; plants, animals, birds, flowers, trees and landscapes and from the man-made; structures such as buildings, unique industrial configurations, construction sites, and recreation sites such as golf courses or children’s playgrounds, and outdoor sculptures.

Please Marcia's website if you are interested in purchasing this award-winning piece or if you would like to see more of her work.

 

2nd Place (Traditional)
Richard W. von Gerhardberg

Richard Wrobel von Gerhardberg majored in fine art and sculpture in Wiener Kunstschule in Vienna, Austria and ASP (Akademia Sztuk Pieknych) in Poznan, Poland. He also studied mold making in IRCC in Vero Beach Florida. Richard was a member of Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne, FL , Allied Artists of America in New York, and is a member of Florida Artists Registry.

Richard is commissing portraits in oil and pencils. He also designs and creates custom architectural ornaments. He was featured in The Artist's Magazine Special- Drawing Board -" More than Black and White". His drawings, paintings and sculptures are owned by private collectors practically all over the world.

To purchase this award-winning piece or to see more of Richard's work, please visit his website.

2nd Place (Traditional)
Richard W. von Gerhardberg

Richard Wrobel von Gerhardberg majored in fine art and sculpture in Wiener Kunstschule in Vienna, Austria and ASP (Akademia Sztuk Pieknych) in Poznan, Poland. He also studied mold making in IRCC in Vero Beach Florida. Richard was a member of Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne, FL , Allied Artists of America in New York, and is a member of Florida Artists Registry.

Richard is commissing portraits in oil and pencils. He also designs and creates custom architectural ornaments. He was featured in The Artist's Magazine Special- Drawing Board -" More than Black and White". His drawings, paintings and sculptures are owned by private collectors practically all over the world.

To purchase this award-winning piece or to see more of Richard's work, please visit his website.

2nd Place (Traditional)
Richard W. von Gerhardberg

Richard Wrobel von Gerhardberg majored in fine art and sculpture in Wiener Kunstschule in Vienna, Austria and ASP (Akademia Sztuk Pieknych) in Poznan, Poland. He also studied mold making in IRCC in Vero Beach Florida. Richard was a member of Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne, FL , Allied Artists of America in New York, and is a member of Florida Artists Registry.

Richard is commissing portraits in oil and pencils. He also designs and creates custom architectural ornaments. He was featured in The Artist's Magazine Special- Drawing Board -" More than Black and White". His drawings, paintings and sculptures are owned by private collectors practically all over the world.

To purchase this award-winning piece or to see more of Richard's work, please visit his website.

 

 

2nd Place
(Digital & Photography)
Lydia Kittle

As an artist I draw from my own life for inspiration. I use bright contrasting colors to convey the emotion and tone of my art. Someone once told me that the real story is all in the details. And that’s how I tell my stories whether on a canvas or through a lens. My favorite pieces are always the ones that people can relate to and create their own story while looking at mine.

Dianne is a passionate photographer forever chasing the next image in the floral world. An amateur who is forever striving for more knowledge about the light and composition of a potential photograph.

To purchase this award winning piece or to view more of Lydia's work, please email her directly.

 

 

3rd Place (Traditional)
Hunter Jay

In his work, Hunter Jay aims to reveal the wonder of the hidden world around us. He likes to focus on the geometry of the composition, the way the elements are arranged on the canvas. Sometimes, he finds that this becomes more important than the actual subject matter. His work embraces an admiration of simplicity and evokes a contemplative and peaceful place.

Hunter Jay's paintings are created with multiple layers of transparent glazes. Each layer affects the next, creating an arresting depth of field. The final details are created with the finest natural liner brushes.

Largely self taught as a fine artist, Hunter Jay has an innate sense of composition that aligns with his background in graphic design, contributing to the overall illustrative impact of his work.

To purchase this award winning piece or to see more of Hunter's work, please visit his website.

 

3rd Place
(Digital & Photography)
Michelle Woitzel

A photographer with an education in graphics and a passion for painting, Michelle combines all three disciplines as a Mixed-media Digital artist. Her work is very diverse and she works with clients that have specific visual needs on sometimes not so traditional mediums. Because her pieces start out digital it frees her to print on any medium (canvas, metal, acrylic, etc.) and at virtually any size.

To inquire about purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of Michelle's work, please visit her website.

3rd Place
(Digital & Photography)
Michelle Woitzel

A photographer with an education in graphics and a passion for painting, Michelle combines all three disciplines as a Mixed-media Digital artist. Her work is very diverse and she works with clients that have specific visual needs on sometimes not so traditional mediums. Because her pieces start out digital it frees her to print on any medium (canvas, metal, acrylic, etc.) and at virtually any size.

To inquire about purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of Michelle's work, please visit her website.

3rd Place
(Digital & Photography)
Michelle Woitzel

A photographer with an education in graphics and a passion for painting, Michelle combines all three disciplines as a Mixed-media Digital artist. Her work is very diverse and she works with clients that have specific visual needs on sometimes not so traditional mediums. Because her pieces start out digital it frees her to print on any medium (canvas, metal, acrylic, etc.) and at virtually any size.

To inquire about purchasing this award winning piece or to see more of Michelle's work, please visit her website.

 

Honorable Mention (Traditional)
Mark Kaufman

After years as a practicing attorney focused on emergency protective services, I returned to the study of art being juried into the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Art certificate program. I am now a signature member of the Philadelphia and Baltimore and Delaware Watercolor societies. That is a delightful honor based on juried exhibition of my work in their international shows. I have exhibited all across the country from Philadelphia to Miami to California.

What makes my work unique is that the figures are explorations of mood and emotion rather than landscapes. Often they have an element of the odd or troubling. The figures are exposed and self contained and unavailable all at the same time. I draw heavily on my lifetime experience with Bipolar disorder seeking to express its effusive, if grandiose at times, unconstrained joy; its terrifying and fractured mania and its deep depression. I paint because I must.

I now live in Wilmington, Delaware with my wife of 48 years and my cat-named Cat.

To see more of Mark's work, please visit his website.

 

Honorable Mention
(Digital & Photography)
John Ressler

Once upon a time John was a university prof—not in art but earth science and resource management. His academic specialty was landscape analysis, both physical and cultural landscapes. Before teaching he worked as a surveyor and cartographer, as a scientific illustrator, and as Preparator of Exhibits at Museum of Northern Arizona, building new exhibits from the ground up. During the latter years, he got interested in watercolor and casein. Many years later, retired from professing, there were two things he wanted to do: travel more and paint. As the most compactly portable of all the paint media, and having the most luminous colors, too, watercolor was the perfect fit! During his professing years John had numerous opportunities to explore the graphical capabilities of many computers and applications. Thematically, John’s tastes are pretty catholic, but he believes that a painting is more engaging if it implies a story and has an experimental component. In a somewhat cosmic sense, everything we see around us is an experiment--some successful, some not. Every painting is an experiment in design, composition, color, subject, and commentary. John’s art education, consisted of graduate-level coursework in scientific illustration, drawing, etching, and cartography at the Universities of Arizona and Oregon, as well as watercolor workshops from Gerald Brommer, Jerry Stitt, Tom Fong, Dale Laitenen, and Frank Eber.

To purchase this award winning piece or to see more of John's work, please visit his website.

 

Honorable Mention (Traditional)
Traci Loving

Traci creates detailed colored pencil and Acrylic artworks of many different subject matters and styles. From colorful snapshots of desert cacti to realistic depictions of local missions, her drawings each achieve a similarly skillful capture of the subject depicted. Traci is also an art teacher in the city of Monrovia giving private lessons to children and adults.

To purchase this award winning piece and to see more of Traci's work, please visit her website.

 

Honorable Mention
(Digital & Photography)
Armen Edgarian

I am inspired by all the beautifull subjects that I see in everyday life. My explorations are interpreted and introduced with my camera. I am drawn to lights, shadows and colors in unknown and forgotten places where every corner tells a story of the past, showing us the present and lets you imagine the future.

To see more of Armen' work please email him directly.

 

Honorable Mention (Traditional)
Marina Cappalli

I’m Marina Joy, a twenty year old self taught visual artist from the US. I’ve been interested in illustrating & creating since early childhood. Realistic portraits, fantasy and using bright colors are my favorite to draw. I’m always looking for ways to try different techniques and to explore interesting cultures.

To see more of Marina's work, please visit her website.

 

Honorable Mention
(Digital & Photography)
Rosemary Miklitsch

Rosemary Miklitsch is an emerging artist, focusing on landscape and nature photography. Rosemary was born in Niagara Falls, NY and currently lives and works in Oakville, Ontario (Canada) and Santa Monica, California (USA).

Rosemary has had images exhibited in Oakville, Ontario; Cork, Ireland; Sciacca, Sicily; and Santa Monica, California. "Photography is an organic, spontaneous pursuit. It is an act of meditation, searching for the marvelous in the mundane. With the hope to create evocative, compelling images, I patiently wait for the moment to be illuminated."

To purchase this award winning piece or to see more of Rosemary's work, please visit her website.

 

Honorable Mention (Traditional)
Yael Maimon

Yael Maimon is an Israeli artist born in 1980. She is probably best known for her Cats painting series, in which she is after capturing her subject's spirit, not just its appearance. Her special bond with cats was created while volunteering for years at an animal rescue center in her hometown Ashkelon, Israel. Today, Yael takes care of abandoned kittens, raise her elderly cats and feed street cats.

Yael enjoys painting in a variety of media including watercolors, acrylics, oils and pastels. She loves playing with and exploring the color world. In her painting process there's always room for improvisation and spontaneity. Yael's artwork was included in collective art exhibitions in Israel and abroad and gained international recognition. She was featured in numerous art magazines, such as Watercolor Artist, The Art of Watercolor, Pratique Des Arts, Artists & Illustrators, The Artist's Magazine and International Artist Magazine. Although grounded in realism, her artwork is often impressionist in nature, traditional yet contemporary.

To see more of Yael's work please visit her website.

 

Honorable Mention
(Digital & Photography)
Jake Mosher

Jake Mosher grew up in Northern Vermont and has lived in Montana for the past 25 years. The author of two novels, he has worked as a substitute school teacher, logger, miner, prize fighter, freelance essayist and photographer. He pictures have received awards from the Smithsonian and the National Wildlife Federation.

To purchase this award winning piece or to see more of Jake's work, please visit his website.