29th Annual Art Competition Winners, Portrait/Figure

Congratulations to the winners of The Artist’s Magazine‘s 29th Annual Art Competition‘s portrait/figure category. Read more about these artists and their works in the December 2012 issue, available at NorthLightShop.com.

The juror for the Portrait/Figure category this year was David Jon Kassan. Click here to learn what he looked for when choosing the winning paintings.

Portrait/Figure Winners

First Place: Candice Bohannon
Auburn, California
www.candicebohannon.com

Grace (oil, 68×35) by Candice Bohannon

Second Place: Katie O’Hagan
Beacon, New York
www.katieohagan.com

Pity Party (oil, 27×38) by Katie O’Hagan

Third Place: Erin Anderson
Mountain Top Pennsylvania
www.erinandersonstudio.com

Conversations With Shannon (oil, 16×20) by Erin Anderson

Honorable Mention: Stephanie Deshpande
Glen Ridge, New Jersey
www.stephaniedeshpande.com

Assembling the Pieces (oil, 24×30) by Stephanie Deshpande

Honorable Mention: Scott Burdick
King, North Carolina
www.scottburdick.com

Yanka (oil, 20×30) by Scott Burdick

Honorable Mention: David Gluck
Duncan, British Columbia
www.davidgluckart.com

The Trapper (oil, 30×24) by David Gluck

View the winning paintings in our Portrait/Figure, Floral/Still Life, Animal/Wildlife, Abstract/Experimental and Landscape/Interior categories. And, enter your best work today (missed the deadline? Don’t worry – check back soon to see when the competition will be accepting entries for next time).