Animal/Wildlife Winners in the 2012 Annual Art Competition

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

The juror for the Animal/Wildlife category this year was Koo Schadler. Click here to learn what she looked for when choosing the winning paintings.

Animal/Wildlife Winners

First Place: Michael Dumas
Peterborough, Ontario
www.natureartists.com/dumasm.htm

Mill Cloth—House Sparrows (oil, 6¾x7¼) by Michael Dumas

Second Place: Vincent Giarrano
Washington Depot, Connecticut
www.giarrano.com

Siamese (oil, 11×14) by Vincent Giarrano

Third Place: Grace Kim
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
www.gracekimart.com

Ostrich Dance (oil, 20×28) by Grace Kim

Honorable Mention: Holly Bird
Palm Harbor, Florida
www.studioibis.com

Permission to Come Ashore? (linoleum print, 9¾x7¾) by Holly Bird

Honorable Mention: Marina Dieul
Montreal, Quebec
www.marinadieul.com

Marina Dieul fine art, cat and mouse painting

Le Déjeuner (oil, 8×8) by Marina Dieul

Honorable Mention: Tiffany Miller Russell
Broomfield, Colorado
www.deadraccoon.com

Tiffany Miller Russell fine art, fish painting

Stream of Consciousness (cut paper, 4½x3x½) by Tiffany Miller Russell

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).