4th
WATER
International Juried Art Competition
August - September 2023
WINNERS
356 artists from 39 countries
won in one of six prize categories
CASH PRIZE
$3,500 awarded to 118 winning artists
Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.
artists
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- $300 | 1 ARTIST -
Alina Hubarenko
GERMANY
- $150 | 1 ARTIST -
Adam D. Smith
USA
- $225 | 3 ARTISTS -
Deidre Tao
USA
Judy Clarkson
UK
Wolfgang Graue
GERMANY
- $2,825 TOTAL | 113 ARTISTS | $25 EACH ARTIST -
Aiden Olsen
USA
Andrea Sargeant
ITALY
André Farnier
FRANCE
Ans Carnes
USA
Barry Udis
USA
Birgit Kulessa
GERMANY
Brad Burkhart
USA
Carmen Heidi Kroese
GERMANY
Carmen Rey
SPAIN
Chan Chen Yang
TAIWAN
Cher Pruys
CANADA
Christine Davis
AUSTRALIA
Craig White
USA
Daniel Olivier
FRANCE
David Ghiloni
USA
Debra Kay Carter
USA
Dennis Harrison
USA
Diane Rodriguez
USA
Didi Foronda
PHILIPPINES
Dongmei Yin
TAIWAN
Donna Thomas
USA
Dorienne Carmel
UK
Duga Bobanovic
GERMANY
Dylan Pieszak
USA
Elizabeth Rhoades
USA
Emma Larsson
SWEDEN
Erica Russell
USA
Erica Sloan
USA
Eva Bertilzon
SWEDEN
Evy Olsen Halvorsen
USA
Frances Stocks
CANADA
Frauke Feuchter
GERMANY
Frederick Lyle Morris
USA
Gayle Faulkner
USA
Geeta Pattanaik
USA
Grant Pecoff
USA
Hank Feeley
USA
Hanni Serway
GERMANY
Henrik Delfer
DENMARK
Herbert Hermans
NETHERLANDS
Hsiu-Min Hung
TAIWAN
Huang Weibin
CHINA
Huang Zhenhuang
CHINA
Ikenna Umeh
USA
Ilse Taylor Hable
MEXICO
Ingemar Härdelin
SWEDEN
Isha Nagar
INDIA
Jason Ralph
CANADA
Jeane Kat McGrail
USA
Jeanine M. Visser
USA
Jeff Newman
USA
Jenny Chernansky
USA
Jess Holz
USA
Ji Hongbin
CHINA
Jiayu Liu
CHINA
John Buxton
USA
Juels Pellow
AUSTRALIA
Kan Chong To
CHINA
Kannaki Bharali
USA
Katharina Litchman
USA
Kathrin Sachse
GERMANY
Ken Kochakji
USA
Kseniia Yeromenko
USA
Laura Parker
UK
Liu Feng
CHINA
Liu Huimin
CHINA
Luo Jing
CHINA
Maja Wolf
POLAND
Maria Karlosak
USA
Marilyn Lowney Johnson
USA
Marissa Madonna
USA
Mark Kaufman
USA
Monica Lee
MALAYSIA
Mou Ting Ting
CHINA
Myrta Köhler
GERMANY
Nie Hong
CHINA
Noah Dahlien
USA
Pat Flanagan
USA
Paul B. Dixon
SOUTH AFRICA
Paul Delpani
AUSTRIA
Peter Clarke
UK
Petra Schott
GERMANY
Philippe Chatillon (Aldehy)
FRANCE
Qi Runxin
TAIWAN
Rigaud Fabienne
FRANCE
Rob Buntin
FRANCE
Rocco DeLaurentis
USA
Ross Odom
USA
Rudy Villasenor
USA
Rupert Head
UK
Rzyski Christian
BELGIUM
Serge Ovcharuk
UK
Steve Maize
USA
Sun Jun Ming
CHINA
Susan Moore
USA
Susanne Fumelli
ITALY
Tea Shubladze
GREECE
Teresa Bolen
JAPAN
Thomas Persson
SWEDEN
Tina Periquet
PHILIPPINES
Ting Wu
CANADA
Tino Gerlach
GERMANY
Valeria Ocean
TURKEY
Wang Bei
CHINA
Wiebke Meier
GERMANY
Xing Qingliao
CHINA
Xu Cong E.
CHINA
Xu Ze
CHINA
Yan Yin
CANADA
Yuwei Lin
TAIWAN
Zheng Wei
CHINA
Zhu Xiao Lin
CHINA
Aayush Aayush
USA
Ada Trillo
USA
Adi Zur
CANADA
Adrian Maull
USA
Alaiyo Bradshaw
USA
Amelia Currier
USA
Andrea Borbély Hellman
USA
Andrew Chalfen
USA
Angela DiCicco
USA
Anil Sawe
USA
Ann Frödeberg
SWEDEN
Anne Wölk
GERMANY
Anthony Lee Weng Choong
MALAYSIA
Arthur Bialowas
USA
Ashley Lovick
USA
Bao-Khang Luu
USA
Barry Smylie
CANADA
Begoña Lafuente
NETHERLANDS
Bennett Gewirtz
USA
Beth Smith
USA
Bethany Vieira
USA
Birgitta Glenmark
SWEDEN
Bobby Kim Ling Chen
CHINA
Camila Calvoso Camargo
BRAZIL
Carina Imbrogno
USA
Carla J. Fisher
USA
Carol Faga
USA
Carol Rusaw
USA
Carole K. Boyd
USA
Cecile Dinge
FRANCE
Cen Qing Yi
CHINA
Chas Blackford
USA
Chau Kwok Wai
CHINA
Christiane Maluck
GERMANY
Christine Douglass
USA
Christopher Fowler
USA
Collette Mann
USA
Courtney Kelly
USA
Darlene Spell
USA
Deborah St. John
USA
Dorothea Elia Piper
GERMANY
Eileen McMackin
USA
Ellen Jean Diederich
USA
Emily Mooney
USA
Fabienne Sowa-Dobkowski
USA
Frederic Steinlaender
FRANCE
Friederike Hoffmann
GERMANY
Ganga Roslin Bladh
SWEDEN
Gavin Libotte
AUSTRALIA
Giancarlo Mariani
ITALY
Guido R. Zanni
USA
Han Shuai
CHINA
Hannah (Nicole) Carnoy-Bonheur
FRANCE
Hannah Fitzgerald
USA
Heather Curwen
UK
Helga Renders
BELGIUM
Igor Eugen Prokop
GERMANY
Ilze Godlevskis
CANADA
Irina Shoyhet
USA
Jacky Wang
USA
Jana Kreft
GERMANY
Jean Johnson
USA
Jean Judd
USA
Jennifer Roberts Almodova
USA
Jewel Conway
USA
Jieyan Yang
CHINA
Jim Bob Swafford
USA
Jim Potterton
USA
Joanna E. Levesley
UK
Joanne Chew
USA
John Diephouse
USA
John Langdon
USA
Jon Woodhams
USA
Joseph Pellicane
USA
Karen Norman
USA
Karen Piper
SOUTH AFRICA
Karen Sachs
USA
Karen Safer
USA
Karol Blumenthal
USA
Kata Szabo
HUNGARY
Kathy Corey
USA
Kenneth Cloud
USA
Kim Rasit
UK
Kimberly Franklin
USA
Koreny Ildikó
HUNGARY
Kyria Christodoulou
UK
Ladona Tornabene
USA
Leanne Catena
USA
Leo Tujak
USA
Leslie Edwards
UK
Li Jen Chen
TAIWAN
Lin Chia Yu
CHINA
Lin Teichman
USA
Liu Chengyong
CHINA
Liu Fei
CHINA
Lulu Popham
UK
Mad Watson
USA
Madeleine Ouellet
CANADA
Mang Ling Wong
CHINA
Margaret Zymali
USA
Maria Deely
USA
Mario Bonazza
ITALY
Marius Starkey
USA
Mary Ann Ortigas
CANADA
Meaghan Troup
USA
Mel Dugosh
USA
Melissa Broadwell
USA
Meng Ruyu
CHINA
Meredith Haines
USA
Michael Lip
MALAYSIA
Michael Reismann
USA
Michelle T. Lapointe
USA
Mikaela Reinton
NORWAY
Musto M. Yildirim
SWITZERLAND
Nagy Kálmán
HUNGARY
Nancy J. McLaughlin
USA
Nancy Levinson
USA
Natalia Kalugina
USA
Natalia Rose
DENMARK
Nicola Quici
GERMANY
Nils Lagergren
SWEDEN
Nora Komoroczki
HUNGARY
Olga Rokhmanyuk
USA
Patricia Edith Mary Thompson
UK
Patsee Ober
USA
Pattie Palmer-Baker
USA
Paul C. Blake
USA
Paul T. Levin
SWEDEN
Peter Connolly
AUSTRALIA
Phil "Petey" Miceli
USA
Qin Jiming
SINGAPORE
R. Mike Nichols
USA
Rachelle Kaldani
USA
Ralph Miller
USA
Rapha Shvartsman
USA
Rellie Liwag
PHILIPPINES
Richard Fusco
USA
Robert Bolla
USA
Rod Nelson
UK
Rong Ye
USA
Rosalinda Taymor
USA
Rosemary Burn
UK
Sal Strom
USA
Sang Zhuo
CHINA
Sanna Ala-Kortesmaa
FINLAND
Sara Gressette
USA
Serena Kitt
IRELAND
Sheetal Durve
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Sherry Swafford Page
USA
Simon Larivière
CANADA
Sophie Gassmann
FRANCE
Stephanie Pyren
USA
Talon Sylvie
FRANCE
Tao Changping
CHINA
Tatjana Tarasenko
UK
Ted Herman
USA
Toni Barbosa
USA
Toni Gallo
USA
Tracey Lee Cassin
NEW ZEALAND
Vicki Svedrell
SWEDEN
Victoria Cracknell
USA
Vigen Amamchyan
ARMENIA
Virginie Vincent
UK
Vivian Cavalieri
USA
Wenxin Wang
CANADA
William Cleveland
USA
William Ellis
USA
William Masters
USA
Woyneve Cassidy
USA
Yin Louie
CHINA
Yu Dong Xing
CHINA
Yueyang Zou
USA
Zen Zaahir
USA
Zhang Yi
CHINA
Zhiheng Gong
CHINA
Zhou Qing
CHINA
Alexandra Maria Baron Melo
COLOMBIA
Andrew Sawyer
USA
Anne B. Schwartz
USA
Anne Cochez-Lind
USA
Annie Sadlon
USA
Arão Pinto
GERMANY
Ashley Chase Ferguson
USA
Bertrina Shorter
USA
Brian Malachy Quinn
USA
Caitlin Tremblay
USA
Catherine Sutherland
CANADA
Charlotte Severin
USA
Che Sabalja
USA
Chris Desmond
USA
Christina Godley
UK
Christine O'Dell-Ferguson
USA
Clyde J. Kell
USA
Daisy Tempongko
PHILIPPINES
Daniel F. Reilly
USA
Debi Roberson
UK
Denise Johnson
USA
Denise Minnerly
USA
Douglas Jaser
USA
Engela Vorster
SOUTH AFRICA
Hanlin Mu
USA
Hans Petersen
USA
Jean-Marie Guyaux
SPAIN
Jingshuo Yang
USA
Lee Kwong Tim Jackson
CHINA
Leif Robertsson
SWEDEN
Linda Cover
USA
Lisa Myers
USA
Maria Narmont-Laplace
GERMANY
Marie V. Recalde
USA
Mark Holderman
USA
Martina Kunz
GERMANY
Mary Sherman
USA
Maurizio D'Andrea
ITALY
Nedra Russ
USA
Neena Singh
INDIA
Nicholas Duran
USA
Norm Ellis
USA
Oleksandra Matvieieva
UKRAINE
Pat Moseuk
USA
Petra Seiz
LUXEMBOURG
Ricardo Maldonado
USA
Root Yarden
ISRAEL
Rosihan Dahim
SINGAPORE
Sara Davies
UK
Siu Yan Yin Sandra
CHINA
Stephan Meyer (Ostaladon)
FRANCE
Stephanie Bing
GERMANY
Terry Berkowitz
USA
Tim Harper
USA
Ulla Strandberg
SWEDEN
FIRST PRIZE AWARD
$300 CASH PRIZE | 1 ARTIST
Hypnosis at Adria | Oil | GERMANY
RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD
$150 CASH PRIZE | 1 ARTIST
Shallow | Acrylic | USA
MERIT PRIZE AWARD
$225 CASH PRIZE | 3 ARTISTS
A Time for Peace | Acrylic | USA
Boundary | Oil | UK
Welle-11 | Oil | GERMANY
TALENT PRIZE AWARD
$2,825 CASH PRIZE | 113 ARTISTS
Beach Scene | Mixed Media | USA
Spirits of the lake | Watercolor | ITALY
22 Années après le passage de la tempête Lothar | Watercolor | FRANCE
Helos: Splash | Oil | USA
Kayaks | Color Photography | USA
Meerjungfrau | Oil | GERMANY
Resigned to New Depths | Ceramics | USA
Water - I love it | Mixed Media | GERMANY
Emerging | Oil | SPAIN
Danhai afterglow | Oil | TAIWAN
Under Pressure | Acrylic | CANADA
Altona | Oil | AUSTRALIA
Manhattan Beach Waves | Oil | USA
Paris ! Over the sea ! | Acrylic | FRANCE
Fly fishing | Oil | USA
Reverie at the Water's Edge | Pastel | USA
Water Birds | Mixed Media | USA
Waterlily | Oil | USA
Gentle thoughts | Oil | PHILIPPINES
The flowing water before the storm | Watercolor | TAIWAN
Dark horizon | Acrylic | USA
Water babes | Ceramics | UK
Other Side | Acrylic | GERMANY
Annie | Photoshop | USA
Summer Surge | Oil | USA
Dimensions | Oil | SWEDEN
Honeymoon Island | Oil | USA
Crescent Flats | Color Photography | USA
Clarence Island, Antártica | Watercolor | SWEDEN
Calling Out | Oil | USA
Safe Under the Bridge | Oil | CANADA
No title | Acrylic | GERMANY
Liberty of the Sea | Oil | USA
Water's Edge | Acrylic | USA
Desert Stream | Oil | USA
Sparkles Within the Blue | Oil | USA
OVERFLOW | Found Objects | USA
Quiet Water III | Acrylic | GERMANY
Reflections | Color Photography | DENMARK
Leaking 2 | Oil | NETHERLANDS
Aria | Mixed Media | TAIWAN
Pentium Heart - Hukou of the Yellow River No.2 | Watercolor | CHINA
Hoist the sails | Ink | CHINA
The Ascender | Photoshop | USA
Dana Point Harbor | Oil | MEXICO
Water | Acrylic | SWEDEN
Rain | Oil | INDIA
Quietude | Oil | CANADA
Oblivious: Sunday Stroll At South Pond | Photoshop | USA
Artist's Point : Grand Marais, MN | Oil | USA
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
J.M.W. Turner's Hannibal Snowstorm Re-Imagined | Watercolor | USA
Greenland 2 | Color Photography | USA
One Abandoned | Mixed Media | CANADA
Early Spring Duckling | Color Photography | USA
Autumn Reflections | Photoshop | USA
Koi Fish | Mixed Media | USA
Hummingfish | Watercolor | USA
On the same course | Oil | GERMANY
Hydrozoa | Acrylic | USA
Scrying in the Lake | Graphic Design | USA
Symphony Wave | Acrylic | USA
Calme et plénitude au bord de la Dronne | Watercolor | FRANCE
Barque dans l'attier, Ribérac Dordogne (24) | Watercolor | FRANCE
Étang de Mirwald Ardennes Belges | Watercolor | FRANCE
La fille de l'eau | Watercolor | FRANCE
Wave at Sunset | Acrylic | USA
The Tube | Oil | USA
Storm is Coming | Oil | USA
Silent water | Acrylic | SWEDEN
A Moment in Time | Oil | GERMANY
Submerged | Oil | USA
Fishing in Waters amidst flora | Watercolor | MALAYSIA
Big Wave | Watercolor | MALAYSIA
Whale and Underwater Splendour | Oil | MALAYSIA
Serenity | Acrylic | USA
Secret Pond | Acrylic | USA
SeaSide | Acrylic | USA
Mistral 27: Le Triomphe de Vénus | Acrylic | USA
Mistral 39: Cool Summer Vibes | Acrylic | USA
Lily | Acrylic | CANADA
Chonical #07 | Acrylic | CANADA
Chronical #03 | Acrylic | CANADA
LIFE | Color Photography | USA
water the matter | Black & White Photography | NETHERLANDS
The River | Acrylic | USA
Seaside Serenity | Oil | USA
Coastal Tranquility: Montara Sands | Other | USA
Under the Surface | Acrylic | SWEDEN
The Water Sculptor | Other | CHINA
Water from the Sky | Mixed Media | BRAZIL
The happy dolphin | Pastel | USA
Rocks In My Head | Mixed Media | USA
Water - I hate it | Acrylic | GERMANY
Grotto | Oil | USA
Chilean Mountain Spring | Oil | USA
Rocky Shoreline Twilight | Oil | USA
Cote de Menton | Oil | USA
Got My Ball | Other | USA
Yellow Thunderstorm | Oil | FRANCE
Haven | Watercolor | CHINA
Jiaoxi at noon | Oil | TAIWAN
Little Pond in Taiwan | Oil | TAIWAN
North coast in winter | Oil | TAIWAN
Twilight by the river | Oil | TAIWAN
KeeLung -Zhengbin Fishing Port | Oil | TAIWAN
Surfers at Dawn | Color Photography | USA
The Power of Nature | Watercolor | CHINA
Coastal Waters | Acrylic | CANADA
Dance of the Sea Lions | Acrylic | CANADA
"Wasserperlen" | Color Photography | GERMANY
FINALIST AWARD
Greenland 1 | Color Photography | USA
Stream | Color Photography | COLOMBIA
Hydromedusa | Acrylic | USA
Owl | Mixed Media | USA
Yin And Yang | Color Photography | USA
Ghost Ship | Color Photography | USA
245 Cosmos | Acrylic | USA
Maelstrom | Mixed Media | USA
Acrobat Cloud | Mixed Media | USA
Rough Storm | Acrylic | USA
MOVEMENT XII | Acrylic | GERMANY
ÁGUA AZUL | Oil | GERMANY
Blue Grotto | Mixed Media | USA
fly fishing | Color Photography | USA
Life & Death Forrest | Acrylic | USA
Aloha'Oe: In Memory Of Lahaina | Other | CHINA
The Slippage of Time | Mixed Media | USA
Aquatic Symphony | Acrylic | USA
Sapphiric Abyss | Mixed Media | USA
Aqua Pura | Acrylic | USA
Streams of Noise | Graphic Design | BRAZIL
Resaca de Los Cuates | Other | USA
Morning on South Padre | Other | USA
Coast XI | Oil | CANADA
Sunrise over the sea mist | Oil | FRANCE
Monterey Coast | Watercolor | USA
Blu Deluge | Oil | USA
It's a Henway | Acrylic | USA
Septic Heirloom | Ink | USA
"Meerwasserverschmutzung" | Acrylic | GERMANY
"Meerwasserverschmutzung mit Öl und Mikroplastik" | Acrylic | GERMANY
"Abendstimmung" | Color Photography | GERMANY
Poseidon | Acrylic | UK
Vision in Blue | Acrylic | USA
Invitation in Blue | Acrylic | USA
Moonlight | Oil | USA
Beach Babes | Colorpencil | PHILIPPINES
Water reflection | Other | USA
Thunderhead over water | Other | USA
Rippled | Color Photography | USA
Mermaid | Acrylic | UK
Rough Passage | Acrylic | AFGHANISTAN
BoHo Vacation | Mixed Media | USA
PEACE | Oil | USA
Connections | Color Photography | USA
Water Pearls | Color Photography | USA
Joy | Color Photography | USA
Share | Color Photography | USA
Nature's Floating Art | Color Photography | USA
Pause & Reflect | Color Photography | USA
Close Encounter | Color Photography | USA
Steady Flow | Color Photography | USA
Sonnentau | Acrylic | GERMANY
Splash | Acrylic | USA
Macaws | Photoshop | USA
Quarry | Color Photography | USA
Refraction | Color Photography | USA
Crack of Dawn | Color Photography | USA
Upstream | Color Photography | USA
Bubble Bath | Pastel | SOUTH AFRICA
King George Island, Antártica | Watercolor | SWEDEN
High Tide | Oil | USA
It was a dark and stormy night | Oil | USA
The Fall | Wax | USA
No title | Oil | GERMANY
Sparkling | Color Photography | GERMANY
Bird on Water | Black & White Photography | USA
The Melting | Acrylic | USA
Dead Flowers Floating | Color Photography | UK
Pollute Not | Other | SPAIN
2021-2024 Cash Prize Winners | 10683 Artists | $166,375 Awarded
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