Congratulations to the finalist in this year's Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition. On Saturday, May 26, 2012 in Philadelphia the winners were announced at the Portrait Society's Gala Banquet and Awards program.
The three panel judges were PSoA Board Member Daniel E. Greene, NA, PSoA member and conference faculty artist Mary Whyte and the invitational judge was Brandon Brame Fortune, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
The top five awards were: The Draper Grand Prize presented to Julio Reyes, the Best of Show to Mary Sauer, First Place to Alexandra Tyng, Second Place to David Kassan and First Honor to Lynn Sanguedolce.
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Draper Grand Prize
Julio Reyes
Tread Softly, 42 x 63”, oil
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Best of Show
Mary Sauer
Anna, 30 x 40”, oil
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First Place
Alexandra Tyng
Year at Sea, 68 x 46”, oil
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Second Place
David Kassan
Portrait of My Dad, 32 x 25”, oil
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First Honor
Lynn Sanguedolce
Tom Poynor, 68 x 50”, oil
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Honor Award
Greg Mortenson
Orveda, 20 x 16”, oil
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Honor Award
Paul Wyse
Max, 22 x 28”, oil
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Honor Award
Katherine McNenly
The Beekeeper, 20 x 24”, oil
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Honor Award
Gavin Gardner
Kalos Kai Agathos,7.75 x 13”, cast stone
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Honor Award
James Tennison
Margueritte, 40 x 27”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Nick Alm
Insomnia, 35 x 37”, oil
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Exceptional Merit & People's Choice
Casey Baugh
Composing, 12 x 20”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Matthew Collins
Richards Serrin, life size, terracotta
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Exceptional Merit
Marina Dieul
La grande ails, 50 x 50”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Stephen Early
I Wanna Be Adored #3, 36 x 30”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
John Ebersberger
Avie, 27 x 19”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
David Gluck
The Trapper, 24 x 30”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Aapo Pukk
Paul, 38 x 31”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Thomas Reis
The Reader, 30 x 34”, oil
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Exceptional Merit
Hsin-Yao Tseng
I Never Told You, 30 x20”, oil
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