Who's a prize winner here? 2007 Portrait Society of America.
 

I'll start this thread to ask who else is a prize winner at the Ninth Annual Art of the Portrait International Portrait Commpetition, of the Portrait Society of America, for 2007? I understand there are 11 Fnalists, 4 Exceptional Merits, and 16 Certificates of Excellence. That sounds like a total of 31 winners out of a record field of more than 1,300 entries this year.

I received a Certificate of Excellence for my portrait sculpture bust of "Gia". It seems unusual to get a prize for a sculpture instead of a painting, so I am pleased to report something different. Here is a link to the thread of the unveiling of "Gia".

I am happy to relate and understand congratulations are in order to Alex Tyng for also winning a Certificate of Excellence! She will have to tell us which portrait entry won, of hers.

Who else? Did any here get the bigger awards? Some are only finding out their competition status today.

Garth

Great News Garth!

I guess I am not one of the lucky ones, but I was online with Alex when she found out.

Congratulations to both of you!

I'm not surprised you are winning a prize for this bust, Garth, it's outstanding!

Congratulations (and a hug) to you and Alex (and whomever else posts here, too)!

Edit: I know of two SOG Forum members who are finalists, David Kassan and Adrian Gottleib. Congratulations!

Congrats to all.
Tony

Thanks, and congratulations to all the other prize winners! I can't wait to see all the winning portraits. Mine was of Dr. Constantine Papadakis, President of Drexel University. I haven't even posted it here yet, but I will, in the "Unveilings" section.

To take a look, here it is:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...0929#post70929

Garth and Alex,

Big Congratulations to both of you....for some very deserving work.

David

Garth and Alex, many congratulations to both of you
Ilaria

Outstanding Garth and Alex. I'm glad to see your wonderful little bust make it in Garth!
As for me, I also got the 'ol reject letter along with those other 1200+ folks.

Alex,

That is outstanding. The composition is wonderful. Those studies done from life, I think, really helped keep the skin-tones lively.

Garth,

Gia is enchanting!

I can't help seeing the similarities between this competition and the competition for admission to the Ivy League colleges. (We just went through this with our son.) You all are so incredibly talented and deserve prizes. I wish we all could have won something.

Very well done, Garth. Your sculpture is excellent!

And Alex, so you did get your award after all. I am so pleased for you. Congratulations! A really top class painting!

Garth and Alex, many congratulations to you both.

Garth--

This is great news....your ability with both two- and three-dimensional work is an inspiration.

Hope to see you in Reston!

-T

Big congratulations to you all !
Garth,
I don't know how I missed your unveiling , I even though you didn't finished this piece, it was such a treat to follow your WIP... Such a delicate and lively sculpture !

Alex,
very interresting ( and instructive) WIP, too! You are very talented and have a unique way of controlling big compositions.

Very well deserved awards!
(I also hope to meet you in real in Reston !)

Alex and Garth,
congratulations to both of you. It is no big surprise that your wonderful works made it to the top. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Alex and Garth

Congratulations to both of you!

Congratulations to you all!!

I congratulate both of you and all the award winners.

I also congratulate you all, You work so hard to achieve these honors. Job well done!

Dianne

Congrats all, i just figured out my username and password, its been awhile. Who is going down to the conference this year? Are you guys still doing the dinner thing like the one in Boston 04?

Yes, but the new tradition is that Finalists pay for everybody else's dinner.

That's cool, May I suggest we eat at White Castle this year, that way I can buy everyone burgers by the sack. :)

Congrats to you, David!

The information you are looking for is in the following threads:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=7666

http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=7657

Hope to meet you there.

Congratulations to all and best of luck.

Thanks Alexandra! and congrats back, nice work btw. thx for the threads.