Current Exhibition

Our eight Art competition “Portrait” started in July 2025 and concluded on August 28, 2025. Art Room Gallery received entries from many countries around the world: Tanzania, Italy, USA, Singapore, Australia, Netherlands, Taiwan, Canada, UK. The Portrait theme in this competition included a diversity in types, styles and mediums (acrylic, oil, watercolor, colored pencil, photography, forged steel). The following evaluation criteria has been used for judging the artwork: creativity, interpretation of the theme, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. Jury decided to select 34 artworks for inclusion in the exhibition. Aside from First, Second, and Third place Jury also presented Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards.

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First place

Statement:

Dr. Georgina Macken is an internationally recognised, award-winning portrait painter. Her fascination with the soul behind ones eyes, led Georgina to pursue a Doctorate of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology in New York City. She now resides in her homeland Australia, by the sea, on the Central Coast. Georgina Macken states:"The eyes of a human trigger many concurrent senses and so my portraits enable me to enjoy the power of the eyes without needing to turn away and close mine." Unexplored dreams and visions radiate from their innocent faces, encompassing the layered experience of being human. Through a dazzling visual syntax, her sensorial portraits encapsulate divergent visions in a luminous renaissance style. Seizing upon the special dynamic facial expression or gesture, her watercolor-on-paper portraits organically weave a rich tapestry of her subjects, who are often babies or children. Illuminating the spontaneous joy of her subjects, she eternally encapsulates their sparkling personalities for future generations.

Statement:

Susan Brinkmann was born in Southampton (United Kingdom) in 1963. When she was seven years old, her family moved to the Netherlands, where she still lives and works now. After studying painting and drawing at the Academy of Arts in Tilburg, Susan soon specialized in photorealistic portrait drawing and now receives international portrait commissions. Her work has been exhibited in both solo- and group exhibitions in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium and Greece, and has been published in many international art magazines and books.

Statement:

To take my inner visions with my hands and create a work of art for you the viewer .... That is the ultimate in self expression." Cher Pruys was born in Regina. Over the years she lived in many places including Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Fort Frances, settling into her present home in Devlin, on the banks of the Rainy River with her husband Mark, and pets. By age three, Cher was seldom found without a drawing tool in hand. She worked in pencil, charcoal and ink over the years, picking up a paintbrush at the age of 35. Beginning with oil paints, she found her chosen mediums in acrylic, watercolor and gouache, and her passion for hyperrealism. Although self-taught, her dedication and talent has seen her work juried into 835 International exhibits. She has won 1287 awards for her work in the International Juried Exhibits. Her work has graced the covers of 3 books, 43 magazines, including The Best Of Acrylic Fall 2021, cover of the May 2022 Arabella Magazine, #20 Hyperrealism Magazine with “Girls Girls Girls”, & #21 with “The Young Cowboy”, Artists & Illustrators March 2024 Artistonish 2024 July edition, Observica Elite 2024,Art Closeup Magazine#26 Jan. 2025, & The back cover of Novum Artis #007, 2025. She has been featured in over 700 International publications. Cher's works have found a permanent home in private and public collections worldwide.