Randy Leoncini Wins First Place in the Drawing Category of the 16th Annual Salon Art Prize

ÀNI Art Academies Waichulis apprentice Randy Leoncini has won first place in the drawing category of the 16th Annual Salon Art Prize for his charcoal work, A Saturday Morning. Formerly known as the PleinAir Salon, the competition is regarded as one of the premier international awards for contemporary representational art, attracting submissions from highly accomplished artists around the world.

The competition exclusively accepts work created in traditional media, with photography and AI-generated imagery excluded from consideration.

Leoncini’s drawing has continued to gain widespread recognition across multiple exhibitions and competitions. A Saturday Morning previously earned First Place in the Monmouth County Art Alliance’s 39th Annual Studio & Gallery Exhibition, was featured in the Sasse Museum of Art digital exhibition The City: Artists’ Perspective, placed third in the Art Room Gallery’s Grey Exhibition, and received a Talent Prize in Teravarna’s International Juried Competition.

To see more of Leoncini’s work, visit his Instagram page.