We would like to congratulate several of our apprentices and staff on their recent awards in the Richeson75 Still Life and Floral Art Competition. Thai apprentice Aekarat Sakda was awarded 2nd Place with his artwork Forced Imitation:
Judge Eric Johnson had the following to say about Aekarat’s piece:
I am not usually a fan of paintings that impose a strong camera like depth of field diffusion, but my goodness this is so expertly painted. To make oil paint look like this is nothing short of incredible. The painstaking time and care that the artist has put into making a very shallow depth of space look deep and dimensional makes me rethink my own opinions about what l like to see in other artists’ work and inspire me to give more credit to similar effects that I wouldn’t otherwise emphasize in my own work.
Fellow Thai apprentice Mingkhwan Jantaree was awarded Honorable Mention for her piece, My Tiny Home.
Judge Eric had the following to say about Mingkhwan’s piece:
“Sometimes all you need is value! A spec of color wouldn’t strengthen this piece, it would only serve to distract from its eerie sense of atmosphere. The light effect is handled in a way that makes my eyes wonder, objects never feeling fully lost.
This painting is an excellent example and argument for compression of value range in a piece of art. The darks don’t need to be so BLACK and the lights don’t need to be pure WHITE. The middle range is truly where the magic happens.
We would also like to congratulate Dan Christian, Dean of our Thai campus, for being selected as a finalist with his piece, Over the Moon.
