OlaivART Theme I ― WOMAN, Traditional Art Winners!

OlaivART Theme I ― WOMAN, Traditional Art Winners!

I am very humbled to have met such amazingly skilled artists in my first ever traditional art competition. Below are the selected four who received 4.00 SBD each with one honorable mention who received 1.000 SBD.

1. Entry Post: My entry for OlaivART Contest

Title: Bulgarian girl
Artist: @marty-arts
Dimension & Medium/Media Used: N/A | Watercolors on paper A4

Artist's Statement:

Before I painted this piece I was searching for some photos of Slovak girls in their traditional costume. However, I saw a photo of a girl in Bulgarian costume and was sure I want to paint her. All the colors reminds me of diversity of life and its treasures. And in the middle a woman who gives life and wakes up all the symbols on her costume.

2. Entry Post: TRADITIONAL ART CONTEST HOSTED BY @olaivart

Title: Venus in the Sun
Artist: @carolineschell
Dimension & Medium/Media Used: N/A | Marble Sculpture

Artist's Statement:

It's summer and we can feel the high temperature. The woman is lying in the sun and shows us her nice body. She enjoys the hot sunbeams and feels just relaxed... It's a light and shadow play!

3. Entry Post: My entry for OlaivART Contest - "Easter Morning"

Title: Easter morning
Artist: @marinaart
Dimension & Medium/Media Used: 30 x 40 (?) | Oil on Linen

Artist's Statement:

Я разноплановый художник и работаю в разных стилях и техниках и рисую работы на различные темы. Наиболее близкой темой для меня являются портреты. Я очень хотела запечатлеть любовь и тепло своей мамы в данной работе. Моей целью было нарисовать материнскую любовь в портрете для этого я использовала теплые тона для предачи своих личных эмоций и преживанй. Я так же изобразила детали в картине для передачи нюансов жизни моей мамы. На картине за маминой спиной изображен пейзаж поселка где она родилась.

4. Entry Post: OlaivART Theme I ― MUJER (plasmando recuerdos)

Title: recuerdos… arena y muerte entre mis manos.
Artist: @josegodox
Dimension & Medium/Media Used: 55x120 cm | mixta (grafito, acuarela, acrílico y lápices de colores)

Artist's Statement:

En esta obra trato de plasmar algunos momentos mi pasado reflejados en esta pequeña niña envuelta en una atmosfera melancólica permanente debido a la pérdida de un ser querido. En sus frágiles e inocentes manos lleva el peso de la muerte simbolizada en una pequeña caja de madera, la cual está totalmente tapada por una mancha de pintura (queriendo negar de la realidad que está viviendo pero solo se engaña así misma), las hormigas se lo hacen notar agrupándose en la mancha tratando de revelar la realidad como si trataran de llegar a la caja aferrada entre sus dedos y enterrada entre estas capas de pintura. Estas hormigas a su vez van destruyendo todos los sueños e ilusiones representadas en caracoles… ya la niña está perdiendo su inocencia. Se puede decir que para mí las hormigas son la representación de aquellas personas toxicas que intentan hacerte ver su realidad de una manera cortante.

Honorable Mention's Entry Post: Ecstatic Muse - Original Drawing

Title: Aloria in Ecstasy
Artist: @luminousflux
Dimension & Medium/Media Used: 18x24" | Graphite on Paper

Artist's Statement:

I am endlessly grateful for my muse and collaborator, Aoria Weaver. This drawing was from one of the off-moments in a photo shoot we did almost a decade ago. This muse is amused by something not in the scene.

Competition Announcement: OlaivART Traditional Art Contest Announcement ― 4 artists will each get 4 SBD as a reward!

Kindly check out the rest of the entries here. Don't forget to give them the love and support they truly deserved. I am very happy and humbled with the success of my first initiated competition! I hope to see the same talent this 4th Friday of January!

Thank you so much for participating @winizart, @christianyocte, @gailbelga, @marty-arts, @carolineschell, @juliensorel, @mfestra, @marinaart, @josegodox, @joii, @huslein.slash, @ralr11, @luminousflux, and @lildebbiecakes! <3

See you all again, and thank you so much! Namaste!

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