Painting has been a lifelong passion of mine, something I returned to whenever I could between raising my son and working. Recently, I’ve finally had the opportunity to dedicate more time to it, and my goal now is to paint every day. I aspire to make a living through my art and eventually reach the level where I can exhibit and sell my paintings in a gallery. …
Today Art is so important in my life, if I am not drawing or painting I feel empty.
Drawing and painting allows me to loose myself and feel good and free. …
Big thanks to all Winter 2026 Old Masters Academy Art Competition participants and voters!
In nominating a winner, we considered how many votes participants have received from other people.
I began drawing and painting at forty, just a few years ago. I had always felt the urge to create, but I lacked the courage to pursue it. When I finally started, I adapted quickly and discovered that art felt natural to me. Some of my paintings have even been exhibited in a gallery. …
Painting holds a deeply meaningful place in my life. It is a beautiful activity that generates pleasant sensations in people. There is a great reward in both creating beauty and in appreciating it. …
As a new mom and wife, art inhabits the weaned, in-between moments of my life—a hurried sketch, eeked out after rocking my sweet babe to sleep, a paint palate sitting, drying out on my desk, a plan to visit a museum this week with my daughter in low. …
Big thanks to all Autumn 2025 Old Masters Academy Art Competition participants and voters!
In nominating a winner, we considered how many votes participants have received from other people.
I am a 61-year-old Belgian dentist who discovered drawing 10 years ago. I trained in oil painting using Flemish techniques and also studied watercolor. Over the past two years, I have taken part in competitions and exhibitions, winning awards and selling some of my work. …
My name is Michael Reider, and I am an artist who came to painting through a long, winding path. I earned my BFA years ago, but for much of my professional life I worked in other creative fields. Eventually I returned to fine art, not as a hobby, but as the center of my life. Painting is now the way I make sense of the world, the way I process experience, and the way I stay grounded. It is also how I give back, through community workshops, art based classes, and the “Serenity Through Art” sessions I teach to help people find calm and confidence through creativity. …
My name is Nikol, and I move between law, visual art and music. I enjoy exploring people, gestures and quiet moments through painting. Art is my balance and my way to slow down, observe and connect with the world. It helps me turn emotion and observation into form. …
