Book project, contest, art show “A Fine Art Journey”

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The number of artists in the book is complete. The book is in progress. After the book is published, we will complete this website. Here will be introduced the book and also the additional participants. The book “A Fine Art Journey” is expected to be published in the second quarter of 2020, probably in summer.

What does “Enter into Art – LOUNGE” mean?

The “Enter into Art – Lounge” includes our special gift book series, with a contest and an art show taking place as well. These are mixed media books and events, which we offer as extraordinary opportunities. Artists can freely choose the size and style of their works of art.

The book A Fine Art Journey is based on our test project “Touring the World Through Art” (link to the previous events of “Touring the World through Art”). The older test project has been expanded and continues under the new book title!

The aforementioned book will present your picture on a full page. It will be bilingual (i.e., in English and German). It will be printed in both soft- and hardcover versions. The artist can then choose what he or she prefers. It is, above all, the poetic context that sets our art books apart from others. This art book will be a gift book with travel-inspired poems and an entertaining preface. The book and the numerous awards are powerful PR tools (e.g., the first prize is an extra solo book). The winners will also receive a German blog post as a gift.

The book presentation takes place in the Studio Gallery “Apollinaire” in Bonn-Königswinter and in the city of Cologne with an exquisite video installation. It will also be documented on the Internet.

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71 artists from 30 countries (please also see below!)

Participating pictures in the contest:

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The online book and the photo mosaic with the art show will be published here at a later date!

The full list of entries and further documentation will also be published with the publication of the book and the art show. The number of the picture behind the names of the artists only is given here on the website; it will not be included in the book. The information about further submissions or participating pictures (your three artworks) will be published on a PDF list.

Since this is not a traditional catalog, but a gift book with a similar kind of images, the awards will be not mentioned in the book. We want to give each artist equal recognition and benefit from the book. Winners, finalists and jury members will all receive a printable certificate, which will be sent by email, at the latest with the publication of the book. Please also read below about the “Rewards”!

There are 16 awards and 13 finalists. The following winners were determined from 82 pictures:

Jury Awards

1 – 3 Jury Prizes

Isao Kobayashi 3, Japan, The α Box No.17, 2018, Digital Print, 100 x 125 cm

Iris Geneviève Lahens 1, Canada, Cosmos Visit, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 150 cm

Ulla Wobst 2, Germany, Rendezvous In A Beautiful Town, 2007, Mixed Media on Canvas, 100 x 140 cm

Rune Baashus 1, Norway, Sky High No. 3, 2014, Photo printed on Hanemühle Fineart Pearl Paper, 110 x 70 cm

1st Prize: Isao Kobayashi – 2nd Prize: Iris Geneviève Lahens + Ulla Wobst – 3rd Prize: Rune Basshus

Excellence Jury Prizes

Cinla Seker 1, Turkey, 1, 2018, Digital Print, 5 x 16,6 cm

Gerhard Rasser 2, Austria, No Mans Land III, 2018, Watercolour, Gouache, 39 x 24 cm

Herbert Hermans 3, The Netherlands, Train Missed, 2019, Oil on Linen, 80 x 60 cm

Editorial awards

Honorable Special Prize

Camila Zaccarelli 1, Chile, Impermanence I, 2017, Inks and Pigments, 48 x 67 cm

Honorable Mentions

Majlinda Kelmendi 1, Albania, Memory Is The Diary, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 140 x 120 cm

Sylviane Leblond 1, France, Winter Landscape, 2013, Chinese Calligraphic Painting on Rice Paper "marouflé" — Sylviane Leblond 1, France, Winter Landscape, 2013, Chinese Calligraphic Painting on Rice Paper “marouflé”

Additional awards:

Rowena Božič 3, Slovenia, Traces, 2017, Etching, Aquatint, 33 x 40 cm, paper 50 x 70 cm

Lukas Kandl 2, France, The Annunciation’s Angel, 2004, Oil on Canvas, 195 x 162 cm

David Whitfield 2, France, Group, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 90 cm

Pnina C. Gagnon 3, Canada, Ebb And Flow ,1999, Watercolor and Pigments on Handmade Paper, 150 x 120 cm

Veryal Zimmerman 1, USA, Yellowstone Eruption Gone A Rye, 2019, Pastel, 50,8 x 33 cm

Marianne Reim 1 Canada, Migration ACAA, Photo-Transfer on Steel, 86 x 74 cm

Finalists – nominee:

Adelheid Niepold, Belgium; Asuna Yamauchi, Japan; David Beeri, USA; Gerhardt Gallagher, Ireland; Igor Smirnov, Latvia; MP Le Bohec, France; Roswitha Eisenbock, Austria; Sirkka Laakkonen, Finland; Somsak Chaituch, The Netherlands; Takanori Iwase, Japan; Tatiyana Kraevskaya, USA; Valentina Anopova, Russia; Valerie Ghoussaini, USA

Jury-members:

Grand Juror: Takanori Iwase (Japan)

Barry Cottrell, United Kingdom
Elmar Peintner, Austria
Gerald Hushlak, Canada (Professor)
Kelli Valk, Estonia
Kouki Tsuritani, Japan
Lurdi Blauth, Brazil (Lecturer)
Majlinda Kelmendi, Albania (Professor)
Meint van der Velde, The Netherlands
Peter Hriso, USA (Professor)
Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir, Iceland
Vicky Tsalamata, Greece (Professor)
Watana Kreetong, Thailand

Rewards

All 10 prizes will be accompanied by a powerful PR communication in German on the Internet. This will take the form of mini-websites with our aesthetic considerations of your three pictures (EXAMPLE). They will be published within a year. The images of the additional awards will be featured in a summary blog post. The jury prize winners will be highlighted in the art show (book presentation) in a special way.

The first prize winner will receive a solo art book. Additionally, his or her picture will be shown on the cover of the book, A Fine Art Journey. Images of both second prize winners’ picture will be shown on the back cover, while an image of the third prize winner’s picture will appear on the title page of the book.

Blog posts:

For links to the German blog posts – please see on our main website – CONTEST! Alternatively, you can visit the category Art Excellence in the German blog journal. You will find Google Translate at the bottom of the German website. When all posts have been published, the links will be added also here.

Isao Kobayashi, Japan, 1st Prize
Iris Geneviève Lahens, Canada, 2nd Prize
Ulla Wobst, Germany, 2nd Prize
Rune Baashus, Norway, 3rd Prize
Cinla Seker, Turkey, Excellence Award
Gerhard Rasser, Austria, Excellence Award
Herbert Hermans, The Netherlands, Excellence Award
Camila Zaccarelli, Chile, Honorable Special Award
Majlinda Kelmendi, Albania, Honorable Mention
Sylviane Leblond, France, Honorable Mention

Collective post:

Rowena Božič , Slovenia, Print Award
Lukas Kandl, France, Painting Award
David W Whitfield, France, Color Award
Pnina C. Gagnon, Canada, Abstract Art Award
Veryal Zimmerman, USA, Drawing Award
Marianne Reim, Canada, Medium Award

71 artists from 30 countries

Argentina, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Irland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA

Click on a picture to start the show with larger images!

Adelheid Niepold 1, Germany, Fluss des Lebens, 2000, Digital Processing of Monotypes, 30 x 40 cm

Adelheid Niepold 2, Germany, Fluss des Lebens, 2000, Digital Processing of Monotypes, 30 x 40 cm

Ai-Wen Wu Kratz 3, USA, Flowers Along The Road, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 183 x 274 cm

Antonietta Torsiello 3, United Kingdom, Thought Burns Its Creator, Acrylic, Linocut on Yellow Paper, 33 x 35 cm

Asuna Yamauchi 2, Japan, Good-Bye My Best Friend 2, 2017, Etching, Aquatint, 30 x 22 cm

Aya Swoboda 2, Austria, Without Title, 2015, Acrylic on Plexiglas, 142 x 87 cm

David Beeri 1, USA, Joyful Island, 2018, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 152 cm

David Beeri 2, USA, Way To Golgotha, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 55 x 70 cm

David W Whitfield 1, France, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic, 100 x 100 cm

Devon Govoni 1, USA, Split City, 2019, Mixed Media, 193 x 127 cm

Dimitra Petropoulou-Dimitraki 3, Greece, Horizon II, 2015, Color Woodcut, 59 x 78 cm

Ema Szabo 1, Romania, Medieval Perugia, 2018, Oil on Canvas, 70 x 50 cm

Fabienne Burdet-Ichtchenko 1, France, La Horde, 2016, Linocut, 58 x 42 cm

Ruspoli 1, United Kingdom, Exhortation, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 153 cm

Gerhard Rasser 1, Austria, Own Ways, 2019, Watercolor, Gouache, 45,5 x 22,5 cm

Gerhardt Gallagher 1, Ireland, Peatland Traveller, 2018, Oil on Board, 30 x 40 cm

Gerhardt Gallagher 1, Ireland, Cathedral, 2014, Oil on Board, 78 x 51 cm

Horst Wolf 3, USA, Abstract #37, 2018, Mixed Media, 75 x 56 cm

Igor Smirnov 1, Latvia, On The Way To Bahamas, 2016, Mix Media on Board, 100 x 75 cm

Inga-Maj von Mühlenfels 3, Sweden, District, 2018, Acryl, 50 x 70 cm

James Pfeffer 1, USA, Mabel’s Diner, 2002, Watercolor, 508 x 406 cm

James Pfeffer 2, USA, Slices, 2014, Watercolor, 380 cm round

Josée Wuyts + Frans de Groot 1, The Netherlands, Sign Imaginary Journey, 2017, Painting Collage on Carton, 122 x 159 cm

Jozina Marina van Hees 1, The Netherlands, Delhi Lane, 2017, Acril on Canvas, 120 x 100 cm

Katharina Bossmann 1, USA, Erste Blüte (First Bloom), 2017, Reduction Woodcut, 112 x 76 cm

Kurt Ries, Gemany, The Last Journey, 2019, Digital Print, 50 x 47 cm

Kurt Freundlinger 2, Austria, Blaues Paar, 2015, Eitempera, 80 x 80 cm

Leyla Yildiz 3, USA, Red City, 2004, Monoprint (Pronto Plate), 29 x 20 cm

Lisa Graham 1, USA, Landscape #2, 2018, Digital Print, 20 x 20 cm

Lynn Chen 1, Taiwan, Oriental Beauty, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 116,8 x 91 cm

Mady Maeriën 1, Belgium, Never Ending Carreer Of Poirot, 2016, Collage, Litho Polyester, 43 x 58 cm

Magdalena Pastuszak 1, Poland, Travel From A Distance, 2016, Digital Graphics UV Printing, 100 x 70 cm

Marieta Toneva 1, Sweden, Movements II, 2015, Screenprint on Plexi, 50 x 100 cm

Marlo Mylonas-Svikovsky 1, Switzerland, The Mangrove In Brazil, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 100 cm

Maud Du Jeu 2, France, Above The World 2018, Ink and Wash Drawing, 80 x 110 cm, Outer Dimension 90 x 120 cm

Mira Satryan 2a, USA, Sharing Joy, 2019, Mixed Media on Canvas, 51 x 41 cm

Mira Satryan 2, USA, To Say Goodbye, 2018, Acrylic, Pastel, 148 x 148 cm

Monica Johnson 3, USA, North Rim Series II, 2019, Mixed-Media, 30,48 x 45,72 cm

MP Le Bohec 2, France, To An Other Planet, 2017, Digital Print, 50 x 50 cm

Natalia Rose 1, Denmark, Venezia, 2015, Acrylic on Linen, 130 x 90 cm

Nelly Arias 2, Argentina, WWW, 2003, Prints over Holographic Paper, 70 x 50 cm

Nuria Pena 3, Spain, End Of Loneliness, 3 Spain, Digital Print, Additive Techniques, 28 x 38 cm Sommerset Paper

Olga Bolkisieva 1, United Kingdom, Landscape, 2014, Photography, Print, 29,7 x 42 cm

Pamela Ecker 4, Austria, Along The River Vltava, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 120 cm

Patricia Pascazzi 2, Argentina, Rush Hour, 2015, Collage, 150 x 100 cm

Patricia Pascazzi 2, Argentina, Brooklyn, 2016, Oleo/collage, 120 x 80 cm

Radu Tikanete 1, Romania, Pontius Pilatus, Triptych, Left Panel, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 104 x 74 cm

Rae Johnson 1, Canada, Flying Woman, 2018, Oil on Canvas, 111.46 x 116,84 cm

Regina Dantas 1, Brazil, Blue Tuning, 2016, Digital Art, 50,5 x 75 cm

Roswitha Eisenbock 1, Austria, Tuscany, 2016, Mixed Media on Canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 3060

Ruth Helena Fischer, Italy, Salvador de Bahia 1, 2000, Acrylic, 70 x 90 cm

Silvia Anton 2, Romania, Metamorphosis II, 2019, Oil on Canvas, Mixed Technique, 70 x 50 cm

Sinikka Elfving 2, Norway, Shadows Of The Night, 2016, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 80 cm

Sirkka Laakkonen 1, Finland, Light After Rainfall, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 80 x 70 cm

Sirkka Laakkonen, Finland, Glorious, 2013, Oil on Canvas, 81 x 100 cm

Sirkka Laakkonen 3, Finland, Home Gate, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 61 x 61 cm

Somsak Chaituch 1, The Netherlands, Nature-2018-1, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 200 x 180 cm

Sylviane Leblond 3, France, Chinese Pine-Tree, 2013, Chinese Calligraphic Painting, 60 x 50 cm

Takanori Iwase 3, Japan, To Bright, 2016, Waterless, Lithogragh, 53 x 78 cm

Tatiyana Kraevskaya 1, USA, Over The Rainbow, 2002, Oil on Canvas, 76,2 x 101,6 cm

Valentina Anopova 1, Russia, Mother And Son, 1986, Oil on Canvas, 92 x 53 cm

Valentina Anopova 1, Russia, The Students, India, 1986, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 120 cm

Valerie J. A. Vandermotten 1, Belgium, Blue Horizon (Quiet Series), Acrylic On Linen, 2012, 100 x 70 cm

Valerie Ghoussaini 2, USA, Girl On A Bike, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 92 cm

Wilhelmina Zoutewelle 1, The Netherlands, Musical Pattern III, Canto Ostinato, 2016, Cardboard, 120 x 120 cm

Yasuyuki Uzawa 2, Japan, Strings-Marine Blue, 2018, Oil on Canvas, 190 x 140 cm

Yvan Lafontaine 2, Canada, Mon Jardin, 2018, Aquatique, Digital Print, 46 x 60 cm

ARGENTINA	GERMANY	RUSSIA
Nelly Arias	Kurt Ries	Valentina Anopova
Patricia Pascazzi	Ursula Wobst	SLOVENIA
AUSTRIA	GREECE	Rowena Bozic
Aya Swoboda	Dimitra Petropoulou	SPAIN
Gerhard Rasser	IRLAND	Nuria Pena
Kurt Freundlinger	Gerhardt Gallagher	SWEDEN
Pamela Ecker	ITALY	Inga-Maj von Mühlenfels
Roswitha Eisenbock	Ruth Helena Fischer	Mareta Toneva
BELGIUM	JAPAN	SWITZERLAND
Adelheid Niepold	Isao Kobayashi	Marlo Mylonas-Svikovsky
Mady Maerien	Takanori Iwase	TAIWAN
Valerie Vandermotten	Yamauchi Asuna	Lynn Chen
BRAZIL	Yasuyuki Uzawa	TURKEY
Regina Lucia Dantas Paulino Vaz	KOSOVO / ALBANIA	Cinla Seker
CANADA	Majlinda Kelmendi	UNITED KINGDOM
Iris Genevieve Lahens	LATVIA	Antonietta Torsiello
Marianne Reim	Igor Smirnov	Olga Bolkisieva
Pnina Gagnon	THE NETHERLANDS	Francesco Ruspoli
Rae Johnson	Frans de Groot & Wuyts Josee	USA
Yvan Lanfontain	Herbert Hermans	Ai-Wen Wu Kratz
CHILE	Jozina van Hees	David Beeri
Camila Zaccarelli	Wilhelmina Zoutewelle	Devon Govoni
DENMARK	Somsak Chaituch	Horst Wolf
Natalia Rose	NORWAY	James Pfeffer
FINLAND	Rune Baashus	Katharine Bossmann
Sirkka Laakkonen	Sinikka Elfving	Leyla Yildiz
FRANCE	POLAND	Lisa Graham
David Whitfield	Magdalena Pastuszak	Mira Satryan
Fabienne Burdet-Ichtchenko	ROMANIA	Monica Johnson
Lukas Kandl	Emanoela Szabo	Tatiyana Kraevskaya
Marie Paule le Bohec	Radu Tikanete	Valerie Ghoussaini
Maud du Jeu	Silvia Anton	Veryal Zimmerman
Sylviane Leblond

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