The mission of this competition is to encourage artists to develop and refine their classical art skills and spotlight their mastery by providing a new platform for showcasing contemporary-traditional works of art.

Artists were asked to represent The Fascinations of Fall via contemporary-traditional methods.  Any genre of work was eligible for consideration.  The guest judge for this competition was Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur, to whom we owe our deepest gratitude for selecting the award winners and finalists. 

Finalists include, Kathleen Alexander, David Allen, Anna Rose Bain, Randy Berrett, Deborah Breedon, Larry Brooks, Sandy Delehanty, Esther Engelman, Marian Fortunati, Philippe Gandiol, Michael Godfrey, Meisha Grichuhin, Larry Hemmerich, Laurie Hendricks, Sunny Hilliker, Ellen Howard, Ray Hunter, Michele Janee, Lucinda Johnson, David Kizziar, Paul Kratter, Robert Lewis, Carolyn Lord, Lee MacLeod, David Marty, Marie Massey, Eileen McCullough, Jim McVicker, Linda Mutti, Erica Pollock Norelius, Shannon O’Dunn, Rita Pacheco, Terumi Paganini, Gerald D. Rahm, Linda Roemish, Rebecca Jo Steelman, Alex Tabet, Sonya Terpening, Marie Tippets, Milly Tsai, Tamara Vieira, Cleo Vilett, Karen Wadsworth, Marlene Walters, Nina Warner, Sharon Weaver and Mary Kay West.