Previous Series Winners

Richard D. Serros

Capricorn | Oil | USA

Honorable

Jillian Goodall-Seer

RAIN IS COMING | Black & White Photography | GERMANY

Honorable

Karel Armstrong

Forest Edge Retreat | Watercolor | USA

Honorable

Tom Watt

Mt. Desert Rock Lighthouse | Oil | USA

Honorable

Patricia Maguire

Sunset Wave | Oil | USA

Honorable

Paul Tillinghast

Together | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Phil Hargreaves

Sun sand and sea | Pastel | UK

Honorable

Mayali Geyling

Closer to Reality | Oil | USA

Honorable

Caitlin Accurso

Crash Course | Oil | USA

Honorable

Yidong Zhou

Stormy Waves | Other | CHINA

Honorable

Lawrence Denham

Wave Study Gerringong | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

Karen Ollis

Lemurian Dawn | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Katie Stevenson

Arctic Blue | Wood Carving | USA

Honorable

Christiane Maluck

"Am Meer", 80x100 cm | Acrylic | GERMANY

Honorable

Gill Barratt

The Meeting | Oil | FRANCE

Honorable

Julie Clendenen Simpson

OASIS | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Terry Berkowitz

“Under the Sea” | Watercolor | USA

Honorable

Zahra Asli

Horizon | Mixed Media | USA

Honorable

Chuck Jones

The Flow [of Water] Can't be Captured in This Pain | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Susan Fleming

The Places We Don't Know About #1 | Mixed Media | USA

Honorable

Mark Lore

Salmon River | Oil | USA

Honorable

Michael Shewmaker

Kulu kulu | Other | USA

Honorable

Emma Framson

Waiting | Oil | USA

Honorable

Shawn Digity

swampland swig | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Meaghan K. Troup

Morning Song | Oil | USA

Honorable

Stephanie Bing

Horizon and Space | Acrylic | GERMANY

Honorable

Paul Tillinghast

End of Earth | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Solveig McDonald

Lazy River | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

Solveig McDonald

Duck Dance | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

Sam Milan Hewitt

Spiral Tree | Acrylic | UK

Honorable

Vali Irina Ciobanu

The power of Water | Mixed Media | ROMANIA

Honorable

Lisa Kirschman

Blush of Dusk | Gouache | USA

Honorable

Corinna Kleindorp

Yellowstone | Color Photography | GERMANY

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Bubbles | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Karel Armstrong

Surf Hunters | Watercolor | USA

Honorable

Jessica Kunnas

"Silver Rain" | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Michel Jegerlehner

La Goutte et le Bateau | Acrylic | SWITZERLAND

Honorable

Leonora de Lange

Little boat waiting | Oil | UK

Honorable

Fran Halpin

The Glow Within | Acrylic | IRELAND

Honorable

Philippe Giroux

Water Music | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Christina Fries-Miller

Portal | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Lawrence Denham

Wave Study Summer | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

Stephanie Navon Jacobson

Jamaican Paradise | Oil | USA

Honorable

Graham Pellow

Early Morning Mist Rydal Water Cumbria | Oil | UK

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Miriam Gonçalves

Washing the Earth | Oil | BRAZIL

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Cathy Friesen

Tranquil | Acrylic | CANADA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Dawei Zhang

Late summer morning | Oil | CHINA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Joe Maibach

Sunset at Sea | Acrylic | USA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Emma Framson

Throwback | Oil | USA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Barry Smylie

Belize Fishing Fleet | Acrylic | CANADA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Mark Lore

Tucked Away | Oil | USA

Talent

Cash Prize: $ 25

Richard D. Serros

Water Bear Brunch | Oil | USA

Runner-Up

Cash Prize: $ 150

Peter Eugén

Waterlilies in Sweden | Watercolor | SWEDEN

Merit

Cash Prize: $ 75

Jessica Kunnas

Westcoast Sunset | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Jana Kreft

waveplay | Mixed Media | GERMANY

Honorable

Tom Watt

Buoy | Oil | USA

Honorable

Ashwini Manmode

Twilight Water | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Michael Blair Davies

Deadly Beauty | Mixed Media | USA

Honorable

Martina Kunz

Water Reflection | Mixed Media | GERMANY

Honorable

Christina Bonnett

Eagle Pond Nightfall | Acrylic | UK

Honorable

Mary Ann Ortigas

Big Wave | Oil | CANADA

Honorable

Fang Nan

Cell Forest | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Perles de Pluie | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Petra Seiz

Spirit of Ephemerality: Serenity | Mixed Media | LUXEMBOURG

Honorable

David Barclay

Gorge de Morlhon | Oil | USA

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Rainbow Bubbles | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Jillian Goodall-Seer

MARINA | Color Photography | GERMANY

Honorable

Eugenia Evoyan

Sunset in Santorini (oil on faux gold foil) | Oil | CANADA

Honorable

Heidi Fickinger

Power | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Shyvonne Neufeldt

Shine through the shadows | Ink | CANADA

Honorable

Peter Eugén

Stones in Swedish River | Watercolor | SWEDEN

Honorable

Tan En En

Safe in Harbour | Watercolor | SINGAPORE

Honorable

Sarah Esther Merry

Fred | Watercolor | USA

Honorable

Bharath Vishwanath

Shivanasamudra, India | Watercolor | INDIA

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Crystal Wave | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Huang Ziteng

Fish and Rain | Color Photography | CHINA

Honorable

Jessica Dunegan

Water is Life | Resin | USA

Honorable

Mark Woods

Rapture | Black & White Photography | USA

Honorable

Behnaz Darabi

Tiger | Oil | USA

Honorable

Natalie Toplass

Shimmer | Oil | UK

Honorable

Tatjana Tarasenko

In the arms of the waterfall | Oil | UK

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Color Wave | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Zoltan Boros

Reflection | Pencil | HUNGARY

Honorable

Karen Safer

Highland Fountain | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Judy Blahut

Ascension | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Jimmy S. Clark Jr.

Wetlands | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Troy Paolantonio

Oceanic Stardust | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Qian Haichao

Storm | Oil | CHINA

Honorable

Jimmy S. Clark Jr.

By the River | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Solveig McDonald

Afternoon D'Light | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

David Barclay

Spring Reflections | Oil | USA

Honorable

Mark Lore

Cool respite | Oil | USA

Honorable

Philippe Giroux

The little jump | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Lesley Husband

Liquid Gold | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Tom Watt

Prospect Harbor Buoy | Oil | USA

Honorable

Meaghan K. Troup

Glorious | Oil | USA

Honorable

Jillian Goodall-Seer

ON THE WATER | Black & White Photography | GERMANY

Honorable

Noelle O’Hanlon

Sea stripes | Oil | IRELAND

Honorable

Sarah Kuch

Maroon | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Marie Bergstedt

Under Water | Mixed Media | USA

Honorable

Marie Laforge

Colorado River | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Sarah Kuch

Super Wave | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Kay Ross

Ever-Changing | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Jessica Moore

Windswept | Oil | USA

Honorable

Huang Ziteng

Concentrated Lakes | Gouache | CHINA

Honorable

Lawrence Denham

Wave Study After the Storm | Acrylic | AUSTRALIA

Honorable

Christiane Maluck

"Was ist mit Fisch?" | Oil | GERMANY

Honorable

Philippe Giroux

The Watercourse of the Pages | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Johanne Kourie

Explosion d'Écumes - Sea explosion | Oil | CANADA

Honorable

Jeanette Seijo

Ocean watercolor | Other | USA

Honorable

Cathy Friesen

Waters Edge | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Daniel Olivier

Water meccanic | Oil | FRANCE

Honorable

Kittachaphol Watcharachaisakul

PHAYANAK.river faith. | Ink | THAILAND

Honorable

Sam Milan Hewitt

Water World | Acrylic | UK

Honorable

Karen Safer

Boiling Over | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Darby Perrin

Bering's Prize | Oil | USA

Honorable

Christina Fries-Miller

Pond | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Cathy Friesen

Ice | Acrylic | CANADA

Honorable

Karrie Jackson

Pod of Commons | Acrylic | USA

Honorable

Kristie (Min) Kim

Shark’s Tale | Watercolor | USA

Honorable

Vesela Hadzhiyska

Movement | Color Photography | BULGARIA

Honorable

Karen Ollis

Autumn Vibration | Color Photography | USA

Honorable

Sarah Esther Merry

Sunset on the Bayou | Oil | USA

Honorable

Helena Wilsen-Saunders

Flying South for Winter | Oil | UK

Honorable

Loretta Alvarado

Dana Point Rock Cove | Collage | USA

Honorable

Zoltan Boros

Puddle | Oil | HUNGARY

First

Cash Prize: $ 300

Michael Blair Davies

Get Out of My Yard | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Marek Sutkowski

Costa Ligure | Color Photography | POLAND

Finalist

G. Dallas

CHURNING WATERS | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Jeanette Seijo

Out on the Reef | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

Pond Lilies | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

Karen Safer

Bolivian Salt Flats | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Aylin Uyan

“Saving the Sailor “ | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Richard Fusco

Rapid Falls | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Ken Kochakji

Holiday in the Bahamas | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Chanise Vanes

Life flows like water | Other | USA

Finalist

Christopher Scorzelli

Rough Waters | Watercolor | USA

Finalist

Mara Bonofiglio

Mercí | Acrylic | ITALY

Finalist

Sheron Davis

Sky Wave | Mixed Media | USA

Finalist

Ludmila Poļakova-Verbicka

Contemplation | Oil | LATVIA

Finalist

Maureen Kellen-Taylor

Clean Water | Mixed Media | USA

Finalist

Christina Godley

CAVES OF MYSTERY | Acrylic | UK

Finalist

Natalia Rose

Golden Strait, 2024 | Acrylic | DENMARK

Finalist

Josie Reyes

101 | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Leaf Diamonds | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Mark Lore

Afternoon By Millers River | Oil | USA

Finalist

Pietro Zennaro

Coast | Photoshop | ITALY

Finalist

G. Dallas

THE FALLS | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Shannon Taggart

Beer Pour | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Josie Reyes

Dive | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Bharath Vishwanath

Indian Temple Pond | Watercolor | INDIA

Finalist

Shelby Jackson

Movement | Mixed Media | USA

Finalist

Andrea Jompole

Moxie at the Beach | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Michelle Williams

“Make Waves” | Watercolor | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

Remembering Venice Beach | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

Michelle Williams

“Underwealmed” | Watercolor | USA

Finalist

Lou Bermingham

When the River was the World | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Sam Milan Hewitt

Ascension | Black & White Photography | UK

Finalist

G. Dallas

CRASHING WAVES | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Sam Milan Hewitt

Life Currents; Four Whales | Graphic Design | UK

Finalist

Mitsu Harter

Blue Sky | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Elena Gerasimova

Two waves | Acrylic | LATVIA

Finalist

Karen Safer

Sydney Gardens | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Water Ripples | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

The Great Flood | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

An Jin Kyeong

Korea jeju sea | Paper | SOUTH KOREA

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Log Reflections | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Sabina Pstrocki Sehovic

A deserted House on the Main Street (glassImprint) | Watercolor | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Finalist

June Yokell

Shoreline Marsh | Oil | USA

Finalist

Andrea Jompole

Aspen & Millie Enjoying a Drink | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Bharath Vishwanath

Nostalgia | Watercolor | INDIA

Finalist

Darlene Spell

History Rolls On . . . | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

Sunset | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

Marie Laforge

Wave on a Shell | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Sarah Esther Merry

Reflections on the Oostanaula | Watercolor | USA

Finalist

Ellen Graham

Morning Flight Over | Mixed Media | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

Sea Creature | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

Yurdagul Konuk

Torrent | Other | TURKEY

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Colorful Sunset | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Leaf Water Drop Collection | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Cassandra Hoffmann

Don't Go Out | Oil | USA

Finalist

Lesley Husband

Nature’s Power | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Richard Fusco

Green Water | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Karen Safer

Sagrada Reflection | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Donna Lee Cutler

Ice Puzzles | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Richard D. Serros

The Depths II | Oil | USA

Finalist

Carole Doyon

Cheval marin | Glass | CANADA

Finalist

Andrea Del Rio

Bubbling In | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Rita Louis

Buried Moon | Watercolor | UK

Finalist

Lesley Husband

Dawn’s Aura | Color Photography | USA

Finalist

Elisabeth Jobin-Sanglard

Plage al Bustan | Tempera | OMAN

Finalist

Althea Adams

Ruff Waters & Volcanic Ash- St Vincent 2021 | Acrylic | CANADA

Finalist

Marixenia Baez

Love Waters | Acrylic | USA

Finalist

Oksana Sadovnyk

Wave | Other | POLAND

Finalist

Elisabeth Schwandter

Pink is swimming | Acrylic | AUSTRIA

Finalist

Candy Qu

Seabed Starry Sky | Oil | USA

Finalist

Jeanette Seijo

The Cat'tain | Other | USA

Finalist

Anisha Bhaduri

Wet sand | Oil | INDIA

Finalist

Liz Alpert

Favorite Vortex | Watercolor | USA

Finalist

Richard Fusco

Still Water Runs Deep | Color Photography | USA

Finalist