Breezy Autumn Birches
48 x 60
Acrylic on Canvas won 2nd Place in Blue Theme Contest on Deviantart.com in 2006.

Heavenly Light
16 x 20
Acrylic on Illustration Board Daily Deviation Feature on Deviantart.com in 2010.

Award from the city council and Mayor of Beverly Hills Barry Brucker for my dedication to the arts in 2011.

Still Life with Coffee Maker
14 x 11
Oil on Canvas won 5th Place on artpreferred.com contest in 2015.

Hollywood Walk of Fame
36 x 24
Oil on Canvas won “Best Artist Under 30” award on Plein Air Salon Competition for December 2014/January 2015. Was featured as the painting of the month on an artist’s Facebook group “Portrait and Figure Artists” in August 2015. It also won Silver Los Angeles Addy Award for the year 2016. It won in “Special Recognition Artists” category on lightspacetime.com , open art exhibition-painting category for September 2016. Won Artist of the Month on artistofthemonth.net for November 2016.

Robert Shainsky in Jasper, Canada
“Teenager”
7 x 5 Acrylic on Canvas Board
won “Best Artist Under 30” award on Plein Air Salon Competition for June 2016/July 2016.

“NEVER AGAIN”, was selected as part of the FAV15%(jury’s favorite 15% of the entries) in the August 2016 BoldBrush Painting competition. Made it into the finals of WWK Competition 2016.(World Wide Kitsch Competition 2016)Won Runner Up in Artist of the Month Contest on artistofthemonth.net for November 2016. Won 1st place in “Black and White” competition at Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, LLC, 2017. Won a Merit Award in “Open” Art Exhibition of February 2018 at A Contemporary Room Online Gallery. Won First Place in the international art competition themed “Black & White” for April 2018 at art room gallery online website. This painting won First Place in “Black & White” exhibit from greycubegallery.com February 2020 competition.

“The Road” Won Special Recognition Award from lightspacetime.com annual landscape competition in May 2017.

“Coronado Beach”
5 x 7 Acrylic on Canvas Board
won “Best Acrylic” award on Plein Air Salon Competition for April 2017/May 2017.

“Golden Light Autumn”
Won Special Recognition Award from lightspacetime.com annual Seasons competition in July 2017.

“Flowers in Vase” Won Special Recognition Award from lightspacetime.com annual Botanical competition in August 2017.

“Rose Vase” Won Special Recognition Award from lightspacetime.com annual Botanical competition in August 2017.

1915 Won an Honorable Mention from Artist’s Network Annual Competition in Portrait/Figure category. It also Won Special Merit Award from lightspacetime.com competition in September 2017. Won a Merit Award in “Open” Art Exhibition of February 2018 at A Contemporary Room Online Gallery. Won Platinum Art Award in the figurative competition from Global Painting Conclave 2023.

Peaceful Silence Interchangeable Triptych
(2- 24 x 18, 1- 24 x 36
Acrylic on Canvas)
Won an Noteworthy Award from in Colors of Humanity Art Gallery with the contest themed Landscape competition in October 2017. Won 3rd place in “Open/No Theme” Competition
Paintings Category on Contemporary Art Gallery Online website. Won an Honorable Mention on Art-Competition.net Scapes 2018 competition. Tied for 4th place in the category of Realistic Landscape in the 2018 American Art Awards contest. Palm Art Award 2018 Recognition Award Winner.

I was chosen in Top 100 artists out of 1072 artists internationally who competed for Artist of the Year Award on Circle Arts Foundation.

Portrait of Shona won fav%15 on faso.com (BoldBrush Painting contest) for the month of April 2018 and again for July 2018(fav%15 is the favorite 15% of the works chosen by jury). It won “Best Sketchbook/Drawing” category from April/May bimonthly contest of Plein Air Salon of 2018. My drawing called “Portrait of Shona” made finalist in the 2020 Camelback Gallery Portraits competition. Won Merit Award from the Art Room Gallery 2024 Black & White competition.

Motherly Love won “Best of Show” in an international contest for 2018 theme “Human Nature” on Colorsofhumanity.com . It also won fav%15 on faso.com (BoldBrush Painting contest) for the month of February and the next consecutive time in March(fav%15 is the favorite 15% of the works chosen by jury). Won Special Merit Award for the Figurative Exhibition 2018 exhibit of the LightSpaceTime.com contest. Palm Art Award 2018 Recognition Award Winner. Won finalist in the ARC 2019 Salon Competition. Won Special Merit in artroomgallery online competition and portrait show of 2020. Made finalist in camelback gallery’s figurative competition of 2020. Won Silver Art Award in the portrait international competition from Global Painting Conclave 2023. Won Talent Prize Award from Teravarna 9th Open 2024 competition. Won Merit Award from Grey Cube Gallery Painting and Photography 2024 competition.

Portrait Study of Rick Rosner (Person with the 2nd highest IQ in the world – 192 score)
won 2nd place in the drawing competition 2018 at artroomgalleryonline.com .

Made Finalist for the 2018 Artist of the Year competition from Circle Arts Organization.

My drawing “Portrait of Jantzen” won an honorable mention in the 2019 Black and White art competition of Art Room Gallery.

My drawing “Standing Male Nude Study #1 2019” won an honorable mention from the Circle Fine Arts Competition in April 2019.

My drawing “Portrait of Lance Richlin” won an honorable mention in Fusion Art’s 3rd Black & White contest 2019.

My drawing Portrait of Michael won an honorable mention in the Contemporary Art Room Gallery 2019 Portrait Competition.

Standing Nude Male Study #2-2019
Won Finalist in the Circle Fine Arts Competition for November 2019.

I made “finalist” in the Artist of the Year Circle Arts Competition 2019 for my drawing titled: In Contemplation. In Contemplation was selected as part of the FAV15%(jury’s favorite 15% of the entries) in the February 2020 BoldBrush Painting competition. Won special merit award in Figurative lightspacetime 2020 competition and online exhibit. Won a 4th place tie in the American Art Awards for category: Human (drawing). Won Talent Prize Award from Teravarna Figurative 2023 competition.

My painting “Race (Interchangeable Triptych)” Won a Merit Award from Art Room Gallery’s Online Open Theme Competition for the year 2020. As part of a three piece portfolio, won Art for Hope Award from Palm Art Award for 2020 annual contest.

The Maestro
won special merit award from lightspacetime Figurative online contest and exhibition of 2020. Won special merit award in portrait exhibition of artroomgallery of 2020. Won Finalist Award in the 2020 Black and White exhibition of Camelback Gallery online. Won “Finalist” in the Strokes of Genius drawing competition 2020, to be published in “The Best of Drawing” issue of 2020. Won semi-finalist in the ARC (Art Renewal Center) 2020 annual competition. As part of a three piece portfolio, won Art for Hope Award from Palm Art Award for 2020 annual contest. My drawing “The Maestro” is one of winners in the contest from artshowinternational.com with the talent prize award for my drawing “The Maestro” in the portrait competition 2022. Won Merit Award from the Art Room Gallery 2024 Black & White competition.

Peaceful Silence Central Canvas
won a Merit Award from greycubegallery Nature Contest of 2020.

My painting “Allegory of Spirit” won FAV15%(Jury’s Favorite 15% of entries) from faso.com BoldBrush competition for March 2020.

My painting “The Devil is in the Details” Won Fav15%(Favorite 15% of entries from the jury) in the Bold Brush August 2020 Competition. Won Finalist Award for the August 2020 Gateway International Professional Art Competition. Won again for a second consecutive month Fav15%(Favorite 15% of entries from the jury) in the Bold Brush September 2020 Competition. Won Honorable Mention in the 2020 contest of “Art in the time of the Coronavirus & social distancing” from Circle Arts foundation. Won semi-finalist in the ARC (Art Renewal Center) 2020 annual competition. As part of a three piece portfolio, won Art for Hope Award from Palm Art Award for 2020 annual contest. Won Bronze Award from Global Painting Conclave 2024 Still Life competition. Won Merit Award from Grey Cube Gallery Painting and Photography 2024 competition.

“Vita” won 6th place tie in American Art Awards of 2021 in category 36- realism or impressionism – landscape with life.

My painting “The Alchemist” won 4th place tie in the American Art Awards 2022. Won Finalist Award in the Top Art Awards Art Masters Fall Showcase 2023. Won Finalist Award from the Camelback Gallery 2023 Realism competition. Won 1st Place from the Colors of Humanity 2024 Open competition.

“Rwanda” Won Finalist Award in the Top Art Awards Art Masters Fall Showcase 2023. Won First Place in the Art Room Gallery 2023 Monochrome competition. Won Gold Award from Open Painting 2023 competition from Global Painting Conclave. Won Best of Show in Grey Cube Gallery Grey online competition of 2023.

My painting “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” Won Award of Excellence in the Top Art Awards Art Masters Fall Showcase 2023. Won 3rd place Tie in the 2023 American Art Awards competition. Won Bronze Award from the Camelback Gallery realism 2023 competition.  Won Best of Show from Grey Cube Gallery 2023 Artist’s Choice competition. Among winners in the Blue themed contest of 2024 from Artist Space Gallery.

My painting “Allegory of Truth” Won Merit Award from Grey Cube Gallery Painting and Photography 2024 competition.

My painting “Uyghurs” is among winners in the Blue themed contest of 2024 from Artist Space Gallery.

My drawing “Portrait of Michael” Won Merit Award from the Art Room Gallery 2024 Black & White competition.

My drawing “Portrait of Erika”
Won Merit Award from the Art Room Gallery 2024 Black & White competition.