Golden sunlight filtering through colourful leaves, nuts, acorns, chestnuts strewn on a table, ramblers dressed in scarves and bonnets for the first time since winter - autumn is a season rich in motifs for an artist. Show us your most autumnal paintings! Every member may post up to two entries. Deadline is November 25, 2025 at midnight CET. @Alena Rachinger @Deborah Damgaard-Hansen @Lynn Howarth @ Esther Kruis

Our guest judge Silja Salmistu has chosen her winner; it is Svetlana Kushkova  with her ' Grandfather´s Library '. Congratulations! Svetlana receives a certificate and a Monetary Price! In second place is Hanna Mihas with "In an old Barn", in third place is Claire Yates with "Rust Dust ande Loved".   Honorable mentions go to Janet Johnson with "Heavy Metal", Ron Norp with " Rusty Contacts" and Viviane Trubey with "The Cabinet". You can see all 28 entries in the Competition  

SILJA SALMISTU   PSA, IAPS-MC   Silja is known for her still life paintings Her art embraces almost the whole range of still life subjects, from carefree happy florals to thought-provocing social critique. ` You can tell any story using the symbolic meaning of things, and the same painting can convey as many different messages as there are interprating eyes on it ` -she says. Her paintings combine both control and chaos - a keen direct observation of the subject with playful

No shiny new objects for our latest GET DUSTY stilllife challenge! Instead, show old things some love. Well-used tools, your granny's old...

Our guest judge Karen Israel PSA-MP, IAPS,/MC, PSWC has chosen her winner; it is Silja Salmistu  with her ' Matte og Glossy 2 '....

Karen Israel is an artist working in pastel. Whether she is exploring landscape, figure or still life, her passion for design and...

Our guest judge Judy Leeds has chosen her winner; it is Elisabeth Schaller  with her ' Light from the Depth '. Congratulations! Elisabeth...

@dorotheaschulz For September we offer another challenging GET DUSTY theme; movement ! How can we convey the sense of movement in a...

JUDITH KAZDYM LEEDS  is a internationally  recognized  award winning artist whose paintings reflects her unique and colorful view of our...

Our guest judge Henriette van Staden has chosen her winner; it is Silja Salmistu  with her ' Choices '. Congratulations! Silja receives...

We are back with a straightforward theme which shouldn't need a lot of explanation. Show us one or several birds; just make sure that...

Our guest judge Michele Ashby PSA  has chosen her winner; it is Karin Kiessling  with her ' Lion Love '. Congratulations! Karin receives...

We are continuing new GET DUSTY categories. For this month we are inviting you to enter paintings which show emotions. The challenge is...

Our guest judge Marie-France Oosterhof   PGE has chosen her winner; it is Kerstin Birk   PGE with her ' Breakthrough '....

Marie-France Oosterhof was born into a family as cosmopolitan as it was creative, and after a fulfilling life as a doctor in Paris, she...

Our guest judge Beth Williams  has chosen her winner; it is Alena Rachinger  with her ' Moonlight Magic '. Congratulations! Alena...

@MaoMei For April we are back with the category 'Abstract'. The challenge this time is 'Contrast'. Show us your abstract works where...

Our guest judge Susan Kuznitsky  has chosen her winner; it is Ronald Hoppe  with his ' Memories of Niels '. Congratulations! Ronald...

Susan Kuznitsky is an accomplished, award-winning artist and a gifted teacher, comfortable working and teaching in oil, pastel and...

Congratulations, we have two winners! It is MaoMei with "Phantom of Light" and Janina Meulendijks with "Self Portrait"both stunning...