Our judge Kerstin Birk PGE has chosen her winner, it is Hilarie Couture with "Flowers in her hair". Congratulations! Hilarie receives a certificate and an material prize! Flowers and netting with pastel In second place is Silja Salmistu with "Tangled Temple", in third place is Janet Buellwith"Wild Irish Summer". "Tangled Temple" is created with Gouache and soft pastels on multimedia artboard. Painted from life. "Wild Irish Summer" is created with Multi-media paper splashed with Windsor &...

Our guest judge Hilarie Couture has chosen her winner; it is MaoMei with her 'Whisper of Wind'. Congratulations! MaoMei receives a certificate and an Artisan Pastellier pastel box! In second place is Elena Degenhardt with "Meditation IX", in third place is Theresa Seals with"Lambretta Love". Honorable mentions go to Silja Salmistu with "After the heyday #5", Karin Kiessling with "Girl on the stairs" and Emmanuelle Fonsy with "Dappled Light". You can see all 61 entries in the Competition...

From 1974 to 1989, Kerstin Birk was a member of the painting circle at the 'Joliot Curie' clubhouse in Riesa, where she studied painting and drawing under the guidance of well-known artists from Riesa and Leipzig. From 1978 to 1980, she followed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman. Since 1995, she has been a member of the art association 'Riesa Kreatives Centrum e.V.' where she has the head of the painting and graphics group. From 2001 to 2003, Kerstin followed a distance learning...