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10/10/2025

🎉 Announcing the September 2025 Monthly Art Award Winner — Doğu Özorhan!

Born and raised in Ankara, Turkey, Doğu’s artistic journey began among the sounds and stories of the opera house, where his parents—both musicians—sparked a lifelong connection to performance and expression.

His winning work, Slow Burn in Blue, captures a moment of deep introspection. Bathed in cool light, the photograph explores isolation, stillness, and the slow unfolding of thought — a visual meditation on emotion and time.

Now based in Sarasota, Florida, Doğu merges film, photography, and sound to create art that transcends boundaries — earning recognition across continents for his bold, contemplative storytelling.

🖼️ Slow Burn in Blue
Digital Photography / Mixed Media

💙 Congratulations to our September 2025 Winner, Doğu Özorhan!

07/10/2025

✨ Exclusive Interview with Gaya Lastovjak — 12th Edition 2nd Place Winner ✨

In our latest artist interview, Gaya shares the inspiration behind her winning three-dimensional painting "Isolation".

“The work was inspired by observing human behavior. It raises the issue of an increasingly dismissive approach to other people… Covered eyes and mouth show our unwillingness to engage, as many choose the virtual world over real connection.”

Through texture, symbolism, and emotion, Gaya’s work powerfully examines the barriers we build between ourselves and the world around us.

🔗 Read the full interview now at boynesartistaward.com/interviews/artist-gaya-lastovjak

30/09/2025

✨ Meet our 12th Edition Winner: Maxwell G. Miller ✨

For the first time in Boynes Artist Award history, a two-time 1st Place Winner has been crowned. Maxwell, who previously won the 8th Edition, returns with Dawn on the Shores of Creation — a powerful oil painting that unites cultural, spiritual, and symbolic elements to explore what it means to create.

In our exclusive interview, Maxwell shares insights into his practice, creative philosophy, and how he approaches work that bridges myth, meaning, and artistic vision.

🔗 Read the full interview now on https://boynesartistaward.com/interviews/artist-maxwell-miller

30/09/2025

🌟 Congratulations to the 12th Edition Finalists! 🌟

We are thrilled to celebrate the incredible talent of the 10 Finalists of the Boynes Artist Award 12th Edition! 🎉

These artists stood out for their creativity, vision, and powerful storytelling through art. Each finalist has been recognized with access to our prize pool, including international exposure, publication opportunities, and curated features designed to elevate their careers.

👏 Let’s applaud their achievement and celebrate the artistry shaping the global contemporary art scene.

Stay tuned as we continue to share more about their work!

👉 Learn more: boynesartistaward.com

30/09/2025

🏆 3rd Place Winner – Boynes Artist Award 12th Edition 🏆

We are delighted to announce Sharon Harms (Nashville, Tennessee) as our 3rd Place Winner with her captivating oil painting, In Search of the Muse.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 40 x 30 inches

This work offers a window into the artist’s creative process. Using the symbolism of everyday objects, Sharon explores the journey from thought to reality—where inspiration emerges and the artist must find the confidence to commit it to canvas.

Raised in rural Michigan, Sharon began her career as an award-winning advertising art director before transitioning full-time to painting in 2020. Known for her hyper-realistic still lifes, her art merges instinctive expression with refined technical precision. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in publications including Artists Magazine, Create!, and Studio Visit Magazine.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

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30/09/2025

✨ 2nd Place Winner – Boynes Artist Award 12th Edition ✨

We are proud to announce Gaya Lastovjak (b.1987, Krakow, Poland) as our 2nd Place Winner with her striking three-dimensional painting, Isolation.

Medium: Mixed media — paper mache, rope, canvas & oil paint
Size: 100 x 73 x 9 cm

Isolation reflects on the increasingly dismissive approach to human connection. Its prison-bar-like structure symbolizes separation, while the covered eyes and mouth highlight barriers to direct presence — a powerful commentary on how many, especially youth, retreat from reality into the virtual world.

Gaya is a contemporary figurative artist known for her unique white three-dimensional paintings, a sculptural approach that explores themes of loneliness, oppression, perception, empathy, and the dual nature of humanity. Her works replace color with shadow, creating tension between gravity of theme and harmony of form.

Congratulations, Gaya, on this incredible achievement!

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30/09/2025

✨ Historic First – Boynes Artist Award 12th Edition ✨

We are proud to announce Maxwell G. Miller as the 1st Place Winner of the Boynes Artist Award 12th Edition!

This is a milestone moment — Maxwell is the first artist in our history to win 1st Place twice, having also won the 8th Edition.

His winning work, Dawn on the Shores of Creation (Oil on linen, 30x30"), is the visual culmination of his creative philosophy. Through imagery drawn from cultures, religions, and spiritual traditions, the painting reflects on the purpose of creation itself. From the striding herons to the 10 arms bearing tools of creation, each element radiates outward from a glowing center — as if the entire scene were birth. 🌅

🏆 As 1st Place Winner, Maxwell receives:

A share of the $15,000 Prize Pool

A double-page spread in Create! Magazine

A $3,000 Social Media Ad Campaign

Global promotion, interview & more

Congratulations, Maxwell — and thank you for making history with the Boynes Artist Award.

👉 Learn more: boynesartistaward.com

26/09/2025

Farewell to the Monthly Art Award

Since launching on October 1, 2022, the Boynes Monthly Art Award has been a space to celebrate artists across the globe every single month. In just three years, hundreds of artists have shared their vision, won recognition, and become part of the Boynes Artist Award community.

The **September 2025 Edition — themed Exploration of the Colour Blue — will be the final Monthly Art Award. Submissions close September 28, 2025.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who has participated, shared their work, and supported this initiative. While the Monthly Art Award is concluding, the Boynes Artist Award continues, with the 13th Edition launching in 2026 — and it promises to be our biggest yet.

Thank you for three incredible years of monthly inspiration. Let’s make the final edition unforgettable. 💙

👉 Submit now: boynesartistaward.com

15/09/2025

✨ New Interview: July Monthly Art Award Winner – Ana Schmidt

“I discovered the beauty of these topophobic places, where traces, footprints and the stories on the walls are elements of a collective identity. They open up the possibility of experiencing the city in a more playful, creative and critical way.” – Ana Schmidt

Ana’s winning work, In Search of the Lost Place, captures abandoned and transformed urban landscapes, balancing history, myth, and rebirth. In our latest interview, she shares how dérive — the act of drifting through the city — has shaped her artistic practice.

🖼️ Read the full interview now at boynesartistaward.com/interviews/artist-ana-schmidt

11/09/2025

🎨 August Artist Showcase: Emma Sywyj

An award-winning artist and photographer, Emma Sywyj has been creating art for 20 years. After earning her BA in Photography at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, Emma has gone on to exhibit internationally — from New York, LA, and Art Basel Miami to Athens and Budapest — as well as nationally across the UK. Her video art has also screened in galleries and film festivals worldwide, and her work has been featured in several prominent art journals and magazines.

Her featured photograph, Flowers & Oranges, Malaysia, is part of her series Malaysia. Taken in her grandparents’ home, the image blends memory, intimacy, and cultural connection into a still life infused with personal history. 🍊🌸

✨ We are proud to highlight Emma’s work in our August Artist Showcase.

See more of Emma's work here : http://www.emmasywyj.com/

09/09/2025

🎨 August Artist Showcase: Linh Vo

Born in Vietnam and now based in Southern California, Linh Vo is a dynamic artist whose creative journey bridges cultures, disciplines, and generations. After more than 30 years in IT, Linh followed her calling to pursue art full-time, cultivating a body of work recognized for luminous color, emotional depth, and a vibrant celebration of life.

Her featured piece, A Room with an Ocean View (mixed media: acrylic & real flowers on paper), brings together two of her favorite subjects — flowers and the ocean. The arrangement of overflowing vases against a wide horizon balances serenity, warmth, and abundance. 🌸🌊

From Times Square billboards to exhibitions worldwide, Linh’s art invites us to find joy and beauty in every moment.

08/09/2025

Important Update: 12th Edition Winners & Finalists Announcement

We have been overwhelmed by the incredible quality of submissions to the 12th Edition of the Boynes Artist Award. The final stage of judging requires additional time to give each artwork the full attention it deserves.

To ensure fairness and thorough review, we will be postponing the announcement of winners and finalists to September 30, 2025.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We are excited to celebrate these remarkable artists with you soon.

👉 Stay tuned here and on boynesartistaward.com
for the official announcement on September 30.

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