Brad Stroman, “Acid Bog,” Acrylic

For the first time, Southwest Art Magazine is launching their “21 Over 31″ emerging artist competition. The magazine is well known for the 21 under 31 competition, but it is the perfect time to recognize emerging artists of all ages… such as a selection of our Gallery MAR artists!

SWA will award cash and prizes for the top 21: First place is $2,000 and even the honorable mentions receive $100 worth of North Light Books. The best part? Being published in the November 2010 edition of SWA and in the consideration for the cover. All for a “mature” emerging artist!

The deadline for this competition is July 1st, so start your submission or make a recommendation to a friend to apply. You can view the official entry form at www.Southwestart.com.

Popular artist Warren Neary has some new and fantastic news about his works of art.

“I just found out from Cathy at Raymar Art today that “Fading Winter Evening Light” was selected as one of the top 12 finalists for their 2008 annual competition.”

Congratulations to Neary! The top twelve annual winners haven’t been posted yet, but they will soon be at www.raymarart.com. There are some really excellent painters who compete from across the US in this monthly competition. From that selection, they pick the 12 finalists. Out of the 144 paintings throughout the year, they pick 12 annual winners, one of which is Warren Neary’s work.