2020 Rising Star Winners!

Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

Thank you to everyone who submitted to Our Muddy Colors Rising Star Scholarship. The works, as usual, was of exceptional caliber, and made our decision a tough one. We selected our winners on a variety of factors, including overall consistency of vision, dedication to the genre, and how apropos their work is for this specific convention.

The following 2 artists have won; a Full-Size Booth at Spectrum Fantastic Art Live$200 cash to help them cover the cost of printing promotional materials, and 1 year of streaming access to our Entire Video Library.

Winners

 


 

Rain Delmar
https://www.theartofrain.com

 


 

Martina Fackova
https://martinafackovaart.com

 


Runner-ups

In the case that one, or more, of our winners can not accept their award, one of the following artists will be selected in their stead. Each of them has also won 3 months of streaming access to our Entire Video Library

 

Eelis Kyttanen
http://www.artofeelis.com/

 


 

Daniel Castro Maia
https://www.dcmaia.art

 

 


 

Kevin McGivern
https://kevinmcgivern.com

 


Honorable Mentions

These artists we all strongly considered, and have each won 1 month of streaming access to our Entire Video Library:

Marco Antonio Gonzales

Sam Keiser

Ashley Lovett

Ben Hill

Dan Watson

Rita Fei

Erin Vest

Alfonso Zara

Belinda Jane Morris


We will be in touch with all of our winners shortly via email to arrange for their rewards. Congratulations to all!

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    Wooo a huge congrats to Rain, Martina, and everyone else! Beautiful work all around.

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    It’s wonderful and inspiring to see this year’s Winners, Runner-Ups, and Honorable Mentions! Congratulations to everyone, and many thanks to Muddy Colors for offering this opportunity!

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    Great article! Thanks for sharing