Artist Christopher Reid Wins 1st Place In International Figure Competition
March 27th, 2015 - Wilmington, NC
Artist Christopher Reid won 1st place in the Artist Table "Figure" international art competition for his pastel painting "Agony Of Defeat". His charcoal life drawing "Christinas" also received an honorable mention.
Juror Audrey Hoffer commented on Agony of Defeat that "Life today is so hard for many people but none more so than black men. This man’s shoulders are heaving under the weight of Atlas. He has lost so much although we don’t know what….perhaps a ball game or a fight or a wager or even a job. Maybe he was ridiculed or humiliated. Now he must pull himself together and start anew. His endurance should motivate all of us. I’m touched by the emotions in his figure, the casually strewn objects, his desolate position on the bench and the warm colors. Even though his face is partially obscured, the feelings are intense. He captures the image of a contemporary man."
About Christinas, the judge said, "Beautiful drawing and sparkling shadows of light on the skin."