PORTRAIT | FIGURE Honorable Mention Stephanie Deshpande Glen Ridge, New Jersey www.stephaniedeshpande.com Using a predominantly warm palette and closely related values in The Fall was a choice Stephanie Deshpande made to “up” the the- matic intensity but also to establish the figure as having an equal part in the narrative as the child’s toys. The young girl in the painting is Deshpande’s daughter. It’s an intimate scene Deshpande imagined one day in the car, but it’s also slightly sinister, made all the more so by Deshpande’s other inspiration for the painting—a nightmare in which she witnessed a child falling to the ground (that child is rep- resented by Raggedy Andy). “I’m an impulsive painter,” says Deshpande. “Once I have an idea in mind, it’ll only take me a few hours to complete the underpainting.” D eshpande says she’s grateful for a class ABOVE: The Fall (oil First, though, she sketches the initial drawing she recently took with The Artist’s Magazine’s on linen, 16x20) in pencil onto the canvas. She then paints the featured artist Max Ginsburg at The Art midtones and shadows, before blocking in the Students League of New York, and hopes to main colors. continue learning there. n Finalists Liz Adams-Jones Lei Chi Zoey Frank Gaetanne Lavoie Pamela Nichols Roger Schmidt Cecilia Thorell Brooklyn, N.Y. Santa Clara, Calif. Laguna Beach, Calif. New York, N.Y. Pensacola, Fla. Kitchener, Ontario Colorado Springs, Colo. Jonathan Ahn Lauren Childs Arina Gordienko Noah Layne Olga Nielsen William Schneider San Francisco, Calif. Fort Worth, Texas London, England Victoria, British Wilmington, Del. Village of Lakewood, Christopher Columbia Ill. Thornock Nicole Alger Mona Diane Conner Anna Hammer Michael Nolan Bountiful, Utah New York, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. Las Vegas, Nev. Dana Levin Tucson, Ariz. Birgit Schweiger Reading, Mass. Neulichtenberg, Adam Tragakis Erin Anderson Nancy Seamons Mark Hanavan Fitz Ocampo Austria Kincardine, Ontario Bethlehem, Pa. Crookston Middletown, Ohio Cheng Lian Manila, Philippines Alameda, Calif. The Woodlands, Oliver Sin Jill Stefani Wagner Dominic Avant Tripp Harrison Texas Ji Hyun Oh San Francisco, Calif. Saline, Mich. Bradenton, Fla. Raymond Davis St.Augustine, Fla. San Francisco, Calif. Perkasie, Pa. Fang Lian Holly Siniscal Jeffrey Weekes Ned Axthelm Regina Jacobson Hangzhou, China Devdatta Padekar Henderson, Nev. Scarborough, Berkeley, Calif. Michele Del Campo Orange, Calif. Mumbai, India Ontario London, England Linda Lowery Cynthia Sitton Mark Bailey Marc Josloff Alexandria, Va. Sandrine Pelissier San Juan Capistrano, Thea Weiss Fort Collins, Colo. Gabriela Dellosso Freeport, N.Y. North Vancouver, Calif. Centennial Park, West New York, N.J. Gayle Madeira British Columbia Australia Stacy Barter Paul Keysar New York, N.Y. Joan Sowada Winter Park, Fla. Amanda Dicken Charlotte, N.C. Jolanda Richter Gillette, Wyo. David Wells Raleigh, N.C. Teri McCans Maria-Anzbach, Macleay Island, Julie Beck Rita Kirkman Denver, Colo. Austria David Stanger Australia Arlington, Mass. Marina Dieul New Braunfels, Pittsburgh, Pa. Montreal, Quebec Texas Carol McSweeney Nadine Robbins William Whitaker Linda Tracey Kalispell, Mont. Stanfordville, N.Y. Ardith Starostka Provo, UT Brandon Margaret Dyer Diana Kirkpatrick Columbus, Neb. Phoenix, Ariz. East Point, Ga. Portsmouth, N.H. Stan Miller David Sandell Oscar Yañez Spokane, Wash. Kettering, England Zimou Tan Acaponeta, Mexico Web Bryant Shawn Falchetti Sandra Kuck Oakland, Calif. Fairfax, Va. Dallas, Pa. Boca Raton, Fla. Doohong Min Hiroshi Sato San San Francisco, Calif. Francisco, Calif. Emma Teller David Cheifetz Nicole Finger John Lally Madeira, Ohio Seattle, Wash. Telluride, Colo. Shirley, N.Y. Annie Murphy- Diane Schmidt Robinson Sarasota, Fla. George Thompson Carmichael, Calif. Doylestown, Pa. December 2014 7.