by Donna McKellar | Oct 15, 2025 | Competitions
Rust en Vrede held their portrait award Competition again this year. Entering for the third time I created a painting of my granddaughter Emma. She made it into the top 40 artworks. Honestly South Africa has so much talent. The works on show are incredible. Such a...
by Donna McKellar | Sep 15, 2023 | Competitions, Uncategorised
I once again entered the Rust en Vrede Portrait awards and I loved doing this portrait of my son in law. However it was not chosen to go into the top 100. Seriously disappointing, but I do know its personal taste and I realise its not to everyones taste. And of course...
by Donna McKellar | Sep 15, 2021 | Competitions
The Ephigy and the Phoenix, my entry for the Rust en Vrede 2021 portrait award was placed in the top 40 for the competition. An amazing experience and privilege to be included in this years selection. So many outstanding artists involved. Share: Facebook Twitter...
by Donna McKellar | Feb 15, 2020 | Competitions
The SA Artist’s magazine ran a competition for a cover feature in February 2020. Having never entered a competition before and I decided to give it a bash. I was thrilled to receive second place, and I believe I had narrowly missed first place because my work...
