Overjoyed when I heard the news that my art had won six awards in five categories among 6,786 entries from 78 countries in prestigious international competition for fine art color photography. MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! is the fifth NEWS item featuring a Nominee Award (Abstract) received in the 2022 15th Annual International Color Awards, the leading global award honoring excellence in color photography, I am deeply appreciative of this recognition for BASQUIAT! by the the International Color Awards distinguished jury.

MOVE OVER, BASQUIAT! is actually a pendant image, meaning, it is intended to be paired with another image, in this instance, DOOR, ST. IVO (which also won a Nominee Award). Both are urban images from Rome. They are like old and new Rome, the past and the present. Both have layers that define their surface. In BASQUIAT!, a wall has been enriched by multiple episodes and layers of painted graffiti. You sense the passage of time here but it is a much more recent composition….

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