2016 Americana Canvas Painting Contest Winners

2016 Americana Canvas Painting Contest Winners

Posted by DecoArt on Sep 8th 2016

We'd like to thank everyone that created works of art using Americana Acrylics. The votes have been tallied and we are thrilled to announce that Ruben Ruiz is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 Americana Canvas Painting Contest! Help us to congratulate Ruben on his amazing talent and incredibly realistic painting.


Ruben used Americana paints on a 16" x 20" canvas to recreate a memory of his childhood at the beach, in a realist style.

We are also honored to share with you the ten Runners Up, all with amazing amounts of skill. Help us to congratulate them!



Sara Baker




Karen Brouwer



Jodye Friedman



Kitty Miller



Gina Ahrens



Ruben Ruiz



Jamie Dougherty



Karen Schnoor



Dione Campbell



Kerry Trout



We received over 100 entires in total and the results were incredible. You all definitely made picking the winners a hard task!

Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we unveil the Americana Canvas Painting Gallery and display some of these brilliant masterpieces.