ACA - Artist Choice Awards - Art awards for Artist Peers who sell on Ebay.  The awards were started in 2005 As an annual collaboration open to the entire active eBay art community, the ACA exists to acknowledge and promote exceptional artists based solely on the artistic merits of their work as determined by their eBay art peers.&nbp; Our own Lar Shackelford placed First Place for Overall Photography, Fifth in the Large Format Abstract Paintings Category, and nominations in the Favorite Overall Paintings Category.

Irish born Caroline Bradley has been drawing and painting since she was a small child.  Caroline studied art as part of her schooling in Fortwilliam College, but remains proudly self taught.  Caroline's art career started when she would paint and draw commission for co-workers in her various jobs before moving to Australia in 2003.  Located about an hour outside of Brisbane, Caroline paints in oils, acrylics, watercolours and is competent with pastels, graphite and pencils and her favorite subjects are Horned equines.

Jillian Crider grew up in the beach-side suburb of Grange, in Adelaide, South Australia as 'Jill Capon' - part of the Capon and Lill families.  Her birth family is from the mid-north of South Australia - Hannaford and Noble, as she was adopted at birth.   She has lived in Australia, England, Germany and USA.  Jillian was born with a talent for drawing, and, even though excelling at High School Art (lettering & History of Art), she is self-taught, as she was not able to study further.  This doesn't stop her from enjoying immensely her occasional teaching.  Check her website for various mediums!

Michael Frase's art is beyond the imagination in terms of realism. He's out right famous for his wolves. Those however do not surpass any of the other animals and creatures Michael has lovingly embarked upon painting in the last several years. A professional artist for years, Michael is the co-founder of Art4Critters, a group on the web who for example have animal auction art and donate a portion of their profits to animal charities.

"AUAR - Artists United for Animal Rescue - is a select group of professional artists and photographers who are dedicated to animal welfare. Members donate a percentage of the proceeds of their sales to animal charities. The group was founded out of necessity on Ebay and is quickly making a mark in that landscape.  Honored to be amongst such a prestgious membership, our own Lar Shackelford is amongst the charter juried members of premier and rising star artists.

"Lee Mitchelson - It has been said by Benjamin Stein 'In Lee Mitchelson's incredibly fine work is the actual soul of the animal." Her art does have an amazing quality that makes it seem to have the very shimmer of life.' A thirty year veteran, Lee's been represented by some of the leading art galleries in the United States. She's especially proud to be co-creator of Artists United for Animal Rescue, a unique association of Fine Artists and Photographers who are dedicated to alleviating the suffering of animals by donating a percentage of their art's proceeds to animal charities."

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