Once again, you, dear entrants, have made judging the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize an incredibly difficult task! We have received many excellent entries from countries all over the world and our Jury Panel have the huge task ahead to pick the winners. Last year, we felt that there were SO many spectacular entries, we expanded from 25 Finalists in this category to 35. This year, we are expanding this again to 50 Finalists within the Traditional Art category! This year has seen a significant…

In my works, I like to resort to minimalism, leaving space for the viewer, thus increasing the emphasis on the characters and their emotions. My paintings are about us, about people, about the state we are in, about the body language.

Juarez Machado is a Brazilian painter, born in 1914 in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Juarez studied fine arts at the School of Art in Parana, Curitiba. Machado started showing signs of talent in art at a very young age, and by the time Machado was 20 years old, he had several awards to his name.

Painted Hall at Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich returned to former glory in £8.5m project