NEWS AND EVENTS

9/10/2007 - 2008 CREATE AWARDS Gold Award double winner!
Dick Bobnick has won not one but two GOLD AWARDS in the 2008 CREATE AWARDS national competition for creative professionals. The first gold award was presented for Dick's Camel cigarettes "Orange Twist" ad illustration in the Advertisng Poster category and Dick's second gold award was presented for his Camel cigarettes
"Turkish Blends" ad illustration in the Advertising Other category.

7/10/2006 - More Awards
Dick Bobnick was a triple award winner in the 2006 Portfolios.com International Art Competition. This juried show draws entries from all over the world and features categories in Illustration, Design and Photography for Advertising, Institutional and Self Promotion. Dick won the Advertising Illustration Silver Award for his Camel "Orange Twist Girl" ad painting and a Bronze Award in Advertising Illustration for his Camel "Turkish Blends" ad painting plus a Bronze Award for his Self Promotion painting of three great American presidents entitled "American Courage". To see the winning art entries log into www.portfolios.com and scroll down to Award Winners.

6/30/2006 - Aphrodesia I I Silver Award Winner !
Dick Bobnick was named the Slver Award winner in the juried APHRODESIA II, 2006 artists' competition, Pin-Up category. Aphrodesia is the Society of artists, based in Los Angeles, comprised of some of the worlds' most famous illustrators and photographers, dedicated to the very best artistic representations of the female form in painting, photography and sculpture. His glamour illustration of a beautiful girl adorning the new Camel exotic blends cigarette package was created for varied national media ads for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Dick's painting was one of 220 selected from over 1200 entries worldwide. All winners and other accepted works will be featured in the APHRODESIA II volume to be published in October, 2006.

10/25/2006 - Society Of Illustrators Of Los Angeles (SILA) Award.
Dick Bobnick's glamour painting of a beautiful girl reclining on a cigarette case of Camel Exotic Blends cigarettes was selected for the 2006-2007 SILA Exhibition and inclusion in its' 2007 printed Annual. His was one of 120 selected entries out of 1200 submitted. The show is juried by top Los Angeles art directors and illustrators.

12/23/2005 - International Illustration Competition Win !
Dick Bobnick has won a third place honor in the prestigious Artrom Gallery Illustration 2005 International Art Competition. Artrom is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and its' juried competitions receive illustration entries from nations all over the world. His third place winning entry was his beautiful illustration for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Camel Cigarettes ad for its' line of exotic blends cigarettes. To learn more log in to www.artromgallery.com.

10/14/2005 - APHRODISIA WINNER :
Dick Bobnick has won inclusion in the upcoming book, APHRODISIA, a new art book devoted to the very best artistic representations of the female form in painting and sculpture. His stunning portrait of Marilyn Monroe was selected from over 1200 submitted entries by a distinguished panel of Los Angeles artists-judges including Greg Hidebrand, Frank Frazetta Jr., Craig Elliott, Spencer Davis, Joe Chiodo and Bud Plant for inclusion in the book. The 200 selected art pieces represent the best representations of the female form in art. This prestigious volume is to be published in October, 2005.

Dick's Email address is: bobnick38@yahoo.com

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DICK BOBNICK PORTRAITS:

In addition to commercial illustration for the publishing and advertising market, Dick offers a distinctive portrait service to the regular consumer. Dick can create a beautiful heirloom portrait of you or a loved one from one or several of your favorite photos. Because of his extensive illustration experience he can even create new figure poses and combine them with new settings and backgrounds with only your photos as reference. These would include such subjects as individual, children, glamour, boudoir, executive and family with pets or pets alone.

Call or Email Dick for detailed information, prices and time availability.

Dick Bobnick Email: bobnick38@yahoo.com
Dick Bobnick Portrait Studio (952)890-7833

www.mncreative.com
This new link is called the Minnesota Creative Source. Go to the above URL home page and click on "Directory", then click on "Illustration" and an alphabetical listing of illustrators will come up. Finally, click on to "Dick Bobnick Illustration". This link will show 50 of Dick's illustrations, the most of any of his other web links.

www.directoryofillustration.com
More of Dick's illustration can be viewed by clicking on the Portfolio On-Line Search, and, the DI-20 Pages On Line to see his current ad page.


www.art-exchange.com
Log into this site and go to ART SEARCH, then go to ARTIST and enter Dick Bobnick, to purchase some of Dick's superb original illustrations and celebrity portraits. For specific paintings not shown on this site inquire directly to the artist for availability and prices.

www.portfolios.com
See more of Dick's 2006 award winning illustration.

www.yourart.com/click.php?id=62786
Web link to YourArt.com