We were fortunate to secure the services of Kevin Kintner - an artist from Manchester, NH,  who runs an art gallery in that area.  We tasked him with the job of selecting his top 4 favorite pieces of artwork for each of the five categories.  He was extremely impressed with the quality of art and mentioned that this judging was very difficult.  We made it slightly easier for him in that we didn't expect him to order the selections in each of the categories.

Kevin's biography:

Kevin has been making art for over 45 years.  He began by copying illustrations of his favorite comic book artists. His earliest remuneration for his work came from some sign painting and lettering for shops and vehicles as a teen.  He then studied design and fine art and received his Bachelor and Master of Fine Art degrees in studio painting as well as an Associate degree in commercial art.  Since then his life has been full of art.  He's had solo exhibits, participated in group shows, taught painting and drawing at the University level, fulfilled commissions for portraits and murals, written appraisals, painted banners as large as 50 ft. long and has continued to paint and draw and create.