Bettina’s painting "Zinnia" won 3rd place in the category "Painting and Other" within the "Botanicals 2013 Art Exhibition", juried by Light Space Time Online Art Gallery out of Juniper, Florida. In addition, her painting was awarded 5th place in the "Overall" category, out of 704 entries from 26 different countries from around the world, and entries from 41 different states in the US and the District of Columbia.

The art competition was the 3rd Annual “Botanicals” and artists were asked for their interpretation of the botanical and floral theme for the gallery’s August 2013 online art exhibition.

The submission process and competition for the artists began in June and concluded on July 27, 2013. The gallery received entries from around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom and from 41 different states in the US and the District of Columbia. The categories were Painting & Other and Photography & Digital. In addition, for this particular competition, the overall Winning Artists Category consists of the ten (10) best entries from the 2 media categories, considered the “best of the best”.

Overall Winning Artists Category – 5th Place – Overall – Bettina ”Star-Rose” Madini – “Zinnia

The overall winning artist’s category consists of the 10 Best Entries received from the Painting & Other and Photography & Digital categories. Please go to the results of the Botanicals Art Competition “Overall Winning Artists” Category here.

Bettina ”Star-Rose” Madini was born in Berlin, Germany, and she spent her years growing up in this dynamic city. In 1992, she moved to Luxemburg and pursued a career in the corporate world. Bettina resumed her art education in 1998 in Luxemburg at the Ecole d’Art Contemporain and studied with Jean-Marc Tossello. In 2003, she moved to New York City where she continued her studies at the National Academy School of Fine Arts. There, she further developed her skills in painting and drawing with teachers such as Susan Shatter, Sharon Sprung, Henry Finckelstein and Wolf Kahn. She has been living and working as an artist in the Midwest in the United States since 2004. Bettina’s paintings are energetic and free-spirited. Her fascination is color, and each painting will start with a range of colors that draw her into the process. The painting will unfold from there, be it abstract, floral or visionary. ‘I paint a flower if it calls for me to paint it!’ she says. ‘A flower is alive, moves and breathes with the sun and the wind, and so am I while painting it!’

Bettina’s paintings can be found in corporate and private collections in Europe, Australia and in the United States.

www.BettinaStar-Rose.com