Winter's Queen

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Collage
• Photographer
  Sara Victoria Sandberg
• Technical Info
  Digital photo composite, own images taken with Canon 5D Mark IV
• Photo Date
  2021
• Website
  http://saravictoriasandberg.com

In my art I wish to go beyond the boundaries of the real world and touch on the surreal and the juxtaposed. I am in search for the beauty and mystery inherent within and around us. I strive to create dreamlike realities with nature as my greatest inspiration. Animals are often used as the vehicle to drive the story forward. With the imagery of my art I would like the viewer to be carried away into another world and encouraged to create his or her own story or simply pause for a moment of contemplation.

• Biography
  Sara Victoria Sandberg is a photo composite artist based in Stockholm. Sara has always had a great love for the arts and has pursued the medium of watercolors for many years. Sara developed her skills in digital photo artistry through attending various courses and has developed a personal style in her work where she combines photography and digital painting with her artistic vision. She works with light and shadow to mold the scene she visualizes into a finished piece adopting a combination of photo-realism and painterly style.
• Awards
  Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards 2021 in the category fine art for collage and nature/pets for single entries "Reflections" and "Enchanted", and the series "Imagine" and "Tranquility" Bronze winner of the Swedish Championship of Photography 2021 in the category "Digital Illustration". Distinction for "The Visitors". Merit for "The Explorers". October 2021 Finalist in the Swedish Championship of Photography in the category Digital Illustration, Sep 2021. Best in Show - 6th Annual Animal Kingdom Art Exhibition of Fusion Art, Sep 2021 Special Merit Award for "The Explorers" in the "Open" Art Exhibition in the category Photography and Digital Media, August 2021, of LightSpaceTime Online Art Gallery Certificate of Artistic Excellence awarded in the CFA Online Art Contest for exhibition within the World Wide Art booth at Spectrum Brooklyn, NY art fair, July 2021 Gold winner “Reflections” and “Portfolio Fine Art”, non-professional, category collage, Moscow International Foto Awards, 2021 Winner of the 2021 Portfolio Contest of More Art Please - Fine Art Gallery 2nd place single image “Fallen Light” and honourable mention for series, 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award of The WorldWide Photography Gala Awards, non-professional, category digital manipulation and collage 18th Solo Art Exhibition of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery (LST)