The RBC Canadian Painting Competition 2006

Helping Canadian professional visual artists paint their own picture of success

Thanks to the participation of the many artists across Canada, the 2006 competition was a resounding success! The quality of the over 1000 entries vividly illustrates the exceptional skill of Canada’s emerging professional artists.

The 15 finalists had their work featured in public exhibitions at Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Kitchener’s Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Montreal’s Musée Contemporain de Montréal, Calgary’s Art Gallery of Calgary, and Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery. The national winner and two honourable mentions for 2006 were:

National Winner

Dil Hildebrand, Eastern Canada

Curtains
Oil on canvas
28” x 32”
May 2005

Honourable Mentions

Adam Brickell, Central Canada

Stuck
Acrylic on canvas
61” x 65”
January 2006

Matthew Brown, Western Canada

Judy
Oil and acrylic on canvas
48” x 38”
November 2005

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Painting image in the web banner is courtesy of Ben Reeves. 2001 Winner