#CoolArt: Spectrum 23 Award Nominations

The Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art jury, composing of David Palumbo, Cynthia Sheppard, Kirk Thatcher, Charlie Wen and Terryl Whitlatch, have nominated the top five artist works in each of the eight categories - Advertising, Book, Comic, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional and Unpublished - for a silver and gold award.

The winners will be announced at the Spectrum 23 Awards Ceremony held at the Society of Illustrators on Saturday, May 7, 2016.

All the nominated works are stunning, and below are my favourites from each of the categories. 

Go here to see the full list of nominations.

ADVERTISING: 'The Blessing of Athena' by Nicolas Delort

BOOK: 'Vesuvius - Air and Darkness' by Donato Giancola

COMIC: 'Hellboy 1953' by Paolo Rivera

CONCEPT ART: 'The Mushroom Forest' by Mirko Failoni

DIMENSIONAL: 'The Morrigan' by Forest Rogers

EDITORIAL: 'Traveling To A Distant Day' by Tran Nguyen

INSTITUTIONAL: 'Natural Connection' by Wesley Burt

UNPUBLISHED: 'Bioluminescence' by Rob Rey