The Human-Made Art Society

[CONTEST] Spring-Inspired Art

New growth, the return of color, and that special Spring energy. Submit your best to compete and discover other amazing work from our community!

📌 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ART

Leave a comment on this thread with an image of your best piece for the category!

One image per person. If you submit more than one, the extras will be removed. Choose your best! 🙂

📌 HOW VOTING WORKS

Anyone can vote! Just hit the upvote button on the entries you love most. The image with the most votes when the contest closes wins.

End Date: May 31, 2026

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"Flare" was captured on a late winter morning in Joshua Tree National Park, during the famous 2019 "super bloom". The wind was absent when the sun crested the horizon, and I had to expose for its brightness, wondering if the RAW file would hold color and detail in the glowing flowers; it did. Nervous about the lens flare, I told my friends I might remove it. They all told me to not change a thing. It remains my best seller.

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Lynda Raven BrakeLove your photography. Waiting for just the right time to capture the light. I1 pts1 replies
Barb DavisonGorgeous! 1 pts1 replies
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Lori Vogel1May 1, 2026

Fox and Butterflies

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Barb DavisonI love moments caught in time, and what a lovely moment1 pts1 replies
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Shelly Owen1Apr 29, 2026

This is my Buzzy Bee. He turned out so cute.

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Abbate Fine ArtLove this.1 pts
MntgrannyCute indeed!0 pts
TOM ANGApr 30, 2026

Cherry blossoms from our little garden in New Zealand.

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Michele Guzman ArtI love how delicate the flowers are in this image.1 pts1 replies

Spring heralds the beginning of a new year and the world is waking up. This brings new life and the beginning of the race. For the parents, often just the mothers, to get their new born ready to survive the Winter.

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Clover and Bee

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Sadie WebbYou got so close to that bee without losing the softness of the clover. I love h0 pts
LynneGO ArtMay 5, 2026

Always Springtime - Diptych

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genedieveMay 5, 2026

Showing in pastel colors this sculpture as is only the beginning of what is coming.

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Abbate Fine ArtLooking forward to see what's coming next.0 pts
Malcolm TurcotteThose swirled colors on a three dimensional form are something else. Sculpture a0 pts

@Krisztina Megyeri

'Can't take my eyes off of you'

110x110cm

acrylic on canvas

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Gitte M LarsenMay 5, 2026

Ladybug 🐞 paper with acrylic and ink

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Dan BenzakinMay 4, 2026

This is one of my favorite paintings.

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Hi, this is my first entry into a contest on Art Helper. Thank you for offering the contest so we can enjoy seeing fellow Artists' work.

I live about 3 hours from the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. I love painting the gentle lapping of waves upon the sandy beach, the constant light breeze that is always present, and the stormy skies that roll upon you before you realize it, rumble and roll on out to sea. I named this watercolor "Stormy Sunset Beach Garden". My family has spent many camping trips at the bay and a lot of time on my Dad's boat fishing and crabbing. What wonderful springs and summers to look back upon and to look forward to. Thanks, Teresa

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This is Lush Meadow, in acrylic and textured mediums, giving off the brightness of spring

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Sadie WebbThat texture really comes through. I mostly work in watercolor so I never get th0 pts1 replies
GotLenMay 5, 2026

Woman Reading with Sunflowers – Red Hair Lady.

The composition features a dynamic interplay of saturated colors and geometric forms, creating a stylized scene

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Mother Goose with her Goslings in Spring Rain, acrylic on board, 2024

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Watercolor - A Dance of Butterflies

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Blue Watering Can

Watercolor on Arches 300# Cold Press

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"Sunset Tulip" This striking tulip, bloomed like a secret gift; a vibrant surprise that had been hiding in my garden for years. Its bold yellow petals, kissed by vibrant red streaks, seem to glow with the same intensity as the last light of day. Still in bud form, the ridges and delicate folds of each petal tell their own quiet story of nature's artistry, promising beauty even before fully opening. With the background softened into deep pinks and magentas, the tulip stands boldly, demanding attention without losing its subtle grace. This piece captures that fleeting moment of discovery—an unexpected burst of joy that lingers in the heart, radiating warmth and color.

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Hansa SethiApr 29, 2026

“Begin Again” captures my journey into the unknown—where unexpected turns lead to renewal. With soft greens and blues, and forms suggesting both a face and an island, it reflects self-discovery and the quiet beauty of new beginnings.

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LAVA GhayasMay 31, 2026

Crystal Dialogue #20

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Ethereal Spring

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Ann DunbarMay 5, 2026

Blossoms in the wind. Embroidery on painting. Spring is an explosion of colour, colours that uplift and sing in intensity with the force of renewal and growth. Cherry blossom is an example of this exciting

energy that rekindles our senses and reminds us of our presence with and within nature.

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Malcolm TurcotteEmbroidery on painting is not something I would have thought to combine, but see0 pts

Daffodils

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I was outdoors all day at a vendor sale at a local botanical garden near me. These lovely blooms kept me company all day!

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Marcus DupuisApr 30, 2026

"LOST" ... Worth a thousand words... Marcus

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Katy BishopMay 31, 2026

SPRING

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Bill PierceMay 12, 2026

"Mother Nurture" Bic Ballpoint colored pens project dedicated to my mom that passed away a year and half ago, from Lupus complications.. This is stippling and crosshatch work, on 18x24inch professional art paper.. Took around 400 hours/6 months of work..

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Malcolm Turcotte400 hours of stippling and crosshatch with ballpoint pens. That level of commitm0 pts

"Suspended Pollination"

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Michael MooreMay 7, 2026

Venice Pier Glow

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Alana Judah ArtMay 6, 2026

I am from Orleans Indiana, which is the Dogwood capital of Indiana. Every spring at the end of April, we have our annual dogwood festival celebrating the beginning of spring and all the dog woods are in Bloom. I try to do a dogwood painting at least once a year and this is one of my favorites so far.

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Kimba WigginsMay 5, 2026

Spring on the Jersey Shore

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Malcolm TurcotteJersey Shore in spring is such an underrated subject. That soft focus behind the0 pts

Pair of Dark Queens

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Here‘s my watercolors painting titled

‘Signs of Spring‘

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Diana’s Baths – Springtime – North Conway. As the seasons change in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

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This is 'Hydrangea'. Because I've always loved the incredible colors and they bring a smile every time I see them.

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Michele Guzman ArtThis is lovely!1 pts

Bluebonnet Field in Texas

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Duane StrohStrong horizontal composition and pleaseing pastel palette. Strong depth of fiel0 pts1 replies
Translated from Español

Cherryhead 160x150 Acrylics, ink,oil pencils on canvas

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I went out for a walk a couple of days ago to pick some delicate spring branches with leaves and grasses, for impressing into watercolour (my style is essentially brushless). Usually I use dried botanicals because they are dried flat, but this one was fresh and so didn't press as well. However, I love the ghostly outlines of the leaves in the 'sky'.

It feels like forever since I created something I love.

"Attraversiamo" (Onward We Cross), Watercolour on Mineral Paper, 12"x18"

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Capturing moments of May beauty: Peonies Whisper 50x40

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Debra Bruner StudioThis is stunning1 pts1 replies
Antonio CoisMay 26, 2026

I'm happy to be able to submit my photo to the competition and receive a review of my work.

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Translated from Español

Metal embossing. Iridescent Hummingbird.

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AndreyVebovMay 5, 2026

30x30 Oil. Canvas

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Brandi AndersonMay 5, 2026

This piece is bursting with spring energy. The soft pinks and reds shining through. Also, there is a cat and mouse game about to The hearts and cherries make it really sweet. thank you!

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Sadie WebbI didn't even notice the cat and mouse until you pointed it out! That little hid0 pts
JSantaclaraMay 5, 2026
Translated from Español

My piece for the contest, Art in the Forest, the fusion between the serenity of nature and the enigmatic presence of art. By placing a sculpture of a human head in the heart of a lush forest, I tried to represent how art, despite being a human creation, can integrate itself and find a space of harmony in nature.

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Bill MeddickMay 5, 2026

Bursting Spring

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Maart ArtMay 5, 2026

'Bee Over Cornflower' 🐝 Miniature abstract watercolour #humanmadeart

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Sadie WebbMiniature watercolours are so hard to pull off, especially abstract ones where e0 pts
Vera PejatovicVery colorful, has an energetic look and I feel spring in it, well done.0 pts
Knot-a-LotMay 5, 2026

Fluid Art Blooms.

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Translated from Français

Here is my entry for spring with poppy flower in watercolors.

They are my favorites flowers since childhood for their colors, the way they dance in the wind, and the fact that they died so quickly if you cut them for a bouquet. They survive just in their environment in nature.

I remember as a kid doing some beautiful doll with one unopened bud and one head of an open poppy who loosed its petals. I could spent hours doing so.

Beautiful memory

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: FRUITS & BOWEL.

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Carlos EnriqueMay 5, 2026
Translated from Español

Spring

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