Congratulations to the 2017 Draper Grand Prize & the People’s Choice Award Winner, David Kassan for his painting Love and Resilience, Portrait of Louise and Lazar Farkas, Survivors of the Shoah. The Portrait Society of America awarded Kassan at the 19th annual International Portrait Competition.

“Thank you so much for the Portrait Society of America…This was definitely a dream for me, and I share these awards with the Survivors, whom have all shared their sometimes painful, but mostly glorious and inspiring lives with me.”-David Kassan

More of David Kassan's inspiring work can be viewed here.