4th Annual Artist’s ChoiceArt ExhibitionApril 2019

Welcome to Fusion Art’s 4th Annual Artist’s Choice International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of April 2019.

For this open (no theme) competition, both 2D and 3D artists were invited to submit their best art and photography. Any subject matter and any media were acceptable for this competition. All artists, regardless of location or experience,  were encouraged to submit their work in any media.

We once again received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, China, Columbia, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan.

In this monthly themed exhibition Fusion Art presents awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Photography & Digital Art, and 3-Dimensional Art. The Artist’s Choice Best in Show winners are Diane Liguori for her painting, “Parade Princess”, Elizabeth Hoverman for her digital photograph, “Esoteric” and Oleg Kedria for his bronze sculpture, “Warrior’s Shadow”. Diane, Elizabeth and Oleg are Fusion Art’s Featured Artists for the month of April 2019 and, as the Best in Show winners, all three artists are invited to participate in Fusion Art’s 4th Annual Group Show in Palm Springs in 2020.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Vera Kirilenko for her mixed media, “2”, Bette Levine for her digital art acrylic print, “Ladies in Red” and Yingri Guan for her mixed media sculpture, “Diatom”. Third Place awards were given to Chelsey Rogers for her acrylic on canvas, “Seduction”, John H. Diephouse for his digital photograph, “Misdirection” and Iryna Shcherbakova for her sculpture, “Poseidon”. Fourth Place awards were given to Kathy M. Paulus for her pastel on pastel mat, “Flyaway Horse”, Sheri Emerson for her digital art print, “Trolley” and Kurt Palmquist for his wall sculpture, “Levels: Green/Blue/Black”. Fifth Place awards were given to Doug Puller for his artwork, “1935”, Athalie Taylor for her digital art, “The Models” and Minh Ta for his driftwood sculpture, “Turtle”.

Please visit the Monthly Winners Page to learn more about each of these award winning artists and/or to contact them directly about their work.

In addition, this month, ten honorable mention awards are given as special recognition due to the exceptional quality of the art received for this competition. Honorable Mention awards in the Traditional Art category were given to Shirley Quaid for her oil on canvas, “Thank You to the Creator”, Jasmine Saidi for her acrylic and charcoal on canvas, “Femininity”, Hunter X Huang for his giclee print on canvas, “Lord of Dao and Virtue”, Walt Curlee for his oil on canvas, “Quail Strolling Along the Vineyard” and Yuta Uchida for his oil on canvas, “Twin II”.

Honorable Mention awards in the Photography & Digital category were given to Paul M. Murray for his photograph, “Enormity”, Carrie Rheinberger for her photograph on canvas, “Ribbons”, Hope Osborn for her digital photograph, “Perspective”, Nicholas Kozis for his digital art, “Old LA Brea 3” and Cristian Stefanescu for his photographic print, “City of London #29”.

The remaining finalists in the exhibition all exemplify uniquely creative talents and we’re honored to showcase their artwork on the Fusion Art website.

Fusion Art strives to create interesting and enjoyable art exhibitions with a variety of artistic styles and media represented. The art that is selected is based on the theme of the exhibition and the gallery’s objective is to include, in every Fusion Art exhibition, a broad representation of quality, style, media, creativity, originality and artistic composition. Art tells a story and we strive to select artwork, particularly for awards, that make the viewers think and wonder what story the artist is trying to tell.

As always, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the competition participants. While not all the artwork that was submitted was selected for inclusion in the exhibition this in not necessarily a reflection on any one artist’s talent and/or skill.  It takes courage for artists to offer up one’s art up for critique by others and all the artists should be applauded for their efforts. We appreciate all of you sharing your extraordinary talent with us.

For anyone interested in purchasing any of the artwork in this exhibition, please contact the artists directly. You will find the artist’s website and/or email information below their work.

Please visit our YouTube Channel to see the Traditional, Digital & Photography and 3-Dimensional videos for the exhibition.

Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!