4th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition - December 2018

Welcome to Fusion Art's 4th Annual Leaves & Petals International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of December 2018.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists were encouraged to share their best art and photography depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best figurative art and photography.

We once again received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Estonia, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Brazil, and New Zealand.

In this monthly themed exhibition Fusion Art presents awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Digital Art & Photography and 3-Dimensional Art. The Leaves & Petals Best in Show winners are Hunter Jay for his acrylic on linen, “Exotica", Kay McBeath for her photograph, "Blue Hydrangeas" and Chelita Riojas for her aluminum sculpture, "Cactus Flower". Hunter, Kay and Chelita are Fusion Art's Featured Artists for the month of December 2018 and, as the Best in Show winners, all three artists are invited to participate in Fusion Art's 3rd Annual Group Show in Palm Springs in February 2019.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Leah Dockrill for her watercolor, "Canna Among The Weeds", Shelley Benjamin for her digital photograph, "Into the Sun," and Gaige Qualmann for his copper sculpture, "The Witchcraft Orchid". Third Place awards were given to Stephanie Lawing for her acrylic on canvas, "Tulip Fever", Martha Nance for her photograph, "Swamp Oak Leaf,” and Julia O'Bryan for her ceramic sculpture, "Nature Through the Windows". Fourth Place awards were given to Dianna Yakobson for her ink pen on paper, "Hibiscus", Rebecca J. Case for her photograph, "Glorious Morning Glory", and Clody Cates for her copper sculpture, "Copper Rose". Fifth Place awards were given to Diane Liguori for her oil on board, "Park Avenue Canna Lilly" and Felice Willat for her photograph, "Sunflower".

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, twelve 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 are given to Cheryl Plautz for her scratchboard, "Daylilies", Nancie Quah for her colored pencil on paper, "Pink Lotus", Natalia Astankina for her oil on canvas, "Dahlia", Brian McClear for his oil on canvas, "Fossil and Lily", Mark Riley for his watercolor, "Portrait of a Rose," and Sheila Lamberson for her oil on gallery wrapped canvas, "Dogwood Tranquility".

Honorable Mention awards in the Digital & Photography category are given to Peter Cucchiara for his digital photograph, "Rose Drops," Peter Lemiska for his photo on metal, "Graphic Palm", Dale M. Reid for her silver gelatin print, "Anthurium 2," Fretta Cravens for her archival inkjet print, "Flower Composition 12," J. Michael for his digital photo manipulation on canvas, "New Star," and Ulrike Unterbruner for her digital photograph, "Dynamic Beauty".

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 viewer 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!