5th Annual Colorful AbstractionsArt ExhibitionDecember 2019

Welcome to Fusion Art’s 5th Annual Colorful Abstractions International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of November 2019.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists were encouraged to share their best nonobjective or nonrepresentational art.  All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best abstract 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, Bangladesh, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Germany, Poland, Philippines, Serbia, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates. Overall the gallery judged 554 entries for the exhibition, which will be featured on the website for the month of December.

In this monthly themed exhibition, Fusion Art presents awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Photography & Digital Art, and 3-Dimensional Art. The Colorful Abstractions Best in Show winners are Beth Shapiro for her acrylic on plexiglass, “Moonscape”, Gareth Jones for his digital manipulation, “Cyclone World” and Moti Bazak for his recycle wood and metal assemblage, “Shadow on Water”. Beth, Gareth and Moti are Fusion Art’s Featured Artists for the month of December 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 February 2020.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Melanie Ferguson for her mixed media, “Life’s Circle”, Joe Calleri for his photography and digital, “Boldly Go” and Fortunato for her metal painted with acrylic, “Lover’s Labyrinth”.

Third Place awards were given to Cynthia Correia for her latex on wood, “Coming and Going”, Jennifer Mckinnon Richman for her digital photograph, “Turquoise and Gold” and Jennifer Muse for her glass on wood, “Rising”.

Fourth Place awards were given to Robert Hunter for his mixed media, “Blue Meditation”, Brandie Ferguson for her photograph, “Red Hot” and Karen Ford for her metallic paint and plastic ornament balls, “Sunrise/Sunset”.

Fifth Place awards were given to Mia Schulte for her mixed media, “Fractured Light”, Barbara Mierau-Klein for her digitally enhanced photography, “Orange and Black” and Regina Hays for her pigment epoxy on wooden tray, “Untitled”.

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 were given to ST Bycroft for his acrylic on canvas, “Abstraction of a Fleeting Thought”; Linda Shaffer for her mixed media, “Tuesday We Tethered the Sun”; Jerielyn Mao for her acrylic and gouache on canvas board, “Serendipity”; Loretta Ana Kaufman for her acrylic on canvas, “Double Monologues: The Blues”; Tali Almog for her acrylic and ink with encaustic wax on canvas, “Blue Bird” and Pamela LeGrand for her oil on canvas, “North Shore”.

Honorable Mention awards in the Photography & Digital category were given to Dianne English for her digital photograph, “Flowers on Ice”; Lynne Deutch for her photograph, “Arclight Abstract”, Nicholas Kozis for his digital artwork, “Shape 1”; Kelly Kowieski for her photography and digital art, “Filius Blue”; Lillianne Daigle for her digital art, “Will-o’-the-wisp” and Todd Dieringer for his digitally manipulated photograph, “Inkblot 3”.

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 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 (including 3-Dimensional) and Photography & Digital Exhibition videos.

Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!