Lines, Shapes & Objects Art Exhibition - July 2019

Welcome to Fusion Art's Lines, Shapes & Objects International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of July 2019.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists were encouraged to share their best art and photography depicting lines, shapes & objects. Lines & shapes are two of the seven elements of art. And together they allow artists to create Objects. How these elements are used affects the composition and overall outcome of an artwork. All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best 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, Germany, Korea, France, Iran, Spain, Malaysia, Russia and Boznia & Herzegovina. Overall the gallery judged 501 entries for the exhibition, which will be featured on the website for the month of July.

In this monthly themed exhibition, Fusion Art presents awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Photography & Digital Art and #-Dimensional Art. The Lines, Shapes & Objects Best in Show winners are John Jaster for his acrylic on canvas, “Symphony in Color", Graham Edward Rhodes for his digital art, "In the Red" and Jacki Cohen for her sculpture, "Energy". John, Graham and Jackie are Fusion Art's Featured Artists for the month of July 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, Miki Boni for her oil on canvas, "Tandem Flight", Athalie Taylor for her photography/digital art, "Lines, Discs and Circles" and Julie Light for her cast glass, "Wrapped Form 1". Third Place awards were given to Lisa Daniels for her acrylic on canvas, "Via6", Jo Scheder for her digital photograph, "Interior Sky" and Cherie Lee for her eggshell sculpture, "Village". Fourth Place awards were given to Kay K Worz for her transparent watercolor, "American Blend", Anthony Iacuzzi for his digital art, "Oblique" and Kim Hye-ryung for his ceramic sculpture, "Structural Bonding 2". Fifth Place awards were given to Matthew Rentz for his oil on canvas, "FOH (Front of House)", Ron Rice for his digital art, "Bold" and Dustin Davis for his welded and painted steel, "Sound of Green".

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 Donna L. Byers for her oil on canvas, "Going Home", Daniel Rothenberg for his cardigraph, "Rising Square", Chuck Jones for his acrylic, ink and pencil on paper, "Euclid's Bird", Loretta Ana Kaufman for her acrylic on canvas, "Animated Forms VII (The Inner Core I): Circle of Life Series”, John Ressler for his watercolor, "Observation Deck" and ST Bycroft for his acrylic on canvas, "Reprocessed".

Honorable Mention awards in the Photography & Digital category were given to Braden Davies for his digital photography, "Vertigo", Catharine Deever for her photo painting, "Roll On", John Brumbach for his digital photograph, "Untitled 01", Byron Abels-Smit for his photograph, "Untitled No. 63", Glen Goldman for his digital photograph, "Ribs" and Paul M. Murray for his photograph, "Reflecting Polygons #1".

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, Photography & Digital and 3-Dimensional videos for the exhibition.

Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!