Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the first Blue online art show for the month of August 2021. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, collage, charcoal, colored pencil, blue alabaster, alcohol ink, photography, digital). Each submission has been judged based on the following elements of artistic expression: orginality and quality of art, overall design, creativity, interpretation of the theme, demonstration of artistic ability and usage of medium. Out of all entries, 155 artworks were shortlisted for inclusion in the show. The competition attracted entries from many countries accros the world: USA, New Zealand, Portugal, Georgia, Australia, Ukraine, Russia, China, Japan, Taiwan, France, Mexico, Germany, Sweden, Hong Kong, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Spain, Romania, Greece, Italy, Austria and Israel. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

Blue is one of my favorite color schemes. I love working with reflections. Although I work in most of the two-dimensional mediums, I have used acrylic for these paintings. As I did the drawings, I discovered all kinds of little surprises in the reflections that I didn’t notice at first glance. I hope the viewer is drawn in to take a closer look at all the smaller elements and my discoveries as I created these. I live in Washington state and work in my studio full time. My work has taken awards in numerous national and international juried competitions and has been published in several books. I recently retired after owning and managing several art galleries over the past ten years.

Diese Bilder vermitteln eine Botschaft, die über das farbig-formale Ereignis des Bildes hinausreicht. Es ist die Erfahrung der Stille, der Einfachheit und der meditativen Versenkung, die diese Farbräume vermitteln. Friedhard Meyer arbeitet bei diesen Bildern in seiner selbstentwickelten Acryl-Nadeltechnik, wobei seine Bildoberflächen einzig durch vertikales Aufsetzen eines10 cm breiten Flachpinsels erzeugt werden. Die Farben werden quasi in Form von feinen Nadeln aufgetragen , die sich in mehreren Schichten überlagern können. Die Art des Farbauftrags ist ein wichtiges Alleinstellungsmerkmal für die Bilder von Friedhard Meyer .

I was born in Russia were I studied drawings and paintings at different professional studios, and after emigration to the USA I participated at many juried art exhibitions every year. In my paintings I develop the main ideas of Russian Avant-garde principles and it is the source of my inspiration. This movement was the influential wave of modern art in Western Culture that flourished in Russia at the beginning of the XX century.

Raised by his artist-father in Oakland, California, portrait artist Jay Johansen, began his journey into the art world at a very young age. Painting ballerinas, matadors, and Hawaiian dancers, Jay established an international collector base, ultimately leading to commissioned paintings of music icons, world dignitaries, as well as a long list of celebrity collectors. After a brief hiatus, Jay returned to painting full-time in his studio with an interest in creating nearly photo-realistic figurative paintings. Today, Jay enlivens monochromatic faces of women with vivid colors that bring life to the canvas. Using broad strokes, as distinct from his previous style, Jay enjoys a freedom he's never felt as a professional artist. Imbued with an energy of renewal, Jay is creating art with the verve he had as a child in his father's studio. He refers to his work as Pop Fusion Art.