PATTERNS ART SHOW


 

 

 

 

 

Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the second Patterns online art show for the month of July 2021. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (acrylic, oil on canvas, watercolor, pastel, photography, polyactid acid, graphite). 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, 93 artworks were shortlisted for inclusion in the show. The competition attracted entries from many countries across the world: USA, Italy, Australia, Taiwan, Croatia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada, Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Israel. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

 

 

 

 

BEST OF SHOW

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Steven Iseman - Hidden Beauty

3D sculpture in polylactic acid - 21 x 21 x 50 cm

 

 

Look closer. Can you see it? There is an extra dimension to my work. I design sculptural images in three dimensions and then create them - layer-by-layer - using material printers. There are few teachers or practitioners in this medium, and I am enthralled by the creative opportunities found in unconstrained innovation - the process is as much fun as the result. I express art through technology and I draw my ideas from a lifetime of passions - law, travel, science, and fatherhood. Each experience shapes my art: the power of simplicity; how perspective changes yield insight; respect for the process; and from fatherhood, when you finally stop fussing and step back, the most interesting part is what happens next. This is the spirit that I bring to my designs. To this, I would add that interesting patterns can entrance the eye and the brain on an unconscious level. I am proud to be featured in several Canadian and international shows and galleries, and my works can be found at www.StevenIsemanArt.ca. I live, laugh and work in Toronto, Canada.

 

 

 

 

FIRST PLACE

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Volker Mayr - Peace For The Planet

oil on canvas - 90 x 120 x 2 cm

 

 

„What composers do with music, poets with words, I wish with my paintings: inspire people and create emotions. I want to trigger impulses that make the soul of the viewer vibrate.“

Ever since childhood Volker Mayr lets his impressions of nature express themselves in painting, having learned from his grandfather, the artist Otto Glossmann, how to make emotions visible as colours and forms, using first naturalistic, later, from roughly 1985, non-figurative painting, on his way to abstract expressionism. Volkers pictures arise from all the senses and emotions: they are sensual, un-premeditated and with a playful love for enigmatic details. Multiple and vibrant relationships between colours and surface textures are being created by layers that form transparent views, bold and expressive, emotional, and spontaneous. Volkers dreams tend to be colourful but non-figurative – thus, his paintings follow his dreams.

 

 

 

 

SECOND PLACE

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Christine O'Dell Ferguson - Woven Connection

acrylic - 24'' x 36''

 

 

I am constantly inspired by the forms in nature. It doesn’t matter if I am drawing, painting, sculpting, or weaving; organic forms intrigue me. With each piece I complete, I cannot wait to begin a new one. I am lucky to be surrounded by my muse, and I have never gotten bored or tired of paying homage to it. I love sharing my work, and I can only hope that the viewer can feel the passion and reverence I feel for my subject matter. Whether it’s waves, trees, a landscape, a creature, or an abstracted form I am looking at, the excitement I feel never changes. It is a journey I chose and I hope I never complete. I have been fortunate in my career, and have been awarded, recognized, and published locally, nationally, and internationally. It has been a wonderful life.

 

 

 

 

THIRD PLACE

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Linda McCord - Daybreak

watercolor - 18'' x 27''

 

 

In the 90's is a series of watercolors about my mother's life after she turned 90 years old. I have attempted to show glimpses of the things she enjoyed doing, as well as some more somber moments.

Linda McCord studied art at American River College in Sacramento, California and Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington where she later became a part-time art instructor. Linda works in nearly all the two-dimensional mediums: watercolor, acrylic, pastel painting and all the printmaking mediums and digitally enhanced photography. More recently, McCord works in fiber art, creating women’s fashions and wall art. She owns McThread’s Gallery on the Columbia River in Longview, Washington. Solo and Group Exhibits include NEWS 33rd Annual International Exhibit in Connecticut, Barrett House Galleries in New York, North American Watercolor Society 11th Biannual in MA, Grants Pass Art Museum, Coos Art Museum, Showcase ‘92. ’93 in Oregon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD

 

 

 

 

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HONORABLE MENTION

 

 

 

 

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FINALISTS

 

 

 

 

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