Fusion Art is pleased to announce the opening of the 3rd Annual Artist’s Choice International Art Exhibition. The exhibition is now available for viewing on the Fusion Art website and features awards in three categories: Traditional Art, Digital Art & Photography and 3-Dimensional Art.

For this open (no theme) competition, both 2D & 3D artists, worldwide, were encouraged to submit their best art and photography in any subject matter and any media.

The Artist's Choice Best in Show winners are Mike Welton for his oil on canvas, “Hotel", August Naude for his photograph, "No More Judgement" and Rob Lenihan for his porcelain and ash, "Lost Boy." Mike, August and Rob are Fusion Art's Featured Artists for the month of August 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, Kathy Christian for her colored pencil, "Nosey Neighbors", Codie Moore for her photograph, "Midnight Mist," and Haimi Fenichel for his hollow sand casting, "Sandbox Series." Third Place awards were given to Kathleen Giles for her watercolor, "A Sustaining Passion" Nancy Jo Ward for her pastels on archival print on Hahnemühle Paper, "Virginia,” and Gale Rothstein for her mixed media assemblage, "My Life as a Boy." Fourth Place awards were given to Elizabeth Burin for her watercolor, "Ancient Pueblo (Balcony House)" and Tianran Qin for his archival pigment print, "Logan's, Enmarket & Chick-fil-A." Fifth Place awards were given to Gail Lehman for her acrylic on canvas, "Jacob's Ladder" and Zachary Ruddell for his photograph, "quiet Monument #30."

Rounding out the awards for the exhibition are twelve Honorable Mention winners. Honorable Mention awards in the Traditional Art category are given to Toni Silber-Delerive for her acrylic on canvas, "Dusseldorf", Hossein Edalatkhah for his acrylic on canvas, "Dancing Shadows", Doreen Wulbrecht for her acrylic on canvas, "Summer Solstice Rose", M Alexander Gray for his woodcut, "Hardware River Aqueduct II", Kien Nguyen for his graphite, "Follow Me", and John Shimmin for his watercolor, "Priceless Junk."

Honorable Mention awards in the Digital & Photography category are given to Wendy Veugeler for her photographic portrait, "The Cat's Meow", Sarco for her digital photograph, "Butting Heads (6920)", Jake Mosher for his digital photograph, "Kiss the Bride", Liza Botkin for her silver gelatin print, "Twin Landscapes", Ryan Chesla for his photograph, "Radiating Fog", and Jeb Gaither for his digital print on canvas, "ArtByAi #1432 Gold Silver & Copper."

The remaining finalists in the exhibition all exemplified uniquely creative talents and we are honored to showcase their artwork on the Fusion Art website.

The international competition received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world, including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, Belgium and South Africa. The exhibition will be featured on the Fusion Art website for the month of August 2018.

Founded by Award winning artist, Chris and Valerie Hoffman, Fusion Art was envisioned and formed out of a passion for art and the artists who create it. The website promotes and connects new, emerging and established artists with collectors and art enthusiasts, while offering the opportunity to participate in art competitions, exhibitions and experiences.

Each month and quarter Fusion Art hosts uniquely themed solo and group art competitions and exhibitions. Both winners and finalists are provided with worldwide exposure, by having their work promoted through Fusion Art’s website, in hundreds of press release announcements, email marketing, online event calendars, art news websites and through the gallery’s social media outlets. The gallery’s objective is to promote the artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers.

To view the exhibition and for further information on all the winners and finalists, please visit Fusion Art's website: https://fusionartps.com/3rd-artists-choice-art-exhibition-august-2018/.