Fusion Art is pleased to announce the opening of the 2nd Annual Women Artists 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 its 9th quarterly online art competition, Fusion Art, once again, celebrated women artists. The gallery invited both 2D and 3D women artists, only, to share their best art and photography in depicting any subject matter and using any media. All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit.

The Women Artists Best in Show winners are Iulia Stoian for her oil on canvas, “A Moment to Myself", Esther Byrt for her digital art, "She Reached for the Stars" and Nora Pineda for her ceramic sculpture, "Red Goddess'. All 3 Best in Show winners will receive invitations to the 3rd Annual Group Show in Palm Springs, California in February 2019.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Bobbie O'Toole for her acrylic, "Time of Long Shadows", Lynne Auld for her archival inkjet photograph, "Budir, Iceland" and Michele Bourdeau for her bonded bronze sculpture, "Face in Wall". Third Place awards were given to Jasmine Elliott for her acrylic on canvas, "Welcoming Cowmittee", Sheri Emerson for her digital art, "Windswept" and Janet Rutkowski for her steel sculpture, "Peace is Monumental". Fourth Place awards were given to Debi Pickler for her pencil edited in Photoshop, "Nook of Cubbyhollows, Barbara Mierau-Klein for her photo mounted on acrylic, "Secrets in the Sky" and Marlene Siff for her acrylic on linen, "Survival". Fifth Place awards were given to Vanessa Jongebloet for her oil on canvas, "Structures of Life.. LXVII", Sheila Archer for her photomontage on glass, "Riff Four" and Katty Smith for her clay sculpture, "Surrogate Mother".

Rounding out the awards for the exhibition are ten Honorable Mention winners. Honorable Mention awards in the Traditional Art category were given to Vasu Tolia for her mixed media, "Divergence", Donna Barati for her acrylic on canvas, "Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me", Anca Stefanescu for her oil and print on canvas, "Avenue of Joy", Lyudmila Tomova for her acrylic, "Inferno" and Irma Martinez for her watercolor, "Zebra".

Honorable Mention awards in the Digital & Photography category were given to Laura Juncker for her digital painting, "Blake the Dog", Brandi Foster for her digital photograph, "Vegas Eiffel", Sookie Brarou for her digital collage, "The Seamstress," Priscila D. Claure Soruco for her digital photograph, "She" and Carrie Rheinberger for her photograph, "Expecting Art".

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, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Cyprus, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, the Netherlands and Bolivia. The exhibition will be featured on the Fusion Art website for three months starting on January 15, 2019.

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/2nd-women-artists-art-exhibition-jan-apr-2019/.