Nature's Wonder Art Exhibition- March 2023
Ten Moir Gallery’s art competition for February 2023 was the annual “Nature’s Wonder” online art contest. The show attracted a wide range of artists from around the world specializing in mediums that consisted of oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, graphite, photography, digital. Both 2d and 3d were accepted for inclusion into the Gallery’s group exhibition.
Artists were asked to submit their best nature inspired artwork.
The submission process and competition began in December 2023 and ended Feb 28th, 2023 bringing in submissions from different countries from all around the world.
Artwork is judged based on the following elements: originality, creativity, interpretation of the theme, demonstration of artistic skill and usage of medium. The winning categories include Best in Show,1st 2nd and 3rd.
The Gallery also included Honorable Mentions for their outstanding art. Many of the artists in either of these groups could have easily been included in the upper tier of our winners, as their art was also exceptional.
The winning categories artwork will be featured on Ten Moir Gallery homepage for 2 months. After 2 months, it will remain in the exhibition archives.
Congratulations to the artists who made the annual “Nature’s Wonder” art exhibition so successful!
Best in Show
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Justin McIntosh
Fallen Trees
Justin J McIntosh graduated from Indiana University with a BFA in painting. Originally a figure painter, Justin later found success with his series of work highlighting the midwestern brewing industry. The themes of his work often display the destruction of nature, either a natural or human caused destruction. Other themes include interior people in bar settings and industrial brewing equipment. He currently lives in central Indiana creating work of and for the local craft beer community to have on display.
1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners
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1st Place
Elizabeth is a self-taught photographer residing in New York City. She has always been interested in photography and started out with concert photography. Nowadays, while she typically focuses in portraiture in urban areas, she also finds herself in exploring and hiking (sometimes begrudgingly) with her travel partner in very rural areas.
When approaching nature photography, Elizabeth is not interested in summits or completing a trail. She feels most inspired with colors and textures and smaller moments of awe that nature presents.
Inspired by artists as diverse in vision as Ansel Adams, Martin Parr and Eric Hosking, Adam has investigated the wonders of nature and landscape through digital photography since 2006. Projects have captured subjects varying from stone circles of coastal Connemara and vertical tree panoramas to lichen microworlds and fungus minutiae. The intricate symmetry of his recent ‘Arbographs’, ‘Floragraphs’, ‘Terrographs’ and ‘Nimbographs’ ’ is achieved through mirror imaging, Rhorschach test and kaleidoscope principles to explore how the brain interprets images, colour and patterns, identifying ‘intrinsic faces’ in interweaving leaves, branches, petals and light. Adam’s adoption of this technique resulted from the process of adaptation and re-evaluation following his diagnosis of young-onset Parkinson’s in 2017. Adam is fascinated by the way photography can capture the brief interaction between observer and natural subject – the fleeting moment so gracefully preserved by haiku, of which he is a keen practitioner, with work published in the UK and the US.
2nd Place
3rd Place
Born in the province of Quebec in Canada, Chantal Bourque was amazed from childhood by the emotional power of images. Chantal pursued her passion for the arts with a Diploma of College Studies in Fine Arts, a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Communications, followed by an Attestation of Collegial Studies in Multimedia Programming. It is after reading a book by Peter Wohlleben that her approach is defined; trees would become the center of her creations.
She draws her inspiration from the authenticity of the forest. Soaking up the sounds, textures and smells, she lets herself be guided by the way light, colors and shapes interact in melody with nature. Combining a realistic style with her artistic vision, it is with humility that Chantal expresses in her paintings the emotional balance that the forest provides.
Her approach is studied, her brush strokes are precise and meticulous. This artist also advocates an application of the material allowing her to obtain relief and texture, particularly on the tree trunks she paints. In constant search of evolution of her artistic technique, Chantal now integrates real pieces of bark to her creations. These small pieces of bark are now the common thread in all her works.
Through her paintings, Chantal wishes to convey the feelings that she gets from trees: rootedness, strength, uniqueness, hope, impermanence, resilience and originality.
Honorable Mentions
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Nina Samuels
Hydra
Ceramic, Acrylic
