10th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Competition

Close on October 01, 2024

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Leaves & Petals

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: $25/2 images

Prize: Exhibition

Fusion Art invites submissions for the 10th Annual Leaves & Petals art competition for an online exhibition during the month of October 2024.

For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting flowers, leaves, herbs, plants, shrubs, bushes, hedges and other botanical or floral subjects. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.

Cash prizes will be given to the Best in Show winners in each category (Traditional, Digital & Photography, 3-Dimensional (if the gallery receives 3D entries) and AI Art (if the gallery receives AI entries). In lieu of the cash prize, Best in Show winners can to choose a complimentary one-year membership to our Fusion Artist’s Members Gallery

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