Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fourth Patterns online art show for the month of October 2024. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pen & ink, steel, digital art, photography). 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, 52 artworks were shortlisted for inclusion in the show. The competition attracted entries from many countries across the world: USA, France, South Africa, Poland, Ireland, Canada, Taiwan, Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany and Slovenia. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

The work entitled 'Archival Forms" uses discarded media archives (microfiche) and re-purposes it as visual form and pattern. The work alludes to structures and abundance of information, media, and the act of archiving while playing against the action of hand crafted imagery. Mechanical against analogue, function against form. 'Archival Forms' has a linear quality about it. To the past, the photographic mechanized process of generating the microfiche contrasted against earlier forms of writing and archiving. To the future, digital technology erasing the archival forms I grew up with and re-labeling them as 'discard'. The irony within this series pins the mechanized media evolution against the physical analogue action of my hands cutting, composing, and gluing the fragments of microfiche. My second entry, "by the letter", destroys and rearranges letterform fragments. Through this process the text (same root word as texture) transforms into a new pattern. This new pattern can not be 'read' in a traditional sense like words on a page but only in a visual sense.

My art is a quest to find harmony through colors and contrasts, seeking to create a sense of calm within myself and for those who observe my art. Inspired by Gerhard Richter’s stripes, I strive to reinterpret his approach through the richness of oil techniques. My "Life Lines" series presents a collection of oil paintings inspired by daily feelings and moods. Each piece is crafted using a unique and inventive oil technique on high-quality raw canvas, allowing the depth and texture to evoke the complex emotions experienced daily.

Cher Pruys, ASAA SCA, IGOR, AAPL, CSAA, AMS, LMS, OSA, MAA, CFA, NOAPS, PSOA, AWA., AAOA. I am a self taught artists working in water based medium, mainly acrylic, but also at times gouache and water-colour. I am a hyperrealism painter fascinated by the world around me. I am very drawn to shiny surfaces as well as transparent objects, especially when the lighting brings them to life. I look for beauty in everyday objects that most people take for granted or just don’t truly see them as they are. The seemingly boring and mundane subjects can truly be like magnets if portrayed in the right light. Shiny metal is one of those materials that can host endless visions….the light hits it and the reflections are captured on the smooth, sleek surface…people and animals especially the eyes...an artists dream! My future art plans are to paint the countless subjects I have chosen to become paintings and to share my art with as many people as I can. "To take my inner visions with my hands and create a work of art for you the viewer .... That is the ultimate in self expression."

Jason Shih was born in 1972 in Taiwan. In 1991, he began to specialize in metal sculpture when he was a sophomore in the Fine Arts Dept. of Taipei National University of the Arts. In 2001, he graduated from School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. And then, he served as the metal sculptor Albert Paley's assistant, involved in crafts and public art work practices. Furthermore, he earned his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015). Now, he lives in Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art. Jason Shih’s artistic vision is shaped by a diverse array of influences, from contemporary dance to avant-garde fashion. He cites German choreographer Pina Bausch and British designer Alexander McQueen as significant inspirations. Bausch’s explorations of time and space resonate with Shih’s interest in sculpture’s capacity to embody kinetic energy and spatial imagination. McQueen’s innovative approach to contemporary imagery and themes provides Shih with a broad canvas for creative expression. Shih’s work is also influenced by the aesthetic principles of Futurism and Constructivism, movements that emphasize dynamic energy and continuous motion. These influences are evident in his pursuit of capturing the beauty of movement and the elegant restraint of natural forces. Shih’s sculptures often depict moments of defying gravity, capturing the fleeting beauty of motion in a static form. As a professional sculptor, Jason likes to experience the taste of life with perceptual observation in the subtle moments, and also likes the ever-changing situation of game shapes in the poetic imaginary space. For Jason, art creation is to share various moods and stories in daily life.