Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fourth Landscapes online art show for the month of Juny 2023. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, photography, digital art, ceramics, colored pencil). 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, Canada, China, Taiwan, UK, Portugal, Italy, Poland and Australia. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

I love to travel and find the beauty of each place, whether it is the natural world God created, cityscapes people created, or a magnificent place that was contributed to by both.

Fabio Tasso does Sculpture using self-made machinery built with low-cost components. The common point between them is the use of air, blown or sucked. The air, modelling a membrane, makes it lay down on multiple objects, wrapping them: when packaged, those become a single body. Producing like an industry, this machinery leaves sculptures in the world as “residues”. Even if the necessity that led to the creation of this system is unique, what the sculptor does could be done by anyone: the artist moves away from the ideas of “hand” and emotions in the creation of the artwork. The artist is inspired by the prehistoric sculptures that, often remaining incomprehensible to us due to the cultural and temporal distance, appears only as perfect shapes, made with the material, technology and sensibility of the time. Who was the prehistoric sculptor is not important. This is what the artist tries to do: anonymous but universal sculptures, made with the materials of today, that study the space, the shape and the relationship that our body has with these. For this reason, his works have no titles, but only cataloguing codes with all the information on the sculpture hidden. Without him, the only holder of the keys to read them, to codify them, it will be necessary to look for and hypothesize, as in a process of archaeological investigation.

I have been interested in art since I was a child. My great passion was drawing and painting. One of my dreams was to open my own art gallery and painting school. Dream came true. But with dreams it is better to be careful. It soon turned out that managing the art gallery, building offers, contacts with artists, organizing exhibitions and conducting lessons took up all my free time. I had to make difficult decisions to have time to paint. A few months ago I hired competent staff in a gallery and moved to the countryside away from the noisy city. I finally found time to create and show my paintings to the world. I am very glad that I succeeded.

“As an artist I feel the responsibility is to translate my visual experiences into opportunities for the viewer to connect emotionally to my art and to evoke their sensory stimulation and memories of time and place, such as the smell of decaying leaves or the chill of icy water. As an element of design, light reveals and transforms elements in the landscape. I strive to portray light as an essential element in my art to change focus, perception and the emotional experience of subjects I portray.” Robert describes the creative process as one which begins with exploring, understanding and interpreting the natural landscapes through their lifecycles and seasonal changes. He looks for the inherent elements and principles of design found in nature to help him portray the experience of space and place through his art. The inspiration for Robert art is drawn from the many natural places he explores, primarily along the Niagara Escarpment and regions of Ontario. He is intrigued by the cycles of life ( emergence, growth, climax, decline, death & reuse) and cycles of our seasons. Robert studied fine art and landscape architecture at the University of Guelph