Cape Fear Studios presents the 14th National 2D Competition exhibition until August 27. Cape Fear Studios is located at 148 Maxwell Street, and is open Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The juried show features artist entries throughout the United States. Luana Luconi, Founding Member of Portrait Society of America, and North American Ambassador for the Portrait Society, is the judge for this juried exhibit.
Two-dimensional art refers to all art forms that exist on a flat plane and have only two dimensions, height and width. It encompasses a wide range of artistic expressions, including drawing, printmaking, digital art, collage, photography, prints, and painting. The focus is on creating visual effects on the surface, such as canvas, paper, or screen. The tools of 2D art are pencil, pens, ink, charcoal, pastels, watercolor, acrylics, brushes, paper, canvas, tablets, software, and styluses.
Luconi is an Elected Master Circle Member of the International Association of Pastel Society, a portrait artist, author, lecturer, and judge. Her educational background is inclusive of Rome and Florence, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States. Her portraits of CEOs, chancellors, administrators, government officials and military leaders hang in corporate sites, universities, government buildings, museums, and residences stateside and abroad. She is a Penguin House Author. Her book “Classic Portraits; Great Faces, Step by Step” is published and distributed worldwide and has been printed in Chinese. She has authored ten instructional DVDs in the mediums of pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and oils.
See what the heart sees. See the award choices of Luconi at the Cape Fear Studios 14th National 2D Competition. This exhibit is a self-expression and sensory experience. General admission is free to the public. For more information visit the Cape Fear Studios website, www.capefearstudios.com

(Photo by Gina Gaddis)