Cape Fear Studios will be showing the 15th Annual 2D Competition until Aug. 25. The studio is located at 148 Maxwell St., and is open Tuesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This juried art exhibit features the works of artists nationwide. JJ Jiang from the Village Art Circle Fine Arts Studios out of Cary, NC,  was the juror. Admission is free to the public. For more information, visit the Cape Fear Studios website, www.capefearstudios.com

Two-dimensional art is any visual artwork created on a flat surface. It possesses only two dimensions, height and width, and lacks any physical depth. Artists use mediums such as pencils, ink and pastels on paper for drawing, sketches, illustrations and detailed portraits. 

Painting uses the mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolor, or gouache on canvas, wood and paper. Photography captures images using a camera to freeze a moment in time. Mixed media combines various flat materials such as cut paper, fabric, for photographs on a flat surface.

Jiang is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society. His painting, "Green Guitar," was selected for the 35th National Juried Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America, held in Steamboat Springs, CO, this year.

Jiang shared with the Youage Raleigh Magazine in 2021, “My childhood was spent in China during the Great Proletarian Revolution (1966-1976). During that era of madness, drawing, writing and reading poetry kept me safe and sane, and shielded me from the chaotic world outside. Drawing and painting have become inseparable parts of my life.”

The winners of the 15th Annual 2D Competition at Cape Fear Studios are:

• Best in Show, “li'l girl,” oil, Ron Beckham, Roanoke Rapids, NC

• 1st place, "Chromatic Dashboard,” oil on canvas, Thistle Wise, Mt. Pleasant, NC 

• 2nd place, “Lazarus,” oil, Devlin Lovett, Augusta, GA

• Honorable Mention, “Basket of Blooms,” oil, Suk Rodriguez 

• Honorable Mention, "Clusterscape 48:Oodles,” tissue collage, pen and ink, acrylic on archival board, Sudie Rakusin, Hillsborough, NC

Cape Fear Studios was established in 1989 as a non-profit arts organization in historic downtown Fayetteville. 

Experience the 15th Annual 2D Competition until Aug. 25. For more information, visit Cape Fear Studios’ website at www.capefearstudios.com

(Photo: "Li'l Girl," oil, was named Best in Show at the Cape Fear Studios 15th Annual 2D Competition. The creator is Ron Beckham out of Roanoke Rapids, NC. Photo courtesy of Cape Fear Studios)