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"Nature’s eternal conversation."
FAME FRAME Gallery presents Earth and Sky — an exhibition-competition exploring the timeless dialogue between the grounded and the infinite, the tangible and the transcendent.

From ancient landscapes to contemporary visions, artists have turned to the earth beneath and the sky above as sources of meaning, balance, and wonder. In this exhibition, these realms become symbols of contrast and connection: matter and spirit, stability and movement, silence and vastness. Each work reflects a personal interpretation of how these forces shape perception and inner experience.

We welcome artworks depicting the sky alone, the earth alone, or the meeting of both — as well as psychological and symbolic interpretations of these elements. All visual mediums are accepted, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, collage, mixed media, and digital art.

This exhibition invites artists to explore nature as both physical reality and emotional space — reminding us that between earth and sky unfolds the human search for harmony.
ARTISTS’ ENTRY OPENS ON
15.2.2026.
Winning works will be unveiled here on
7.3.2026.
Naomi August, Brown sand near body of water under blue sky during daytime

Mood image
winners
First Prize Winner
Phong An Vu Nguyen,
Before the storm
Oil painting on paper canvas
Vietnam

"When I painted this, I was thinking about the moment right before a storm, when the sky and the land seem closely connected. The huge cloud is air and light coming together.
I also wanted to show how quiet that moment can feel. The light is soft, the rain is just starting, and everything seems to pause for a second.
For me, it’s about that short time when nature feels balanced and whole."
Merit Award Winner
Barry Smylie, Na Hi He Ridge
Acrylic Installation on 2 stretched canvases and 3 panels
Canada

"I was trying to picture the largeness of the Rocky Mountains. A city like Toronto of 2 million would easily be contained in the Elbow River Valley. In the distance is the drinking water for the city of Calgary called the Elbow Snowfields."
Merit Award Winner
Cher Pruys, David's Flight
Acrylic on 300LB Hot Press
Canada

"A panoramic view above a White Sea of clouds, with shades of blue and the golden, yellow unilluminating it all...with a sneak peak of the earth below!"
Merit Award Winner
Jason Shih, Cloud
Cast stainless steel and coated with titanium / L80 x W25 x H50 cm /
Taiwan

"The cloud is an impromptu existence in time and space. The light volume and the illusion of light and shadow change in thousands of ways while moving.
Clouds are also like people's emotions, spectacular and magnificent when the sun is shining, and chaotic and gloomy when the sun is backlit. Perhaps, there is a cloud living in everyone's heart, breathing with our mood all the time, presenting our current state of mind truthfully."
Merit Award Winner
Ted Fryberger,
Thunderheads over Goat Rocks
Photography
United States

"Multi-shot panorama taken on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington state showing a huge, towering cloudbank over Goat Rocks in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Goat Rocks is an extinct, exploded, stratovolcano, that blew about 7000 years ago. You did not want to be there!"
Honorable Mention
Andrew Wright,
Nature’s Alchemy
Acrylic on wood. 16”x32”
United States

"Piece depicts a location somewhere on earth where all the raw elements of the universe come together harmoniously to create a magnificent visual experience."
Honorable Mention
Angela Birchall,
Sunset over Scarisbrick
Watercolour and soft pastel
United Kingdom

""Sunset over Scarisbrick" is a combination of watercolour and soft pastel and was inspired by some photos taken by my sister, Caroline Murphy, from her stable yard in Scarisbrick, in Lancashire, England. The clouds were stacked up in tiers of colours floating across the sky in waves with the lower tier also creating fascinating imagery – if you look at it using the creative right hemisphere of your brain you can see the pyramids at Giza, the Bridge of Sighs, and Nessie disappearing out of the left of the picture!"
Honorable Mention
Antoine Khanji,
A new horizon
Oil on linen
Canada

"Oil on linen. Living in a world of chaos forces us to go back to nature, where serenity and harmony rule."
Honorable Mention
David Patch,
Lake Clearwater
Oil on etch primed aluminium, 810 x 1090 mm including frame
New Zealand

"Early morning sunlit mountains reflected in the mirror lake."
Honorable Mention
Edward Olive,
The Rooted Horizon
España

"Captured in a monochrome profile photo, a young Caribbean man becomes the bridge between the terrestrial and the celestial. Through a photographic double exposure composition, a coastal treeline emerges from the back of his head, transforming his hair into a living forest that reaches toward the sky. Behind him, the setting sun creates a luminous halo, illustrating the moment where individual identity and the vast, eternal spirit of the Caribbean landscape merge into one."
Honorable Mention
Eldon Ward, Borderland
Acrylic and wood stain on a panel made from recycled building materials
United States

"The painting deals - in the abstract - with the harsh, beauty found in the U.S./Mexican borderlands."
Honorable Mention
Evy Olsen Halvorsen, Astral alignment with bunnies
United States

"This painting was a late bloomer, slow to find its way. It started with the half circle, I thought it might be a moonrise but that didn't work out, so I turned it upside down and found a landscape that needed rabbits observing the sky. Rabbits are always watching. Since I have been interested in alternate universes and realties for quite a while, that idea crept into the void, filled the stellar space."
Honorable Mention
Joelle Wilcock, Silent Miracle
Photography framed with a black border
Canada

"The leaking light through the clouds are sending hope and love to all."
Honorable Mention
Joon Hee Lee, Sky of Ominous Gold
Paint on Photography
Korea

"Dark, golden clouds gather heavily above a quiet line of forested hills, casting an ominous glow across the landscape. The textured atmosphere suggests an approaching storm, creating a mood that feels both dramatic and contemplative. The scene captures a tense moment suspended between calm and upheaval."
Honorable Mention
Juli Jana, Jagged earth
South Africa

"Acyrlic exploring texture of medium and earth."
Honorable Mention
Karen Safer,
Between Heaven and Earth
Photography
United States

"Photography - captured scenery of land with waterways building up to sky of clouds."
Honorable Mention
Kurt Johnson,
Snowy Peaks
Photography
United States


Honorable Mention
Malcolm Glass,
Day's End
Digital color photograph
United States

"The setting sun gently colored the sky."
Honorable Mention
Maria Deely, Tuscany
Colored Pencil
United States

"Showcasing the beauty and rich color differentiation of the Tuscan Countryside."
Honorable Mention
Maria Pazos,
Green Landscape
Alcohol Inks on YUPO paper
United States


Honorable Mention
Max Werner, Norfolk Beach
Acrylic On Canvas
United States

Honorable Mention
Paul Kline,
Old Weather Station
United States

"An old Weather House stands against dramatic skies and sunlit grasses, evoking a sense of solitude."
Honorable Mention
Rosine Le Noane, Souffles
Aquarelle 40x60cm papier coton grain fin
France

"Entre ciel et terre, l'humain s'élève vers ses rêves."
Honorable Mention
Svein Øystein Jacobsen, Sunset Suldal
Photo
Norway

Honorable Mention
Zachary Myers, Ember Line
Digital Photography
United States

"Sunshine warms the trees in the snows of Hokkaido."

Collector’s Choice 50

As part of this distinction, you will receive a personal 50% discount code by email. The code may be used for participation in one upcoming FAME FRAME Gallery exhibition.


We look forward to seeing your work again.

Anne Torry-Ballou — Saguaro National Park West — 2025
Brigitte B Burckhardt — On the Road — 2015
Gerhard Kroyer — Harmony — 2025
Kylo-Patrick Hart — From Above — 2025

Selected Finalists

Adam Strange — Utopia Inc. — 2026
Andrew Wright — Jewel of the Tillamook — 2026
Andrew Wright — The Hidden Pool — 2024
Angela Birchall — End of Walkies — 2024
Angela Birchall — Surrounded by clouds at Sunset — 2025
Anna Bentkowska — Fading memories — 2025
Anna Bentkowska — Life in the snow — 2025
Anna Bentkowska — Time and experience — 2024
Antoine Khanji — A new journey — 2023
Brigitte B Burckhardt — It’s snowing — 2023
Brigitte B Burckhardt — The Tree — 2024
Eldon Ward — Precis — 2026
Eldon Ward — Reclamation — 2025
Elisabeth SCHWANDTER — Carinthian landscape — 2014
Elisabeth SCHWANDTER — My Home-Mountain — 2018
Elisabeth SCHWANDTER — Silence after storm — 2020
Evy Olsen Halvorsen — Lofoten mountains, Haldoya — 2020
Evy Olsen Halvorsen — the Blue Hour — 2023
Gerhard Kroyer — Illumination — 2025
Gerhard Kroyer — Twilight’s Embrace — 2025
Gerhard Laemmlin — fuer Uli- Azul Argentina — 2026
Gerhard Laemmlin — Puente del Inca — 2015
Gregory Supple — Adak Island 1944 — 2023
Gregory Supple — Blue Day Low Tide — 2023
Gregory Supple — Where's Jenny — 2023
Cher Pruys — Aurora Borealis — 2009
Cher Pruys — Northern Skies — 2025
Jason Shih — Emerging — 2024
Jason Shih — Landscape — 2000
Jean Hart — One man's Beach — 2024
Jean Hart — Weybrook Golf Course — 2022
Jean Posusta Posusta — Moon Light Goodnight — 2025
Joelle Wilcock — Golden Leaves — 2025
Joon Hee Lee — Dreamlight Over the Horizon — 2014
Joon Hee Lee — Light Drifting Through Memory — 2014
juli Jana — reflecting earth — 2026
juli Jana — sprung earth — 2026
Karen Safer — Burmese Sublime — 2026
Karen Safer — Tibetan Oasis — 2023
Kurt Johnson — Blue Ridge Layers — 2021
Kurt Johnson — Horse Ridge — 2023
Kylo-Patrick Hart — Grand — 2026
Kylo-Patrick Hart — Rip in Heaven — 2024
Lucy Gans — Summer Meadow Crownvetch (Invasive) — 2025
Lucy Gans — Summer Meadow Yarrow (Beneficial) — 2025
Malcolm Glass — As Below, So Above — 2023
Malcolm Glass — Rollin' — 2022
Maria Deely — Fishing in Icy Strait — 2023
Maria Deely — Mont Saint Michel — 2024
Maria Pazos — Final Light — 2024
Maria Pazos — Lone Tree — 2024
Maria-Belen Smith — Collision — 2024
Maria-Belen Smith — Moody Storm — 2024
Max Werner — A Hole In the Clouds — 2023
Max Werner — The Sky Is Falling — 2024
Monica Teh — Heaven Meets Earth — 2025
Monica Teh — Heaven’s Gateway — 2025
Monica Teh — When Heaven Meets Earth — 2025
Oenone Hammersley — Fire Underwater Tamu Massif 2 — 2022
Oenone Hammersley — Green Roots — 2013
Paul Kline — Sunrise — 2025
Paul Kline — Sunset at Low Tide — 2025
Ralph.S — Fleur fanée — 2023
Ralph.S — Fragments de vie - elle. — 2025
Ralph.S — Galapagos — 2023
Richard Mittelstadt — EVENING LIGHT — 2026
Richard Mittelstadt — FRAGILE AND FRAYED — 2025
Richard Mittelstadt — WATCHING IN AWE — 2025
Robyn Shortt — The Weight of the Sky — 2025
Rosine Le Noane — Arrivée en terre inconnue — 2026
Svein Øystein Jacobsen — Morning light Hfrsfjord — 2024
Svein Øystein Jacobsen — Silent morning — 2020
Ted Fryberger — Buckskin Gulch — 2019
Ted Fryberger — Sapphire Lake in Evolution Basin — 2012
Zachary Myers — Between Worlds — 2026
Zachary Myers — Lonely Spruce — 2026
Apply to Participate
Artists are invited to submit their work for participation in this exhibition.
Contest RULES
Timeline
15.2.2026
Open call announcement

15.2. – 28.2.2026

Submission deadline
1.3. – 6.3.2026
Curatorial review
7.3.2026
Winners revealed
Prizes & Recognition
Every FAME FRAME competition is designed as a moment of recognition. Beyond monetary awards, each distinction affirms the dignity of the artist’s work, ensuring it is seen, remembered, and connected with an international audience of collectors.

Our prizes embody both excellence and visibility: from the First Prize, which offers permanent placement in the Winner’s Collection, to Merit Awards and finalist recognitions that highlight artistic distinction.
First Prize
The highest honor, awarded to the most outstanding work of the exhibition.
· 100–200 € cash prize
· Digital Certificate of Excellence
· Permanent placement in the Winner’s Collection on our website

Merit Awards

Distinguished works selected by curators for their excellence and originality.
· 25–50 € cash prize
· Digital Certificate of Recognition
· Visibility among international collectors
Honorable Mentions
Notable entries recognized for their artistic quality and relevance.
· Digital Certificate of Recognition
· Visibility among international collectors
Selected Finalists
Curated works showcased in the official online exhibition.
· Visibility among international collectors
Submission Rules
Who can apply
Open worldwide to artists aged 18 and above. Artists under 18 may participate only with the consent and completed submission form of a parent or legal guardian.
Theme
Each contest is built around a curated theme. Only works that clearly respond to the announced theme will be considered for selection.
Off-topic submissions will be disqualified without refund.
Submission limit
Each entry allows up to 3 artworks (1 required, 2 optional).
Digital files: JPG or PNG, minimum 2000px on the longest side, up to 10 MB each.
Application Process
Entry Fee
· Participation requires a 20 € non-refundable entry fee.
· Entry fees are non-refundable, even if a work is not selected.
Rights
· All works must be original and created solely by the submitting artist.
· Artists retain full copyright to their works.
· By submitting, artists grant FAME FRAME Gallery the right to exhibit selected works online, promote them across digital platforms, and include them in press releases or newsletters.