Movement is a vital principle of art because it helps to tell a story and pull a piece together. Our focus becomes guided within the composition, giving the artwork character and informing us, the viewer, what is happening. MOTION is a vibrant display communicating dynamic energy and exuberance with examples of how rhythm and flow can be implied by capturing movement. Whether as a moment in time or how we are supposed to move within the piece, these works exemplify how this becomes an essential part of any composition.
![Nancy Honaker, colored pencil](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Honaker-Nancy.jpg)
MOTION
![Nancy Honaker, colored pencil](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Honaker-Nancy-350x350.jpg)
Best of Show- Leap of Faith
![Debra Archibald, acrylic and metal leaf on birch board](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Archibald-Debra-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Director’s Choice- Passionate Pursuit
Debra Archibald
acrylic and metal leaf on birch board
Toronto, Canada
![James Severtson, oil on canvas](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SEVERTSON-JAMES-350x350.jpg)
Director’s Choice- Summer Joy
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Santy-Penny-350x350.jpg)
Dancers
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Woodward-Gigi-4-350x350.jpg)
Against The Wind
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Stampfli-Eric-350x350.jpg)
The Breach
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/upin-ira-6-350x350.jpg)
Slots
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Alpern-Tyler2-350x350.jpg)
Rain
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Waterfield-Doug-350x350.jpg)
The Drummer
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ditto-Justine-350x350.jpg)
Dissolution
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Enslin-Klaus-1-350x350.jpg)
Sirens I
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Porczynska-Barbara-1-350x350.jpg)
Habituation
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Post-Lucas-Rosalinda-350x350.jpg)
Frozen In Time
Rosalinda Post-Lucas
fused glass
Springfield, Illinois
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cee-Elle-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Carnival Series: Ferris Wheel No.rh12
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hartshorn-Meam-1-350x350.jpg)
Window Sea
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pazos-Maria-350x350.jpg)
Confrontation
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FEHLINGER-Susan-350x350.jpg)
Three Sheets to the Wind
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Brackett-Jeffrey2-380x380.jpg)
Dancing Lines
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ransohoff-Paul-1-350x350.jpg)
Charging Warrior
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lau-Jennie-350x350.jpg)
From Spring to Summer
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Glass-AnneKarin-1-350x350.jpg)
Run
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bothne-Janet-350x350.jpg)
If Fruit & Flowers Had A Fight
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jones-Cody2-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Autumnal Equinox
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Davis-Toby-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Mixed Signals
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Correa-Meyer-Paulo-350x350.jpg)
ROLLERCOASTER
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hughes-Susan-1-350x350.jpg)
Dance
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hahn-Cheryl-1-350x350.jpg)
Carnival 1
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Westford-Gary-1-350x350.jpg)
A Japanese Crane Stopping Time (Little Boy)
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cassells-Laara-350x350.jpg)
Emily
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hessel-Tom-4-350x350.jpg)
Let's Go
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Raymer-Lisa-350x350.jpg)
Cart
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bibel-Debra-350x350.jpg)
Flamenco: Siguiryas y Soleras
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gregory-Max-380x380.jpg)
Suspend
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ford-Viktoria-350x350.jpg)
Let Go!
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lievre-Maryline-350x350.jpg)
Envolée colorée
Maryline Lièvre
acrylic, watercolor and India ink on watercolor paper
Montpellier, France
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lovler-Sherrie-CROPPED-380x380.jpg)
Days on End
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Oshiro-Nami-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Dance Tag
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bomba-Cheryl-1-350x350.jpg)
I Rise
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Spencer-Judge-Betsy-350x350.jpg)
Cell Universe
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Peltokangas-Janne-350x350.jpg)
Sámi Heagga No5
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Glass-Malcolm-3-350x350.jpg)
Swirl
Malcolm Glass
photography, silver print
Clarksville, Tennessee
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Crossan-Linda-5-350x350.jpg)
Driftin' Too Far From Shore
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Weiss-Dana-350x350.jpg)
Inner Battle of an Artist- Doubt
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pollard-Steve-350x350.jpg)
staff only; LA County Museum of Art
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Zureikat-Sima-350x350.jpg)
In Transit
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Heller-Amy-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
Ode to Muybridge
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DiNino-Ben-350x350.jpg)
Formative Absence 5
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Krone-Aaron-350x350.jpg)
Beauty in Motion
Aaron Krone
graphite and charcoal
Wichita, Kansas
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Kamalieh-Susanne-1-350x350.jpg)
there will be rain
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Simon-Sue-380x380.jpg)
Orbiting
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Kogen-Pamela-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
White + Breezy
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/goldstein-eric-1-350x350.jpg)
Waterline
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Besserdin-Ray-CROPPED-1-350x350.jpg)
Flowing Synthesis
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Acevedo_Narcissus-_30x24_-acrylic-on-canvas-2019-Copy-2-350x350.jpg)
Narcissus
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Powell-Kim-350x350.jpg)
Coast
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Huber-Gerard2-350x350.jpg)
Emergency
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Frank-CYNTHIA-380x380.jpg)
White Dock
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mills-Edward-CROPPED-380x380.jpg)
Flying Objects in a Grey Field
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sherman-Susan-Mallory-350x350.jpg)
Walking to the Source, Boquet River
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Kozikowski-Nancy-CROPPED-350x350.jpg)
It's Complicated
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Benzamin-Miki-Michele-1-350x350.jpg)
Perseption
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Chalfen-Andrew3-350x350.jpg)
River of the Spheres
Andrew Chalfen
acrylic, ink, paper & sheet music on canvas
Philadelpiha, Pennsylvania
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ONeill-Erin-1-350x350.jpg)
Flip Up
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Roggenbuck-Lisa-350x350.jpg)
The Palette
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Golgata-Maureen-350x350.jpg)
I'll Follow You Everywhere
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cole-Holly-1-350x350.jpg)
Zoomies
Holly Cole
hand painted whole cloth quilt
Triangle, Virginia
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Moore-Jamie-Lynn-350x350.jpg)
Dancing Iris
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rookstool-Judy-2-350x350.jpg)
BirdWoman9: From Darkness
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Logan-Dean-350x350.jpg)
Hard Bop No. 7
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Grills-Michael-350x350.jpg)
The Dance
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rakusin-Sudie-1-350x350.jpg)
Orbits/Spheres No 8: Nocturne Blues
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Moore-Thyra-2-350x350.jpg)
It's Complicated
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Camic-Paul-Marc-350x350.jpg)
Witness to Mariupol 2022
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mayes-Chip-350x350.jpg)
Lakota Black Hills Dancer
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Giles-Mara-380x380.jpg)
Desert Wind: Circles
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sundstrom-Alice-350x350.jpg)
There Are Always Consequences
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sheckter-CPSA-Bonnie-1-350x350.jpg)
Rushing Headlong Through Frozen Time
![](https://art-fluent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Trivett-Leanne-1-350x350.jpg)