Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Caren Appel has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Caren is an award-winning artist based in Maryland, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 34th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Caren’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her fractal digital artworks submitted to this competition.
Caren Appel is a multi-faceted artist who has expressed across mediums and subject matter from the age of eight. In her artist explorations she discovered a passion for fractal imagery. Being an avid student of metaphysics, she became fascinated when she learned that fractals represent a hidden order of repetitive form in the universe. She has an extensive background as a metal sculptor who in some of her metal work has included a metaphysical theme.
She has also created handmade instruments such as the mountain dulcimer and the Native American Indian flute which she has sold at themed gift shops. She further enjoys painting with gouache and other mediums with a specialty in pet portraits and other animals. She also has run a craft show business, Anya Art for many years.
Caren actively gives back to the community by teaching art to the elderly bi-weekly at an assisted living community. She furthers her love of teaching at a local winery where she has taught how to make dream catchers, rain-sticks, and more soon to come.
She received the majority of her art education from Towson State University in Baltimore, Maryland and continued to pursue extensive coursework at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
Her fractals have been displayed at local coffee house shows and she has featured her work in local craft fairs.
We live in a universe of repetitive form from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic. When I learned about fractals, it lit my world up as I have long been a student of metaphysics and the interface between science and spirituality.
Fractal art is a visual expression of the cosmic universe. It utilizes principles of sacred geometry and is created from mathematical formulas of infinity. They are geometric patterns that repeat at every smaller or never-ending larger scales. You might say they are snapshots of infinity. These patterns show up with an identical ratio from the spiral of our Milky Way all the way down to the double helix of our DNA and in between in nature, such as the spiral in a nautilus shell. Our world is a living fractal, the entire universe is a fractal, and it is often said that when viewers gaze at fractal images, they get a feeling that they cannot describe with words.
So it is with enthusiasm, joy and a passionate connection to this subject, that I share my fractal art and invite you to your own unique personal experience with them.
To see more of Caren’s work, visit her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Anastasiia Yatsunenko has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Anastasiia is an award-winning artist based in Florida, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 34th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Anastasiia’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her koi series artwork submitted to this competition.
Anastasiia Yatsunenko is a Ukrainian visual artist currently based in Florida, United States. Formally trained in fine art, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and has developed a multidisciplinary practice encompassing painting, mixed media, and three-dimensional resin art.
Born and raised in Ukraine, Yatsunenko began studying art at an early age and continued her education through formal artistic training and university studies. Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, she was forced to leave her home country and relocate to the United States through the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program. This profound transition reshaped both her life and her relationship with art. Her creative practice became not only a means of expression, but also a way to process change, preserve a sense of continuity, and rebuild a connection with the world around her.
Yatsunenko works with oil, acrylic, watercolor, epoxy resin, and mixed media. Her practice combines traditional foundations in drawing, painting, color, and composition with experimentation in materials, texture, transparency, light, and dimensional form. She is particularly interested in work that exists between painting and three-dimensional art, where physical depth and changing reflections become active elements of the viewer’s experience.
Since continuing her artistic career in the United States, Yatsunenko has participated in juried exhibitions and art competitions, and her work has appeared in art publications. Her artwork has been exhibited in Florida, New York, and Colorado and has received recognition in international art competitions.
Florida’s subtropical environment has become an important source of inspiration in her recent work. Its waterways, ponds, wetlands, aquatic vegetation, wildlife, and constantly changing light have encouraged a deeper exploration of nature and the relationship between visible surfaces and the worlds that exist beneath them.
Across her practice, Yatsunenko explores memory, transformation, emotional resilience, nature, and the search for inner equilibrium. Through both traditional and experimental media, she seeks to create works that invite viewers to slow down, observe closely, and experience a moment of contemplation.
My koi series grew from a search for stillness during a period of profound change in my life. After moving to the United States and beginning to rebuild my life, art increasingly became a place where I could slow down, reflect, and restore a sense of inner balance.
Living in Florida brought me into constant contact with water. Ponds, lakes, wetlands, aquatic plants, wildlife, and changing reflections became part of my everyday environment. I became fascinated by the quiet experience of observing these places. Water can appear completely still while an entire world continues moving beneath its surface. That contrast became the emotional foundation of this series.
I was also inspired by Japanese culture and the visual tradition surrounding koi. Their associations with perseverance, strength, transformation, and good fortune resonated with my own experience, while their graceful movement through water embodied the tranquility I wanted these works to convey.
Creating each piece is a slow and technically demanding process. I work with epoxy resin in multiple pours, using appropriate respiratory protection, protective gloves, and careful handling while the material is uncured. A single work may contain three to seven layers of clear resin, with approximately twelve hours or more required before I can continue to the next stage. As a result, one piece can develop over several weeks.
Between these transparent layers, I build the underwater environment by hand. Koi may be painted progressively with acrylics across multiple levels, allowing parts of the same fish to occupy different physical depths. I also paint aquatic plants, lilies, algae, stones, and details of the pond floor. Some compositions incorporate real stones or separately created three-dimensional koi forms, which I cast in resin, finish, paint, and then integrate into the work.
I experiment with inks and reflective effects within the resin, including gold, silver, and color-shifting pigments that become visible only from particular angles. Because light travels through and reflects across several transparent levels, the image changes as the viewer moves around it. Details can appear, disappear, brighten, or shift in color.
The final clear layer becomes more than a protective surface. For me, it completes the illusion of water—a reflective boundary between the viewer and the world beneath it.
The lengthy process itself has become meditative. Pouring, waiting, painting, and returning repeatedly to the same underwater world requires patience and concentration. Each work captures a different moment of that experience, but together they form one continuous environment: a quiet window into another world, where movement exists without urgency and stillness is full of life.
To see more of Anastasiia’s work, visit her website.
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The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the winners of the 34th "Solo Art Series" Art Competition.
The competition closed on September 8, 2026, with 59 artists submitting work for consideration. Our selection panel chose 12 finalists, awarding 4 artists month-long solo exhibitions and 8 artists featured placement in our Artist Showcase.
We thank all participants for their submissions. The strength and diversity of work presented this year made for a highly competitive field and a demanding selection process.
Entries were evaluated on multiple criteria, including artistic quality, portfolio strength, and the artist's ability to articulate their practice through their biography and statement.
The four Solo Exhibition winners and their exhibition dates are listed below.
| Julie Denoncourt | September 15, 2026 to October 14, 2026 | |
| Kim Franz-Cruz | October 15, 2026, to November 14, 2026 | |
| Daniel Williams | November 15, 2026, to December 14, 2026 | |
| Patricia Cannon | December 15, 2026, to January 14, 2027 |
As part of the selection process, the remaining 8 finalists have been awarded Artist Showcase features. The Artist Showcase recipients, with features posting every 2 weeks beginning September 15th, are:
| Anastasiia Yatsunenko | September 15, 2026 to September 30, 2026 | |
| Caren Appel | October 1, 2026 to October 14, 2026 | |
| Nisey Garcia | October 15, 2026 to October 31, 2026 | |
| Kylo-Patrick Hart | November 1, 2026 to November 14, 2026 | |
| Theresa Poalucci | November 15, 2026 to November 30, 2026 | |
| Sergiy Cherednychenko | December 1, 2026 to December 14, 2026 | |
| L Richardson | December 15, 2026 to December 31, 2026 | |
| Tan En En | January 1, 2027 to January 14, 2027 |
Of the 59 artists who submitted to this “Solo Art Series” competition, 27 advanced past the initial review stage based on the strength of their artwork, biography, and artist's statement. From these 27 artists, 21 were selected as finalists, with 12 ultimately chosen for recognition. The quality among finalists was consistently strong, making final selections highly competitive.
Each solo exhibition will be promoted through press release distribution to hundreds of major news outlets and art news websites, as well as through the gallery's extensive social media network.
The 8 Artist Showcase recipients will receive similar promotional support, including distribution to major news outlets, art news websites, and social media channels.
Winning artists will be featured on ArtWeek, which generates 800,000 page impressions monthly, attracts 280,000 website visitors per month, and reaches 30,000 newsletter subscribers.
Solo exhibition winners will also receive a YouTube video presentation of their body of work, an event postcard, a press release, and links to their website as part of their achievement package.
The gallery's Solo Art Series Archives can be accessed here. Our next “Solo Art Series” competition will open for entries in October 2026.
We thank all participants for their interest in our “Solo Art Series” and congratulate the winners.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Patricia Cannon has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Patricia is an award-winning photographer and poet based in California, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Patricia’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her black and white digital photographs submitted to this competition.
Patricia Cannon was a registered nurse at UCSF for over twenty years, working in critical care—from cardiac and neuro-intensive care to hematology-oncology and research. Her professional journey is as diverse and passionate as her artistic pursuits. Outside the hospital, Patricia finds comfort and creative expression in her photography and poetry. Her work captures the subtle dance between life’s light and shadows, touching on themes of nature, love, and loss.
As a poet and photographer, Patricia's artistry is deeply connected to her life experiences and faith. Her images and words invite viewers and readers to explore emotional landscapes, offering a gentle yet powerful glimpse into moments of beauty and reflection. Patricia's work has been featured in numerous books and magazines. "Each piece, be it a photograph or a poem, reflects her commitment to capturing life's fleeting moments and honoring them with both heart and skill. Her ability to turn personal experiences into universal truths, combined with the emotional depth of her photography, makes Patricia Cannon a distinctive voice in both the art and literary worlds. Through her lens and pen, she illuminates the beauty and fragility of the human experience." — Barbagelata Art Foundation.
Photography and poetry are closely linked in my art. Whether I am capturing an object or highlighting the distinct features of a human face, I occasionally experience a deep spiritual moment when the “veil lifts,” and I catch a glimpse of something new.
To see more of Patricia’s work, we invite you to explore her photographs and poems, including her debut book, "Wild Heart," on the Poetry Box website at https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/wild-heart
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Sofia Papagni has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Sofia is an award-winning artist based in Washington, Arizona, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Sofia’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her watercolor on paper artworks submitted to this competition.
Sofia Papagni is a watercolor and mixed-media artist. She has made art since childhood, developing through formal classes and AP portfolios. Experimentation is an essential part of her process. She adapts and searches for the methods and materials that feel like the most honest extensions of who she is. That openness allows her work to naturally evolve, following intuition, curiosity, and lived experience. She considers herself a lifelong student, leaning into unknown possibilities and expansion.
Sofia believes art is a form of medicine for creators and observers. Shaped by personal grapples with healing, Sofia creates to bridge her inner spirit to the outer world; a necessary vessel for her own freedom.
Her artistic path is rooted in a desire to bring more beauty, presence, and emotional connection into the world. Her pieces are an invitation to look closer, look longer, and reconnect with the dedication and wonder that gives life its spark.
Sofia’s work has been exhibited and sold through festivals, commissions, and local markets in Northwest Florida since 2017, until relocating to the PNW area in 2025.
Watercolor is my primary medium. Its freeform, fluid nature mirrors the organic rhythms we find in both nature and human experience. Change is the constant, and watercolor moves. I see the process as the most important part of my work. I explore intersections of nature, emotion, and symbolic imagery, often guided by themes of the divine feminine, freedom, love, and flow.
Many of these symbols and forms are intentionally open-ended, blended into their environment, almost hidden in plain sight. This allows each viewer to form their own relationship and perspective with the piece as they look closer and certain aspects reveal themselves.
Each piece is created through an intuitive process instead of a rigid plan. I allow shapes, colors, and symbols to emerge from the present, trusting the movement of the medium and my own shifting perspectives. This approach creates space for honesty and vulnerability, space for evolution. This results in visuals that are layered with meaning rather than explicitly defined. A journey rather than a destination. It is the purest way for me to try and translate my own soul.
Ultimately, the goal is to create work that offers a sense of warmth, presence, and resonance. These visuals invite a moment of pause—a gentle reminder to reconnect with beauty, softness, and the deeper currents that exist beneath the surface of everyday life.
To learn more about Sofia and to see more of her artworks, she can be reached via her Email.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Bill Boxer has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Bill is an award-winning photographer based in Florida, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 34th Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his artwork to be showcased in this feature.
His Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting his artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Bill’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of his photographs submitted to this competition.
Bill Boxer is a fine art photographer based in St. Augustine, Florida. His work centers on perception, attention, and the act of seeing, often focusing on subjects found close to home.
He began his creative life as a pianist, studying in New York and later working as a music educator, collaborative pianist and arts administrator. That background continues to influence his photography, particularly in his sense of structure, timing, and interpretation. Photography became a parallel path early on, beginning with black and white film and darkroom work, and evolving over time into a focused digital practice.
In recent years, his work has taken on a more defined direction. Working primarily in a limited physical environment, he has developed a visual language based on close observation and restraint. Rather than seeking subjects far away, his photographs explore what is immediately present: dew on a leaf, reflections in water, the surface of bark, or brief moments in the natural world.
His series Close to Home reflects this approach, using simple subjects to explore larger ideas of time, scale, and perception. Dewdrops, in particular, have become a central subject, functioning not only as objects, but as lenses that hold and reshape the surrounding world.
His work has been exhibited in public and gallery spaces and has received recognition in several online exhibitions and competitions. He continues to photograph daily, refining a body of work that is both personal and broadly accessible.
Close to Home: Moments Paused
This work comes from a smaller world.
Over time, my range of movement has narrowed, but my attention has not. What once required distance is now found close at hand. The photographs in this series are made within that space, often just steps from my door.
Each image begins with a dewdrop, formed, suspended, and gone within moments. Within that brief interval, the drop becomes a lens, gathering and reshaping what surrounds it into something contained and complete. What cannot be held is, for an instant, paused.
The act of photographing these moments is not about stopping time, but about noticing it more closely as it passes. A drop stretches, settles, reflects, and disappears. The camera allows that moment to remain long enough to be seen.
At times, that sense of containment gives way to something more expansive. What begins as a single, held moment can open outward, suggesting a larger field of movement and light beyond the frame.
Taken together, these photographs form a body of work grounded not in place, but in presence. The world does not become smaller, it becomes more immediate, more focused, and more revealing when looked at closely.
To learn more about Bill and to see more of his photographs, please visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Matt White has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and he will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Matt is an award-winning artist based in Ohio, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified his artwork to be showcased in this feature.
His Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting his artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Matt’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of his oil and ink on canvas artworks submitted to this competition.
Matt White was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, and earned his Fine Art degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design, though his real education started with a pencil and a sketchbook long before that.
At its core, his work is about balance. Not the tidy, symmetrical kind, but the push and pull between opposing forces: structure and chaos, and control and instinct. White has been sketching for as long as he can remember, and a lot of that comes from growing up lost in science fiction and fantasy. The worlds of Frank Herbert, Arthur C. Clarke, and Tolkien shaped how he sees things long before he ever picked up a brush seriously.
He's also a lifelong chess and billiards player, and that shows up in how he works a canvas. There's a strategy to it, a sense of angles and consequences, but there's room for spontaneity too. Years of training in Kung Fu and Tai Chi taught him something similar: how to hold discipline and fluidity in the same hand.
A lot of that comes back to Yin and Yang for White, not as a symbol he paints, but as a way of working. Structure against looseness, control against release. That tension is really what he's chasing every time he starts a new piece.
These days he's in Dublin, Ohio, still in the studio most days, with his wife Beth keeping him honest and their Shiba Inu, Fuji, keeping him company.
My work explores the threshold between structure and sentience - where engineered systems meet the forces that escape them. I am drawn to forms that are half-invented and half-remembered: drifting architectures, symbolic notations, and biological shapes that refuse singular meaning. These hybrid entities inhabit spaces where boundaries dissolve, transforming the mechanical into the organic, and language into pulse or breath.
I use fragmentation deliberately, filling surfaces with hieroglyphic marks as if a forgotten script is trying to cohere. Rooted forms coil through these lattices, disrupting symmetry and suggesting that life emerges in the gaps - the places where precision breaks down and imagination takes over.
These works exist as contemplative landscapes of uncertainty. They invite viewers to navigate the piece as one navigates memory: moving between the decipherable and the unknowable, assembling meaning from fragments that do not quite align. Ultimately, my goal is to create spaces where ambiguity is not a problem to solve, but an ecosystem to inhabit.
To learn more about Matt and to see more of his artworks, please visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Jineane Rivers has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Jineane is an award-winning photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Jineane’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her photographs submitted to this competition.
Jineane Rivers currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona eager to build upon the 15+ years of photography experience into a full time career. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography at ASU.
After truly discovering herself in her mid-20s, she developed a style that is uniquely her. Finding the beauty in all things dark, creepy, mysterious and macabre. As someone who finds comfort in the shadows, her work is a reflection of who she is. Jineane appreciates the unconventional and has a magical perspective on the world.
I have always admired all things Halloween and eerie, it's my comfort when I'm feeling down or going through tough times. There is just something about the overall feeling and atmosphere that makes me feel at peace. My love for it doesn't stop after October.
A huge part of my growth as a photographer was rekindling that childlike sense of wonder and imagination that Halloween brings me. My art embraces the dark and spookiness that guide me in creating a world that feels wondrous.
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to travel with my camera, capturing people and architecture in environments that let my creativity soar. I thrive on creating imagery that gives off a haunting ambience.
To learn more about Jineane and to see more of her photographs, visit her Instagram.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Patrice Le Pera has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Patrice is an award-winning artist based in California, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Patrice’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her oil on canvas paintings submitted to this competition.
Driven by a profound respect for sacred traditions, Patrice Le Pera has dedicated herself to capturing disappearing cultures through her art. Working primarily in oil, her paintings honor the spiritual, ceremonial, and daily lives of Native American communities, preserving moments of continuity between ancestors and future generations.
Patrice is a listed portrait artist known for vivid, historically grounded representations of sacred and cultural traditions. Her work reflects years of relationship-building with Native communities and elders, emphasizing accuracy, reverence, and lived experience rather than romanticized narrative.
Her professional career includes illustration work with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, including children’s books and the fully illustrated MPTN Tribal Dictionary created to support language preservation. Additional illustrated publications include Raggamuffins and The Hallowe’en Pledge.
Patrice has served as Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI and is an active member of WASCO and the Windsor Arts Council. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and the Hembree House Gallery, and have received international recognition, including the Exhibizone Grand Prize, Biafarin Spirituality Award, Biafarin Scenic Award, and First Place Portrait, Sonoma County, California.
Her earlier career as a classically trained opera singer in Germany, along with decades of work as a Senior Contract Administrator for NASA’s Space Station Program and international diplomatic construction projects, shaped her disciplined approach and global cultural awareness.
As Marjorie, MPTN Tribal Healer and Elder, once told her: “The work you are doing for us will still be valid in 200 years.” This affirmation remains the guiding compass of Patrice Le Pera’s artistic practice.
My work is dedicated to honoring the living traditions and spiritual continuity of Native American communities, particularly those of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Through oil painting, I seek to preserve quiet, human moments—acts of daily life, ceremony, and relationship with the natural world—that carry meaning across generations.
These paintings are not imagined narratives, but are grounded in years of relationship, listening, and learning. I strive to approach each subject with respect and accuracy, allowing the figures to exist with dignity and presence rather than as symbols or romanticized images.
Light, landscape, and gesture are used to reflect an inner stillness—moments where the boundary between the physical and the spiritual world becomes permeable. Water, firelight, and the natural environment are recurring elements, representing continuity, memory, and renewal.
My intention is that these works serve not only as images, but as vessels of cultural memory—honoring those who came before and those who will carry these traditions forward.
To learn more about Patrice and to see more of her artwork, visit her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Sharon DeLuccie Pogar has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Sharon is an award-winning artist based in Florida, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Sharon’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 acrylic on canvas paintings submitted to this competition.
Sharon DeLuccie Pogar is a contemporary artist whose work is hard to ignore. Bold color, geometric composition, and expressive, stylized forms define her visual world, one that sits comfortably between abstraction and figuration, exploring emotion, identity, and storytelling through fragmented human and animal imagery.
It all started in childhood, when a summer art school enrollment lit a creative spark that never went out. Over the years, Sharon developed an approach that feels entirely her own: precise yet spontaneous, structured yet free. At the heart of it is a belief she holds firmly: in abstract art, there are no mistakes, only evolution. That mindset gives her work its energy, its sense of discovery, and its strong design instincts.
Her paintings move across a wide range of territory. Multi-perspective faces, symbolic animal forms, and whimsical characters are all fair game for Sharon, who shifts freely between themes of transformation and duality and moments of pure playfulness. What ties it together is her fearless command of color. Bright, contrasting hues do more than decorate; they create movement, set a rhythm, and carry an emotional charge that hits before the viewer even has time to analyze it.
For Sharon, art has never been just about what's on the canvas. She sees creativity as something genuinely connective, a language that transcends barriers and has real power to heal and inspire. That conviction shapes her broader vision of bringing art into the lives of underserved communities and individuals with special needs, where expression and empowerment go hand in hand.
She keeps painting, keeps pushing, and keeps growing. Sharon's work remains vibrant, personal, and alive, an open invitation into a world where color, form, and emotion tell stories that are as universal as they are her own.
My work explores emotion, identity, and storytelling through bold color, geometric pattern, and stylized form. I'm drawn to the space between abstraction and figuration, where recognizable subjects begin to fragment and shift into something more expressive. By breaking down human and animal forms into structured shapes, I build layered compositions that hold multiple perspectives at once.
Color is central to everything I do. Vibrant, saturated hues communicate feeling as much as they create visual impact, forming a language that invites emotional response over analysis. Contrast, balance, and repetition guide the eye while generating tension and movement throughout each piece.
My process lives between intention and intuition. I care about composition and structure, but I leave room for spontaneity, rooted in my belief that in abstract art, there are no mistakes, only evolution. That freedom allows each piece to develop naturally, through a dialogue between control and release.
My imagery ranges from fragmented faces and stylized animals to narrative-driven scenes, moving between deeper themes of transformation and duality and moments of pure whimsy. My artistic journey began in childhood at summer art school, a spark that never left me and continues to shape how I work and why.
At its core, my art is about connection: between color and form, artist and viewer, emotion and expression. I want my paintings to make people pause, feel, and find something personal in what they see. Through geometry, color, and intuition, I strive to create work that is both visually alive and genuinely meaningful.
To learn more about Sharon and to see more of her artwork, she can be reached via Email.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Huaixuan Xiang has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Huaixuan is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist and illustrator based in New York, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 33rd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Huaixuan’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her Rule of Dreams series of oil paintings submitted to this competition.
Huaixuan Xiang is a New York-based illustrator, painter, and occult practitioner who graduated from the School of Visual Arts and is currently pursuing a master's degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She acts as a messenger, channeling insights from her meditations and dreams into her work, and seeks to create pieces that invite audiences to feel the full energy of human emotion.
Huaixuan has completed an extensive body of work for both personal and commercial clients. She served as the illustrator for the visual novel An Outcast in Another World and as a character designer for Somndus Studio. Her work has also been featured in numerous gallery shows and exhibitions, including the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery and ArtExpo New York.
Huaixuan's art is more than a reflection of her imagination. It is a universal language of emotion and mystery. Through her work, she invites viewers to resonate deeply and to see themselves reflected in the world she creates.
My work is deeply shaped by dreams and meditation, giving it a surreal and introspective quality. Before painting, I immerse myself in the memory of a dream — recalling its smallest details and, more importantly, reconnecting with the emotions I felt. I amplify those feelings until they become physically intense, and I hold onto that sensation throughout the entire process. The images and emotions in my work often echo shared experiences rooted in cultural memory, and I believe that as people grow older, they gradually lose touch with their feelings. My paintings are an effort to fully capture those feelings before they fade.
I believe the emotions an artist puts into a work do not disappear. They remain embedded like imprints. Because emotion is a universal language, viewers from any background can connect with what lives inside an image. I hope my paintings awaken personal memories and invite each viewer to feel something of their own.
Alongside traditional painting, I work digitally as a fantasy illustrator, exploring epic and spiritual themes influenced by meditation and the occult. Even in digital work, I strive to recreate the texture of traditional painting and center the inner emotional life of each character.
I believe art is the highest form of hope, and through mine, I invite viewers to step into a world of memory and feeling.
To learn more about Huaixuan and to see more of her acrylic on canvas artwork, visit her website.
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The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the winners of the 33rd "Solo Art Series" Art Competition.
The competition closed on September 5, 2026, with 55 artists submitting work for consideration. Our selection panel chose 12 finalists, awarding 4 artists month-long solo exhibitions and 8 artists featured placement in our Artist Showcase.
We thank all participants for their submissions. The strength and diversity of work presented this year made for a highly competitive field and a demanding selection process.
Entries were evaluated on multiple criteria, including artistic quality, portfolio strength, and the artist's ability to articulate their practice through their biography and statement.
The four Solo Exhibition winners and their exhibition dates are listed below.
| Moti | May 15, 2026 to June 14, 2026 | |
| Jason Shih | June 15, 2026, to July 14, 2026 | |
| Julie Denoncourt | July 15, 2026, to August 14, 2026 | |
| George Salter | August 15, 2026, to September 14, 2026 |
As part of the selection process, the remaining 8 finalists have been awarded Artist Showcase features. The Artist Showcase recipients, with features posting every 2 weeks beginning May 15th, are:
| Huaixuan Xiang | May 15, 2026 to May 31, 2026 | |
| Sharon DeLuccie Pogar | June 1, 2026 to June 14, 2026 | |
| Patrice Le Pera | June 15, 2026 to June 30, 2026 | |
| Jineane Rivers | July 1, 2026 to July 14, 2026 | |
| Matt White | July 15, 2026 to July 31, 2026 | |
| Bill Boxer | August 1, 2026 to August 14, 2026 | |
| Sofia Papagni | August 15, 2026 to August 31, 2026 | |
| Patricia Cannon | September 1, 2026 to September 14, 2026 |
Of the 55 artists who submitted to this “Solo Art Series” competition, 23 advanced past the initial review stage based on the strength of their artwork, biography, and artist's statement. From these 23 artists, 16 were selected as finalists, with 12 ultimately chosen for recognition. The quality among finalists was consistently strong, making final selections highly competitive.
Each solo exhibition will be promoted through press release distribution to hundreds of major news outlets and art news websites, as well as through the gallery's extensive social media network.
The 8 Artist Showcase recipients will receive similar promotional support, including distribution to major news outlets, art news websites, and social media channels.
Winning artists will be featured on ArtWeek, which generates 800,000 page impressions monthly, attracts 280,000 website visitors per month, and reaches 30,000 newsletter subscribers.
Solo exhibition winners will also receive a YouTube video presentation of their body of work, an event postcard, a press release, and links to their website as part of their achievement package.
The gallery's Solo Art Series Archives can be accessed here. Our next “Solo Art Series” competition will open for entries in July 2026.
We thank all participants for their interest in our “Solo Art Series” and congratulate the winners.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Connie Rogers has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Connie is an award-winning artist based in Florida, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 32nd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Connie’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her mixed media artworks that include photography with oil painting, acrylic painting & digital painting submitted to this competition.
Connie Rogers is a self-taught photographer and acrylic artist whose work centers on translating atmosphere and motion into visually immersive imagery. Her art reflects a deep attentiveness to light, shadows and land capturing moments that feel both fleeting and timeless. Through her work, Rogers transforms natural and everyday scenes into expressive visual stories that invite extended viewing and contemplation.
Much of Rogers’ imagery originates from her travels and time spent in Colorado, NY, Georgia, California, and the Mediterranean region of France. These locations provide varied terrain, climate, and tonal character, all of which influence her creative direction. Rather than staging scenes, mostly, she responds intuitively to her surroundings—observing shifts in light, subtle movement in water or foliage, and the quiet tension between stillness and motion. These observations guide how each image is framed and later developed.
Her creative process often begins with photography, which conveys mood through balance, scale, and natural contrast. She then refines her imagery using digital processes that deepen tonal range, enhance spatial presence, and strengthen visual impact while maintaining the integrity of the original scene.
Recently, Rogers has expanded her practice by incorporating acrylic paint over photo prints on paper. This layered approach introduces texture, color, and movement, allowing her to reinterpret the image while preserving its foundation.
A blending of mediums creates work that exists between realism and mood. This stems from her painting by numbers as a child, dedicating cherry reds where yellows were indicated, a more favored flavor.
With the flow of water, the direction of wind, or the rhythm of clouds, she adds a sense of drama. Each piece evolves slowly, shaped by multiple stages of refinement and artistic response rather than a fixed endpoint. Most times beckoning hours of concentration.
Rogers’ completed works are designed to feel inviting and immersive, encouraging viewers to slow down and engage with the image on a deeper level. Rogers is Influenced by the dramatic tonal depth of Ansel Adams and the expressive waterscapes found in Wyland’s work, as she continues to explore how imagery can convey presence, movement, reflection, curiosity, and an enduring appreciation for the outdoors. Her happy place, indeed.
I am a self-taught recognized and award-winning photographer whose creative practice has developed through years of dedicated observation, experimentation, and personal exploration. My work emerges from an ongoing dialogue between environment and emotion, where visual experience becomes a means of translating what I see into form. Each finished piece represents an internal resolution reached through sustained engagement.
Landscape and waterscape subjects dominate my portfolio, shaped by a preference for motion, openness, and unrestrained expression. I am drawn to scenes that suggest momentum rather than stillness, where wind, water, light, or terrain appear unstable. (i.e. a bird lands in a tree and in a split second, disappears, OR avalanche control, using dynamite, can change the mountain terrain) These environments offer endless variation, allowing imagination to evolve without confinement or repetition. I respond intuitively, and impulsively to guide framing, perspective, and eventual interpretation.
For this showcase, I present work spanning multiple materials and methods, unified by a focus on the natural world. While my imagery originates in what lies before me, the final result extends beyond me. Color becomes my universal language. Undertones reflect my inner response. The scene transforms according to the feeling present at that precise instant, resulting in imagery shaped as much by perception as by location.
Here, my intention remains consistent: to create work that honors harmony, visual balance, and a sense of quiet connection. Whether applying paint or capturing a fleeting instant through a lens in the Rocky Mountains, or the Pacific Ocean, I work from the conviction that solitude outdoors carries profound meaning. Being immersed within open spaces offers me clarity unavailable elsewhere, shaping both subject matter and my artistic direction.
My hope remains simple yet enduring—to encourage viewers toward deeper awareness, inviting recognition of the remarkable presence surrounding them daily. Art, for me, serves as an invitation to slow down, speed up, or change perception, to reconsider familiar surroundings, and rediscover beauty already waiting in plain sight.
To learn more about Connie and to see more of her photography, she can be reached via her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Yayun Zhang has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Yayun Zhang is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist based in China. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 32nd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Yayun’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her oil paintings submitted to this competition.
Zhang Yayun began learning painting at an early age and later graduated from the Oil Painting Advanced Studies Class at the China Academy of Art. After stepping down from her leadership position in teaching, she re-entered the field of oil painting, where her modest achievements have inspired her creativity.
The Shandong Boshan Zhengjue Temple Calligraphy and Painting Academy has collected three of her works. During the national "fight against the epidemic," her oil painting on wood Chinese Peonies in Bloom won the highest award at the 2020 National Artists' Indoor Sketching and Creation Micro-Exhibition, which only offered "Selection" and "Excellent" awards.
Her oil paintings have been exhibited in the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (CYLC) Welcomes the 20th National Congress · CYLC Directly Affiliated Institutions Calligraphy, Painting and Photography Exhibition and represented the CYLC in the Central Government Departments · Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China Calligraphy, Painting and Photography Exhibition.
Her works have also been published in national journals such as China Collections and Culture Monthly, and have been included in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Art Digital Resource Library and launched on the "National Culture and Tourism Digital Resource Library."
In recent years, Zhang Yayun's oil paintings have appeared on the international stage: her painting Harmonious Four Auspicious Animals received the "Special Recognition Award" at the 15th International Animal Art Competition (USA); Rolling Blessings and Longevity won an award at the Canada 2025 Still Life Art Online Competition; her still life Autumn Love won an award at the Canada 2025 International Still Life Art Online Competition; and her figure painting Childlike Innocence won third place at the "8th Women Artists Art Competition (USA)."
Zhang Yayun is a member of Sketching China and Sketching China Women's Painting Association, and has participated in many of their exhibitions. In this family, she has many mentors and helpful friends, from whom she has benefited greatly.
The lotus symbolizes nobility, integrity, holiness, auspiciousness, and other fine qualities in Chinese culture, and also implies blessings for a happy life. Its characteristic of growing out of the mud yet remaining unstained gives people trapped in hardship and confusion hope for the future.
During the "raging pandemic" in 2020, I hoped that people could break through the "mud of the raging pandemic" and return to an auspicious and beautiful time, so I picked up my brush to paint the hope in my heart. When people overcame the "pandemic," I created works such as Bloom, Autumn Lotus Elegance, and Dream Lotus, forming the Lotus Series.
In Autumn Lotus Elegance, I not only depict the lotus still blooming in the autumn wind but also show the lotus's calmness in facing the coming harsh winter of life through the withered petals and the initial formation of its fruit (seed pods). They symbolize my yearning for a holy, auspicious, and beautiful life.
To learn more about Yayun Zhang and to see more of her oil artwork, she can be reached via Email.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Patricia Cannon has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Patricia is an award-winning photographer and poet based in California, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 32nd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Patricia’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her photographs submitted to this competition.
Patricia Cannon was a registered nurse at UCSF for over two decades, working in critical care—from cardiac and neuro-intensive care to hematology-oncology and research. Her professional journey is as diverse and passionate as her artistic endeavors.
Beyond the hospital walls, Patricia finds solace and creative expression in her photography and poetry. Her work captures the delicate interplay between life’s light and shadows, resonating with themes of nature, love, and loss.
A poet and photographer, Patricia's artistry is deeply intertwined with her life experiences and faith. Her images and words invite readers and viewers to explore emotional landscapes, offering a tender yet powerful glimpse into moments of beauty and reflection. Patricia's work has been featured in many books and magazines.
"Each piece, be it a photograph or a poem, reflects her commitment to capturing life's fleeting moments and honoring them with both heart and skill. Her ability to transform personal experiences into universal truths, paired with the emotional depth of her photography, makes Patricia Cannon a unique voice in both the art and literary worlds. Through her lens and pen, she sheds light on the beauty and fragility of the human experience." — Barbagelata Art Foundation
To see more of Patricia’s work, we invite you to explore her photographs and poems, including her first book, "Wild Heart," on the Poetry Box website at https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/wild-heart.
Photography and poetry are intricately connected in my artistic endeavors. Whether I am photographing an object or emphasizing the unique characteristics of a human face, I occasionally encounter a profound spiritual experience when the “veil lifts,” and I am granted a glimpse of something new.
To learn more about Patricia and to see more of her photography, she can be reached via her email.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Barbara Puto has been named as the Gallery’s new featured artist and she will now be promoted by the gallery for the next 14 days in the gallery’s Artist Showcase.
Barbara is an award-winning artist based in Poland. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 32nd Solo Art Exhibition Series. The placement in this competition qualified her work to be showcased in this feature.
Her Artist Showcase feature will be promoted to hundreds of major news outlets. In addition, the gallery will also be featuring and promoting her artwork in the gallery’s various social media networks for further exposure.
Below are Barbara’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her watercolor submitted to this competition.
Barbara Puto is a Polish visual artist working in watercolor and acrylic. She is an electrical engineer, a manager in the energy sector, and an MBA graduate. Alongside her professional career, she has developed an artistic practice focused on light, structure, and relationships.
Her work explores natural systems, interdependence, and quiet forms of intelligence found in the natural world. She is a recipient of the Certificate of Artistic Achievement – Luxembourg Art Prize 2025 and has participated in institutional and gallery exhibitions. Her artworks have been recognized in international online art competitions, including Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery.
Mikrokosmos is a watercolor series inspired by slime molds—tiny organisms that have survived for 1.5 billion years through cooperation, complex relationships, and collective action. Their quiet intelligence, adaptability, and ability to communicate form a natural metaphor for connection.
The series is built from organic shapes, flowing structures, and light-driven color. Watercolor is a deliberate choice: its transparency and unpredictability allow forms to spread, merge, and leave traces, much like natural processes.
Each painting reflects qualities often associated with humans—openness, perception, connection, coherence, and closeness—inviting reflection on how the strength of life emerges through relationships and mutual support.
To learn more about Barbara and to see more of her watercolor artwork, visit her website.
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