4 Solo Exhibitions & 8 Artist Showcases will be Awarded
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces its 35th “Solo Art Series” Online Art Competition. The gallery will judge the Top 12 artists who have the most complete “Body of Work” to show. From that group of 12 artists, the gallery will award 4 monthly Solo Art Exhibitions and the next 8 artists will be featured in the gallery’s Artist Showcase Section.
The first of the four Solo Art Exhibitions will begin on January 15, 2027, and each solo exhibition will run for approximately 30 days through May 14, 2027. The Artist Showcase features will also begin on January 15, 2027, with one of the 8 artists being shown on the 1st and 15th of each month. The Artist Showcase content will be the artist's Solo Art Series entry package.
Amateur or professional 2D & 3D artists (including photography and digital art), worldwide, with or without prior group or solo art exhibition experience, are encouraged to submit their best abstract and/or representational art.
There is No Theme for this “Solo Art Series” Competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable for consideration.
The competitive process will encompass not only the quality and depth of the artist’s artwork but will also include an evaluation of the overall presentation of the artist’s biography and artist’s statement as included in the entry package. The requirement of a complete entry package creates an opportunity for the artist to craft and/or to polish their current artist statement and artist biography.
For guidance as to the type and quality of art that was featured in prior shows, view our prior shows at Solo Art Series Exhibition Archives. The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery Website also contains several “How To” articles to assist artists with their entry preparation and entry materials (See Our Helpful Articles Below).
How to Write an Effective Artist’s Biography
How to Write the Perfect Artist’s Statement
Comparing an Artist’s CV with an Artist’s Biography
Do You Have a Body of Artwork to Show? – Part 1.
Do You Have a Body of Artwork to Show? – Part 2.
| Solo Art Series Competition Opens | October 1, 2026 | |
| Deadline for Receiving Entries | January 05, 2027 | |
| Results Emailed to Artists & Posted | January 12, 2027 | |
| First Solo Art Exhibition Opens | January 15, 2027 | |
| First Artist Showcase Feature Opens | January 15, 2027 |
The exhibitions and winning artists will be marketed and promoted to an international audience extensively through the gallery's website, in hundreds of online press release announcements, email marketing campaigns to over 35,000+ subscribers, gallery directors, art collectors, art consultants and art professionals, in online event calendars, through art news websites and through our extensive and growing social media network. Those who subscribe to our newsletter bulletins include gallery owners, corporate art representatives, art collectors, and decision makers in the fine arts field. Winning solo artists also receive a digital Award Certificate, Event Postcard, and Press Release for their art portfolio.
By having their work on the LST website, winning artists should increase exposure to their work, enhance their professional resume and create a high-quality backlink to their own website.
Artists may only be selected for a solo art exhibition once in a 12-month period. After 12 months, artists may again apply for a solo art exhibition, but only with different body of work. Artists may qualify and be selected for an Artist Showcase more than once per year, but also only with a different body of work.
Any art that was previously entered and shown on the Light Space & Time website may also be entered for the Solo Art Series.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is proud to announce that George Salter has been selected as one of four winners in Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 33rd "Solo Art Series" Art Competition. George’s month-long solo art exhibition will be featured on the gallery’s website, YouTube channel, and in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
George’s is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer based in Rhode Island, USA. The gallery will now promote him with an extensive online public relations campaign.
Promotion of George’s solo exhibition will include the distribution of press releases to hundreds of major news outlets. The Gallery will leverage Light Space & Time’s extensive social media network to promote George and his art.
George's work will also be showcased on the gallery's YouTube channel, and promoted via an event postcard, award ribbon, and certificate.
The “Solo Art Series” highlights the work of established artists, who have a body of work to showcase, through a series of online monthly solo exhibitions. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. A careful evaluation of the submissions led to the selection of four artists for month-long solo shows, ensuring a diverse range of artistic styles and approaches would be featured.
Presented below are George's artist biography and statement, together with 25 of his Omo Valley Collection photographs. All of the subjects are all members of the Suri Tribe. We encourage you to peruse his information and admire his art.
Over the past 45 years, George Salter's photography has added new layers to a lifelong fascination with beauty in unexpected places. Early in his career, light and shadow became a central preoccupation, with beauty revealing itself in the geometry and colors of architecture and marine vessels. Drawn to the lines, angles, and textures of architectural features, Salter transformed these details into subjects in their own right, elevating them beyond their role as fragments of a larger structure. This sensibility culminated in his first solo show, Architectural Abstracts, at the EG Photo Gallery in 1992.
Alongside this architectural work, Salter cultivated a parallel love for street photography, an art form long defined by capturing candid moments from a careful, unnoticed distance. That approach shifted fundamentally in 2024, during a trip to Bhutan, where photographing people without their permission is socially unacceptable. There, he began moving physically closer to his subjects — asking permission, building trust, and working collaboratively rather than covertly. As international photographer GMB Akash has observed, "getting close is hard. It asks for courage. It asks for connection. It asks for heart." In that closeness, Salter discovered something new: genuine personal connections with people willing to be vulnerable, to reveal something intimate, to share a fleeting moment of mutual understanding.
This shift redefined his practice. Salter's photographs now dwell in distinctly human territory — where eyes begin to speak and unwritten histories come to life. No longer simply a street photographer, he has become a street portrait photographer, traveling the globe in search of willing collaborators for thoughtful, considered portraits. This pursuit has led him to Cuba, Bolivia, the Philippines, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Russia, India, Bhutan, and Ethiopia, with travels to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea planned for 2026.
My street portraits are intended to be a celebration of different ethnicities around the world, sharing a glimpse into the way people relate to their surroundings through unique customs, foods, dress, music and art. Many ethnic groups are losing their unique identities, and I believe it is important to tell their stories now.
Faces tell stories. Meaningful portraits are collaborations between a subject and a photographer, with each contributing something essential. I photograph people who live in challenging places, where struggle is a fact of life, where joys and hardships are etched into each face. Eyes that reflect resilience are what I am trying to capture.
As a street portrait photographer, my attention is drawn to the individual. My approach is slow. I must break down barriers, alleviating fear and mistrust. I make eye contact, smile, and let the interaction develop naturally. I want to get to a moment of connection, of understanding, often without spoken language.
A portrait is successful when the precise moment of connection is captured in such a way that the viewer, too, can experience that moment.
To see more of George’s work, visit his website.
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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 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 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 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 David Swainson 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.
David is an award-winning photographer based in Oregon, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 32nd 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 David’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of his photographs submitted to this competition.
David was born in New Zealand and moved to the US where he developed an interest in photography. He is mainly a self-taught landscape photographer. Growing up in New Zealand, David was surrounded by the beauty and power of nature and discovered the peacefulness of solitude. With his photography he takes inspiration from what nature offers. Upon retiring, travel and photography became intertwined. With that came a fascination of an incorporation of urban landscapes, the backstreets, the markets and the beauty, vibrance and contrasts of other countries.
The Cycle of Rice - Rice is the lifeblood of the Asian economy. It begins its life in the rice fields of the plains and the rice terraces of the mountains. My journey has taken me to the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam through different seasons to experience the beauty of the fields and terraces and the people who live and work the land as they have for hundreds of years.
To learn more about David and to see more of his photographs, please visit his website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is very pleased to announce that Katie West has been selected as one of the four winning artists of the gallery’s recent 32nd “Solo Art Series” Art Competition. Katie will now have a month-long solo art exhibition, and she will be featured on the gallery’s front page, on the Gallery’s YouTube Channel, as well as in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Katie West is an award-winning photographer based in Delaware, USA. She will now be promoted by the gallery with an extensive public relations campaign.
For this solo exhibition, the gallery will distribute, promote, and circulate press releases to hundreds of major news outlets. The Gallery will also provide social media distribution through LST’s broad social media network.
Katie’s photographs will also be featured on the gallery’s YouTube Channel, and with an event postcard.
The “Solo Art Series” is a series of monthly solo art exhibitions for established artists who have a body of work to present to the public. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. These elements were evaluated and judged, resulting in the selection of the artists who will be featured in individual month-long solo art exhibitions.
Below are Katie’s Artist Biography and her Artist Statement, along with 24 of her photographs. We hope that you will take the time to read her information and to take a look at her images.
Katie West is a cultural and travel photographer whose work captures the extraordinary in the ordinary, revealing the shared humanity that connects us across borders, customs, and traditions. Her photographic journey, which fully emerged after retirement from a distinguished arts administration career, transforms everyday moments into compelling visual narratives that celebrate the beauty often overlooked in our daily lives.
West's approach to photography was shaped early by her father, an amateur photographer who maintained a darkroom in their family bathroom. This childhood exposure to the craft was further refined during her college years.. Her studies provided essential grounding in camera techniques, darkroom processes, and the principles of photojournalism—particularly the art of capturing interesting and meaningful moments. This foundation in storytelling through images continues to inform her work today.
Initially focused on landscapes, seascapes, and architectural subjects, West's artistic vision expanded significantly after receiving a 2022 Emerging Artist Fellowship in Photography for her collection of Jamaican photographs from the Delaware Division of the Arts. This recognition encouraged her to broaden both her geographic scope and thematic focus, incorporating people and their stories into her visual narratives. Her work now explores how individuals live—at home, at work, at play, and in their communities—revealing the universal values, needs, and desires that bind humanity together despite surface differences.
West's artistic philosophy centers on understanding, empathy, and love of humanity. By venturing beyond typical tourist destinations, she creates intimate portraits of people in their natural environments, documenting authentic moments that convey the essence of a country or region.
Her technical approach reflects contemporary realities and a commitment to unobtrusive documentation. Working primarily with a high-quality cell phone camera, West embraces the medium's immediacy and accessibility. The ubiquity of smartphones allows her to capture fleeting moments quickly while remaining less intrusive in her subjects' spaces—a crucial consideration when photographing people in their daily lives. For West, photography is an act of the heart; her images capture what her heart sees and feels.
Since unexpectedly receiving her first gallery invitation in 2020 to exhibit Jamaican photographs, West has taught herself the technical aspects of printing, framing, and exhibition. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across multiple states and internationally online, with five photographs now part of the permanent collection at Delaware's Carvel Building. Through her evolving practice, West continues to build a body of work that celebrates cultural diversity while revealing our fundamental interconnectedness, inviting viewers to see the world—and each other—with fresh eyes and open hearts.
Photography has been woven into the fabric of my life since childhood, when my father's darkroom first introduced me to the magic of capturing light and shadow. College courses in photojournalism deepened this foundation, teaching me to see not just images, but stories. Yet it wasn't until retirement that this lifelong connection to photography transformed into something more urgent—a need to document the beautiful complexity of human experience across cultures and continents.
The work began almost accidentally in 2017, with travel photographs shared casually on social media. An unexpected gallery invitation in 2020 to exhibit Jamaican images became a turning point. That moment launched a self-taught journey into the technical aspects of fine art photography—printing, framing, exhibiting—but more importantly, it crystallized a deeper purpose: to reveal the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary, the universal truths embedded in daily life.
Initially drawn to Jamaica's landscapes, seascapes, and architecture, the focus gradually shifted toward something more intimate—people in their authentic environments. These images document how communities live, work, play, and move through the world. They're attempts to bridge the perceived distances between cultures by highlighting our shared humanity. Despite vast differences in wealth, customs, and traditions, the photographs reveal fundamental connections: the same desires for dignity, joy, and belonging exist everywhere.
The choice of tools reflects this philosophy. Most images are now captured with a cell phone camera rather than traditional equipment. Modern smartphone technology has evolved remarkably, offering excellent image quality while remaining unobtrusive. This matters profoundly when photographing people in their natural habitats. A cell phone is ubiquitous, familiar, non-threatening—it allows genuine moments to unfold without the barrier of professional cameras that can create distance or self-consciousness.
Traveling beyond typical tourist destinations makes this intimacy possible. It creates opportunities to meet people authentically, to be invited into their worlds with understanding and empathy. Each photograph represents more than technical composition or aesthetic beauty—it captures what the heart sees and feels, what resonates on a human level.
The work continues to evolve. An Artist Fellowship provided validation and momentum to expand geographically and thematically, pushing toward images that don't just document but truly convey how people live. Every new location offers fresh perspectives on the infinite variations of human experience, yet each journey reinforces the same truth: we are more alike than different.
This photography practice is ultimately about attention—learning to notice beauty we might otherwise walk past daily, then sharing those discoveries with others. It's about creating visual bridges between worlds, using images to foster empathy and connection across the boundaries that too often divide us.
To see more of Katie West’s work, visit her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is proud to announce that Song-Zhen Shen Huang has been selected as one of four winners in Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 32nd "Solo Art Series" Art Competition. Song-Zhen’s month-long solo art exhibition will be featured on the gallery’s website, YouTube channel, and in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Song-Zhen is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist based in Little Neck, New York, USA. The gallery will now promote her with an extensive online public relations campaign.
Promotion of Song-Zhen’s solo exhibition will include the distribution of press releases to hundreds of major news outlets. The Gallery will leverage Light Space & Time’s extensive social media network to promote Song-Zhen and her art.
Song-Zhen's work will also be showcased on the gallery's YouTube channel, and promoted via an event postcard, award ribbon, and certificate.
The “Solo Art Series” highlights the work of established artists, who have a body of work to showcase, through a series of online monthly solo exhibitions. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. A careful evaluation of the submissions led to the selection of four artists for month-long solo shows, ensuring a diverse range of artistic styles and approaches would be featured.
Presented below are Song-Zhen's artist biography and statement, together with 15 of her digitally hand-painted artwork. We encourage you to peruse Song-Zhen's information and admire her art.
Song-Zhen Shen Huang is a Chinese American artist born in Shanghai, China. She brings a rich educational background to her artistic practice, having graduated from Donghua University in 1982 with a degree in Textile Pattern Design. After immigrating to the United States, she continued her studies at York College in New York City, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Painting in 1987. She further refined her skills at the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York, completing her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Oil Painting in 1990.
From 1990 to 2025, Huang established herself as a versatile creative professional, working as both an oil painting freelancer and a graphic designer for fashion brands across New York and California. Her career has been marked by a unique ability to blend fine art sensibilities with commercial design expertise.
A pivotal moment in Huang's artistic journey came in 2020 when the global pandemic began. Due to special circumstances, she found herself stranded in the suburbs without access to her traditional painting materials. Rather than letting this challenge hinder her creative output, she embraced innovation by transitioning to digital art, using digital pens to create on screens as a replacement for her beloved oil paintings. This period proved to be extraordinarily productive, resulting in the creation of over one hundred artworks spanning three major series: figures, landscapes, and mixed subjects. Her adaptability and commitment to her craft during this time demonstrates her resilience as an artist and her willingness to explore new mediums and technologies.
Huang's work has garnered significant recognition in the international art community. Between 2022 and 2025, she received twenty awards at various levels in international painting exhibitions, affirming both the quality of her artistic vision and her successful adaptation to digital media. Her achievements reflect a distinguished career that bridges traditional training, commercial design experience, and contemporary digital innovation.
Digital pens serve merely as auxiliary tools for creation. Unlike conventional digital painting, I integrate mechanical digital media with my established oil painting techniques to preserve the warmth of hand-drawn works, enhancing their painterly qualities, expressiveness, and emotional impact.
This hybrid approach to digital hand-painting leverages contemporary tools while maintaining the essential attributes and personal style of traditional painting, effectively resisting visual distractions from digital elements.
Reflecting on years of exploration and dedication, I am grateful for the courage to challenge conventional norms and borrow a ray of color from the clouds, allowing my artworks to take diverse forms. Through digital hand-painting, I have created a unique legacy for my artistic journey.
To see more of Song-Zhen’s work, she can be reached via her Email.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Jiaxin Chen 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.
Jiaxin is an award-winning photographer and mixed media artist based in London, UK and China. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 31st 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 Jiaxin’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her mixed media collages submitted to this competition.
Jiaxin Chen is a visual artist working with photography, mixed media, and material experimentation. Her practice transforms images into tactile forms that embody memory, fragility and rhythm. In her recent series The City’s Breathe: Folded Lights of Hong Kong, she interlaces cyanotype prints with the traditional craft of Yongchun paper weaving, fusing digital pixels with woven grids to reveal the layered pulse of urban life. Chen’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions internationally, engaging audiences in dialogues that connect ancient craft with contemporary media. She currently lives and works between the United Kingdom and China.
My practice investigates the tension between photography and material, image and object. I am interested in the fragility of photographs, how they can be folded, interwoven or fractured, yet still preserve light and memory within their surfaces. By combining cyanotype printing with Yongchun paper weaving, I reconfigure photographic fragments into grid-like structures where order collides with disruption and clarity dissolves into blur. This process reflects the unstable rhythms of the city, structured yet fragile, immediate yet historical. I aim to reimagine urban space not as fixed representation but as a living organism, breathing with memory, contradiction and transformation. Through repetition, distortion and rhythm, my work challenges photography’s boundaries and invites viewers to encounter the image as something material, unstable and alive.
To learn more about Jiaxin and to see more of her mixed media collages, please visit her Instagram.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Maureen Ravnik 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.
Maureen is an award-winning photographer based in Colorado, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 31st 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 Maureen’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of her photographs submitted to this competition.
Maureen Ravnik was born and raised in Minnesota. She attended the University of Colorado to pursue a career in sales & marketing. Working and traveling a lot in that discipline opened her eyes to the wonders of the American west and reawakened childhood tendencies to creatively document her discoveries. She began making images of the American west in hopes of preserving the history, the culture, and the dreams that shaped the west. Maureen has placed in the Audubon International Top 250, local, national, international juried photography exhibitions, monthly club competitions, and state park calendars. Her images have been selected for use by the City of Littleton, and National Geographic for publication, as well as several newspapers. She has co-authored 2 books that document the history of the second largest natural area in the country. Maureen has also served as a juror for the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Colorado.
My methods and techniques are largely self-taught. I am deeply inspired by the work of Ansel Adams and Art Wolfe. My work is also derived from my imagination. My greatest satisfaction comes from taking the file from camera to computer to develop composites. The results reflect my personal feelings, beliefs, events, culture, etc. that are best expressed through artistic interpretations. My work is delivered in an array of styles that arc between realism, passionately abstract and doggedly figurative. These diverse styles are represented in my Solo Art Series submission.
To learn more about Maureen and to see more of her digital photographs, please visit her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Lawrence Bridges 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.
Lawrence is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer and poet based in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 31st 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 Lawrence’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of his artworks submitted to this competition.
Lawrence Bridges is best known for work in the film and literary world. His photographs have recently appeared in the Las Laguna Art Gallery 2023, Humana Obscura, Wanderlust a Travel Journal, the London Photo Festival, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, and the ENSO Art Gallery in Malibu, California.
His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Tampa Review, and Ambit. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press, 2006), Flip Days (Red Hen Press, 2009) and Brownwood (Tupelo Press, 2016).
Lawrence created a series of literary documentaries for the National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read” initiative, which includes profiles of Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick.
I am a forager—of poetic observations, let’s say. Forager of change. I seek Ovid, that greatest unmasker of form and spirit. My search is mischievous, restless, and constant.
In my work, I deliberately employ shock, but only as a way to reveal truth in human behavior. Photographic truth is poetic, and poetic truth is justice. There is no “fake truth” at the end of a pencil or lens. We suffer, therefore we love, and therefore we protect one another. This is the burden of self-consciousness.
My photographs attempt to unmask thoughts and images as they shift before me at high speed. I despair only when I cannot capture them before they disappear—but even that failure often leads to another photograph, one as strange and rich as the mind’s movement through time.
To learn more about Lawrence and to see more of his photographs, please visit his website.
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Fusion Art and Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's award-winning artist, photographer, and poet Patricia Cannon has released her debut novel.
Patricia's book, Wild Heart, features dialogues between her poetry and her photographs. These are not examples of ekphrastic poetry; instead, both the poems and the photos were created separately. Readers will delight in uncovering hidden meanings within the two art forms as they "overhear" each of these "conversations."
Patricia's life, faith, and creative work as a poet and photographer are deeply connected. Her combination of imagery and writing draws audiences into emotional worlds, giving a gentle, yet profound, look at instances of beauty and introspection.
Patricia possesses the rare talent of converting her individual experiences into widely relatable insights. Blending emotional intensity in her photography with her poetic perceptions, she carves out a unique space in the art and literary fields. She uses her writing and photography to explore both the beauty and vulnerability of being human.
You can find her book here: https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/wild-heart
Patricia Cannon has worked as a Registered Nurse at UCSF since 2001. Over the course of her career, she has gained expertise in a range of areas: cardiac critical care, neurointensive care, hematology-oncology, and school nursing. At the moment, her primary focus is research. Patricia devotes her time to her faith, photography, and the art of writing, in addition to her job. Patricia has won top awards in both Fusion Art and Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery exhibitions as well as a Solo Art Exhibition on the Light Space & Time website.
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is proud to announce that Jane Gottlieb has been selected as one of four winners in Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 31st "Solo Art Series" Art Competition. Jane’s month-long solo art exhibition will be featured on the gallery’s website, YouTube channel, and in the “Solo Art Series” Archive.
Jane is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer and digital artist based in California, USA. The gallery will now promote her with an extensive online public relations campaign.
Promotion of Jane’s solo exhibition will include the distribution of press releases to hundreds of major news outlets. The Gallery will leverage Light Space & Time’s extensive social media network to promote Jane and her art.
Jane's work will also be showcased on the gallery's YouTube channel, and promoted via an event postcard, award ribbon, and certificate.
The “Solo Art Series” highlights the work of established artists, who have a body of work to showcase, through a series of online monthly solo exhibitions. Artist participants were asked to submit the following 3 components for the “Solo Art Series” competition: 1. Their art. 2. Their artist biography. 3. Their artist statement. A careful evaluation of the submissions led to the selection of four artists for month-long solo shows, ensuring a diverse range of artistic styles and approaches would be featured.
Presented below are Jane's artist biography and statement, together with 25 of her digitally painted photographs. We encourage you to peruse Jane's information and admire her art.
Jane Gottlieb has been a full-time artist for over 45 years, creating art with photographs she has taken all over the world, her colorful imagination and the magic of Photoshop.
Her love and understanding of color and composition, combined with her unique vision, make viewing her artwork a true joy.
Jane’s work is featured in both private and corporate collections, as well as in museums, public spaces, art galleries, and all the International Art Expos. Her art is in countless permanent collections, magazines, books, and internet articles and art sites.
I have been expressing my joy of art with paint, shapes and colors since I was very young. I started as a painter, evolved into a photographer, and eventually began hand-painting on individual Cibachrome photographic prints over 35 years ago.
Before Photoshop, I found a way to express an unrealistic reality with the vivid, saturated, and otherworldly colors.
For the past 50 years, I have been scanning my one-of-a-kind hand-painted prints and my library of 35mm Kodachrome color transparencies taken while traveling the world.
I paint, combine, and enhance my photographs with the magical Photoshop, creating my own idyllic, colorful world!
To see more of Jane’s work, we invite you to visit her website.
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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 and photographer based in Florida, USA. She was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 30th 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 photographs submitted to this competition.
As a California girl, Connie Rogers has traveled and landed in 5 different states before calling Florida her home. As a self-taught artist, photographer, and acrylic painter for over 22 years Connie believes everything we do is surrounded by art. ‘ART’ somehow speaks to our soul and has been proven to heal the mind.
Her photography is deliberate in its focus on color, beauty, and nature. She begins her morning with daily meditation. When she engages her lens, she doesn’t hear the chatter of others; she listens to the voice of just ‘that’ moment. She reminds herself of what Ansel Adams once said, “With his camera he comes across something that excites him emotionally, spiritually or aesthetically… he takes that perfect shot and prints exactly how it made him feel.”
Connie is passionate about choosing outdoor photo shoots, wildlife, clouds/mountains/ lakes, people, and celebrations. We all somehow come together when we touch and share a moment with others through the camera’s eye.
What inspires her work? Connie brings her camera every morning with her, whether exercising on the beach at sunrise or skiing 10,000 feet high in the Rocky Mountains because she believes many surprise opportunities exist to capture beauty. She hopes, one day, to publish her artwork in a ‘tabletop book’ for your home. She is an award winner of several contest in photography, digital art and acrylic paintings. (Fusion Art, Light Space & Time, Circle Foundation, Camelback Gallery)
Here for my Solo Art Page, I've chosen examples of Beauty at the Beach. My motivation is to share with you my love for Mother Nature's sunrise, shadows, and never ending amazing colors, seamlessly placed perfectly at my camera's eye. Can you imagine what's missing - the sounds from chirping birds to the ocean roars.
To learn more about Connie and to see more of her digital photographs, please visit her website.
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is extremely pleased to announce that Kylo-Patrick Hart 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.
Kylo-Patrick is an award-winning photographer and digital artist based in Texas, USA. He was selected as 1 of the top twelve finalists in the gallery’s 30th 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 Kylo-Patrick’s Artist Biography, Artist Statement and 5 of his black and white photographs submitted to this competition.
Kylo-Patrick Hart is an award-winning photographer (Budapest International Foto Awards, European Photography Awards, Global Photography Awards, Golden Shot International Photography Awards, London Photography Awards, Pollux Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, etc.) and chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas, USA).
He received his formal training in digital media arts while a student at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, with additional instruction provided by offerings of the Maine Media Workshops and Santa Fe Workshops.
His photographs have been exhibited in numerous cities throughout the United States and in several countries abroad.
From the moment I received my first camera as a young boy, I have been fascinated by how every individual sees the same imagery, and chooses to capture it, in remarkably different ways. I have long realized that my way of observing and documenting the world around us — from what I decide to shoot to how I actually proceed in doing so — is unique to me as an artist, which is why I love expressing myself through the medium of photography.
With my images, I strive to demonstrate that our world is a continuously fascinating and beautiful place offering endless aesthetic pleasures to those who take the time to observe its nuances intentionally closely. My current project, from which these five photographs have been culled, is titled Kids in the Streets.
To learn more about Kylo-Patrick and to see more of his art, please visit his website.
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