May 2026

Light and Shadows Online Art Showcase

Light and Shadows brings together works that explore contrast not only as a visual device, but as a way of shaping mood, memory, atmosphere, and meaning. Across this collection, light reveals, softens, and intensifies, while shadow creates rhythm, tension, mystery, and depth. Some artists approach the theme through quiet nuance, others through dramatic contrast, but each selected work shows a thoughtful sensitivity to the way illumination can transform a scene, a figure, or a feeling. Together, these works remind us that light and shadow are never opposites alone. They are partners in perception, each giving form to the other.

overall winner

Ric Ambrose - Peets Corner

Ric Ambrose

Peets Corner

graphite on arches paper , 24 x 75 inches

category winners

Diane Carriere - Shadow puppets

Diane Carriere

Shadow puppets

Acrylic

Tom Gainer - Yield

Tom Gainer

Yield

Photography

finalists

Aaron Krone - See No Evil

Aaron Krone

See No Evil

Charcoal

Audrey Colvin - Medieval Portrait

Audrey Colvin

Medieval Portrait

Photography

Brigitte B Burckhardt - Taking Off

Brigitte B Burckhardt

Taking Off

Photography

Bryan Bromstrup - Key Hole

Bryan Bromstrup

Key Hole

Digital Art

Carolyn Ann Steward - Mountain With Lake

Carolyn Ann Steward

Mountain With Lake

oil/Canvas 24 x 36 inches

Cecil Lee - Thing to Say

Cecil Lee

Thing to Say

digital

Cher Pruys - One Eye Open

Cher Pruys

One Eye Open

Acrylic

Debbie Jaye - Au-Delà du Brouillard

Debbie Jaye

Au-Delà du Brouillard

Photography

Debraj Das - Fun Time

Debraj Das

Fun Time

Photography

Denise Yoder - Great Grate

Denise Yoder

Great Grate

Photography

Dominic Lippillo - Ledge

Dominic Lippillo

Ledge

Inkjet Print

Edward Olive - The Weight of the Unseen

Edward Olive

The Weight of the Unseen

Photography double exposure

Gayle Miller - Still, She Rises

Gayle Miller

Still, She Rises

Watercolor

Greg Bolger - Shadow Joggers

Greg Bolger

Shadow Joggers

Digital Photography

iustina istrati - Rhapsody in B&W

iustina istrati

Rhapsody in B&W

a raw fractal

Jason Shih - Shadow

Jason Shih

Shadow

Forged and painted steel

Jeffrey L Grubbs - Vigil: 3 Hours, 27 Degrees, Long Exposure

Jeffrey L Grubbs

Vigil: 3 Hours, 27 Degrees, Long Exposure

Digital Photography

Jessica Lawson - The Medicine Cabinet

Jessica Lawson

The Medicine Cabinet

Photography

Jim Slavik - Old and New

Jim Slavik

Old and New

soft pastels

Julian Davies - Angles in Flight

Julian Davies

Angles in Flight

Black and white digital photography

Kateřina Janovská - Between Presence and Absence

Kateřina Janovská

Between Presence and Absence

digital photography

Leonard Askowitz - Trapped

Leonard Askowitz

Trapped

Photography

LIANG HAIKUN - Busch

LIANG HAIKUN

Busch

no

Luke Hsu - Lying 4 Life

Luke Hsu

Lying 4 Life

Fineliner and fountain pen on paper

Marek Sutkowski - Light my fire

Marek Sutkowski

Light my fire

Photography

Michelle Delanty - Sheltered

Michelle Delanty

Sheltered

oil

Nasser Alrefaei - Homeless

Nasser Alrefaei

Homeless

Oil on canvas

Quentin Jeandel - Vertigo

Quentin Jeandel

Vertigo

photography

Robert DenUyl - Winter Calligraphy

Robert DenUyl

Winter Calligraphy

Photography

Samantha Trobough - Kerri

Samantha Trobough

Kerri

photo

Tanya Finch - Forest Friend

Tanya Finch

Forest Friend

graphite

Tiernan Caine Kunkel - Additive and Subtractive

Tiernan Caine Kunkel

Additive and Subtractive

Ceramic

Zoltan Magyar - Winter Is Coming

Zoltan Magyar

Winter Is Coming

Acrylic on stretched canvas