black & white
J. Mane Gallery is proud to present its Black & White online juried art exhibition.
Monochrome means one color, so in relation to art, a monochrome artwork is one that includes only one color.
Throughout the centuries artists used different shades of brown or black to create monochrome pictures on paper. The medium they would use would simply be more or less diluted to achieve the required shades. The play of light and dark enabled the artist to define form and create a picture.
For this competition, artists were encouraged to share their artistic vision using only one color. All media were accepted, including 3-D. Artists over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best-inspired work.
Each of our themed exhibitions, awards for Best In Show, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards.
The remaining artists included in the exhibition serve as an example of impressive talent and we are honored to showcase their artwork on the J. Mane Gallery website.
We thank all the competition participants. If you are interested in purchasing any of the artwork in this exhibition, please contact the artists directly. J. Mane Gallery does not enter into the selling of artwork featured in any of the monthly online exhibitions. You will find the artist's website or email by clicking on the images below.
Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!
Best In Show
Reflection, Pastel, 22 x 42
Donna Levinstone
Monochrome means one color, so in relation to art, a monochrome artwork is one that includes only one color.
Throughout the centuries artists used different shades of brown or black to create monochrome pictures on paper. The medium they would use would simply be more or less diluted to achieve the required shades. The play of light and dark enabled the artist to define form and create a picture.
platinum
Fog In The Gorge, Luster Paper, 8.5 x 11
George Logan Cook
George Logan Cook is an Appalachian artist residing in the hills of West Virginia. His work primarily involves exploring the world around him and developing personal concepts that inspire him to make images.
gold
Till Human Voices Wake Us, Digital Print, 40 x 30
Andrea Borbély Hellman
Andrea Hellman, Ed.D., is an associate professor of English at Missouri State University. Her current art projects are about play and exploration. She experiments with color schemes, curious shapes, light patterns, dynamic compositions, and texture brushes. Andrea lives in a vibrant arts community; her works reflect the relationship of art forms, theater, poetry, dance, and music. She occupies herself with “what if” questions to generate creative imagery: What if this shape was made of silk? What if I choreographed a ballet dancer? What if this line of poetry was a painting? She visualizes her musings and sensations in the present.
silver
Won’t Be Eradicated, Charcoal, 18 x 24
arien reed
Arien Alana Reed is an emerging artist seeking to affect the world in his own way by increasing intersex and gender-diverse representation in fine art. He uses colorful mixed media or charcoal on black paper to draw aspects of gender diversity and intersectional communities. Reed envisions a future where all human beings are treated with the same level of kindness and understanding, and considers art to be his own small way of contributing toward making this dream a reality. His most recent exhibition was at Arts Visalia, March 2023, and he has more shows slated for 2024.
Bronze Awards
Home, Acrylic, 42cm x 60cm
Estelle asmodelle
Estelle Asmodelle is an Australian artist who started painting as a small child, taught by her mother, an artist. She usually won the school art prizes and first exhibited at 10 years old. While studying towards her degree, Estelle started painting abstract pieces. Estelle’s paintings have been displayed during her varied career in over a hundred group shows and a dozen solo exhibitions in Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Estelle lived and worked in seven different countries and exhibited in many cities of those countries. One such gallery was the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum as part of the ‘UNESCO International Friendship Exhibition’. She also started the ‘Tokyo Eki (train station) Exhibition,’ displaying and selling her work in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Tokyo train stations as a permanent exhibition. While living in Los Angeles, and participated in numerous group shows and often exhibited at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. She exhibited in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Singapore, and Toronto. A few years later, she returned to Sydney after living abroad for 9 years. In 2010 Estelle published her first art book, ‘Transience,’ a retrospective collection of works created over 20 years. These days Estelle works out of her studio on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.
The Converted Gas Lamp, Enhanced Photography, 20 x 50
Michael J. duke
Born in the UK Michael spent fifteen years living in Israel. It was only in 2000 when he joined the Tel Aviv Camera Club that he took photography more seriously, culminating in four solo exhibitions and TACC group exhibitions. From 2003 to 2004, Michael helped set up Ventures Group of Songwriters, Poets, Artists, and Photographers which was a group that mixed artistic outputs for various products and became the group's Publicity Secretary. In January 2005, he returned to London and joined the Isle of Wight Photographic Society and the Hampstead Photographic Society and went on to serve the HPS as Programme & Publicity Secretary. He initiated the HPS Newsletter which he edited through to November 2019. Michael appeared in numerous solo and various group exhibitions including 07 in Covent Garden London, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London in 2016, The Florence Biennial of Contemporary Art, Italy (2019 & 2021), Hampstead Arts Council in Central St Giles, London (2020) and the FIA Barcelona (2022) as well as in various international salons. He gained a QPSA from the Photographic Society of America (2018) an AFIAP from the Federation Internationale De L'Art Photographique (2019), an Hon.CPE from the Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society in Romania (2020), a GPU.CR1 From the Global Photographic Union (2020), an ES.CPE from the Campina PES in 2021, PPSA from the Photographic Society of America (2022), and A.CPE from the Campina Photographic Exhibition Society (2022) along with ADIPA/s from the Danube International Photographic Association in Serbia (2023). His work can be described as either documentary or artistic deciding which style to use depending upon the end-use of the image. With his creative work, Michael enjoys entering online art competitions, the results of which help Michael to decide how to move forward with themes for exhibition work.
Plates, Photography, 20 x 30
Jeremiah gilbert
Jeremiah Gilbert is an award-winning photographer and travel writer based out of Southern California. His travels have taken him to over a hundred countries and territories spread across six continents. His photography has been published internationally and exhibited worldwide. His hope is to inspire those who see his work to look more carefully at the world around them in order to discover beauty in unusual and unexpected places. He is the author of the collections Can’t Get Here from There: Fifty Tales of Travel, From Tibet to Egypt: Early Travels After a Late Start, and On to Plan C: A Return to Travel.
Cuba Valley Road, Time-stacking Photography, 24 x 36
Mark Weller
Mark Weller is a full-time lens-based artist from Wisconsin. He explores both the obvious world and the hidden world. Says Weller “Black and white art concentrates on the essentials. Strip away chroma and distractions melt away creating a clarity of subject matter leaving only shape, texture, and fundamental truth. The dance between light and shadow is an exhilarating space to explore.” In the past 3 years, Weller’s work has appeared throughout the country in 18 art museums and over 100 gallery exhibitions, earning numerous awards.
Muna, Graphite & White Pastel, 12 x 8.5
Deborah Zavon
I live and work in New York. I have studied with various prominent artists
at NYU, The New School, Visual Arts, The New York Academy, and the Arts
Students League, where I am a life member. My work has been shown in print,
in virtual and physical venues, and is held in private collections.
I am in cahoots with my pencil, fascinated by the ability to simulate
different textures and surfaces.
To cause the eye to see hard, soft, rough, and smooth; to create and ellicit
emotions simply by moving my pencil amazes me. I consider it my
collaborator in creating a world of our making.
The Show
