Black and White Photographs

Artists Describing Their Art:

Karen Morecroft - My work is primarily based on my experiences of the city, including my travels through the US & Europe. Documentation is an important feature of my work as it is where I collect my source material, which is a key element to the images I create. My work relies on photographic and found imagery along with collected objects from many varied sources, including the mass media. Layering, repetition and opacity are key elements of of my work that strive to reflect a certain nostalgia....

Jym Shipman - Once Upon a time in the early nineteen seventies there was a boy. This boy was very sick and had to live on a bed in a plastic oxygen bubble. Due to his illness he was alone without the usual ways to meet people and make friends. One day the boy's mother brought him a box of crayons and a pad of paper. He took the tools he was given and created a new life for himself. In this new life he created a healthy boy with friends and a world that understood and accepted him. Weeks had past and the boy soon left the "real" world to never come back. Weeks turned into years and the boy's mother greatly missed him. The mother reached into the boy's new world, with the help of a great doctor. Together the mother and the doctor did what they thought was best for the boy and brought him back to their "real" world. In the years since, the boy has grown into a man. His physical health has improved. However, because of his travels when he was a boy, he remained between the two worlds. This leaves the man today...

Jym Shipman - John Canning - The artwork of John Canning is a vehicle for a wide ranging regional tour; and as it discovers and reveals an eclectic array of architectual styles,vegetation, figurative and color combinations, it delivers diversity. Through intense observation and deft rendering of natural lighting and atmospherics, John moves beyond mere structure and arrives at a true sense of place... The original works of John Canning are paintings & drawings created with watercolors, color/graphite pencils, pastels, charcoals, India inks and sepia embellished photographic transfers Created on bright white cold pressed fine textured art board or bright white 300-lb,100% cotton cold pressed archival watercolor paper Collectors may purchase existing originals, or have a commissioned piece created Limited edition hand-embellished, signed and numbered prints are available on bright white, 100% cotton, 300 weight textured archival papers,or on white surfaced medium-textured canvas All Fine Art Reproductions are personally printed, & hand-pulled by the artist. Posters published by Winn Devon Art Group. ...

Joe Kerr - Born and raised on the Canadian prairie where the vision is one of a broad and neverending horizon often splashed with unbelievable sunsets. Photography is an artistic tool that helps me express myself. Thirty years of experimenting through a lens, then developing the results, have exposed me to many new ideas. In 1997 I embraced the digital age. Uniting photography and computer technology opened a new world of visions. I bring to you, through this web gallery, my new horizons of images. Most have been captured with Nikon equipment using a selection of lenses and a network of digital processing power. All my CSCS images are original digitally painted stories of light, texture, color, contrast and content. I hope you'll enjoy your visit. Joe Kerr...

Dion Mcinnis - Anyone can take a photograph...push a button. The magic is in the seeing...seeing with all your senses. My work, no matter the subject, comes from seeing with all my senses and then creating to share with others. www.PoetVision.com...

Michael Easton - My nature photography reflects a personal vision of the spirituality of the land. Photographing nature primarily in British Columbia is a way of life that translates the passion for this land into a shared experience of imagery through the medium of the fine print. The challenge when finding an image in nature that is of particularly interest is to pare down the extraneous bits to the essential elements that is the essence of the emotional/spiritual experience. The textural and design elements of the image are the key to the mind's appreciation of the congruency of nature within an apparent chaotic framework. Black and white aids the mind in this process without the distraction of other colours. My motivation in showing this work is to help people develop a stronger bond with nature and by extension a greater interest and concern for preserving the many unique ecosystems of the world....