Bernard Werner

Bernard Werner follows an aesthetic rather than a particular style. His range is from the realistic to surrealistic to highly manipulated images in the abstract. His works have been in juried shows for over 25 years. He has exhibits in a number of private and corporate collections as well as virtually on the web.

The artist’s interpretation only begins with the camera since the image in the viewfinder is never what is seen in the mind’s eye.

We have at our finger tips a very powerful set of tools from the digital camera to the computer to the inkjet printer to create our art. Using the power of computers and the availability of new materials and processes, it is and should be, a period of intense experimentation with all artists pushing all boundaries. We should respect the past, but forge ahead with new and different accomplishments.

More and more this digital amalgam lends credence to Ansel Adams' paraphrase: ‘A photograph is not taken, it is made’. One must extend the darkroom master's ethos to Photoshop.

Photography was part of Werner's family culture growing up, since his older brothers always seemed to have a camera in hand. He inherited some of that, starting with a Kodak Brownie and finally reaching an apex with a Mam...

In Scotland, Iceland, and Greenland with Ron Rosenstock (Student of Minor White, NANPA fine art in photography award, retired after teaching photography for thirty years, published five books of his black and white photographs, in the collections of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA, and the International Center of Photography in New York City.)

In Cuba, Northern Italy, and Sicily with Nancy Ori (Affiliated for many years with the Ansel Adams Workshop in California and is now on the faculty in New Jersey at several museums.)

In Switzerland with Brenda Tharp (Published in Sierra Club, Audubon, National Geographic Books, Michelin Travel Guides, Nature Conservancy. Author/photographer of two books.)

In Ireland and Focus Ranch, CO with Karen Schulman (Working in the photographic field for over 40 years, accomplished iPhoneographer, leads tours that stimulate the mind and enrich the spirit.)

Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY)
Erie Art Museum (Erie, PA)
Dunnmorr Gallery (Corry, PA)

Many hours reverse engineering Photoshop Actions.

Exhibitions and Honors

2022 “Palm Textures” in Arbes, 100 photos pour la liberté de la presse. published by REPORTERS SANS FRONTIÈRES, Paris, France, June 2022

2021 Recognized by SaatchiArt.com as included in a collection, 2021.

2021 Winner in the Alternative Digital Processes Category B & W magazine's Looking Back—Looking Forward 2021 contest issue #146 June, 2021.

2021 B & W Magazine, Winner 2 Single Image Contest Awards in Special Issue February 2021 #144.

2020 Black & White Spider Awards 6 Honorable Mentions with an additional 6 Nominations, Black & White Spider Awards, (thespiderawards.com) 15th show, November, 2020.

2019 B & W Magazine, Winner 3 Single Image Contest Awards in Special Issue February 2019 #131.

2018 Black & White Spider Awards 3rd Place Honor of Distinction including 7 Nominations, Black & White Spider Awards, (thespiderawards.com) 13th show, November, 2018.

2018 Campbell Pottery, Cambridge Springs, PA, Stonewall Gallery “In the Garden”: 1 image.

2018 Black & White Portfolio Contest 2018 Merit Award 3 images published in the Special Issue #128 of B & W magazine, June 2018.

2018 Campbell's Stone Wall Gallery “On the Farm” Invitational, 2 images

2018 International Color Award...