Douglas Wolters
Artist Bio
Douglas Wolters has become known for his unusual abstract photographs as well as his close-up portraits of flowers. This year alone, he participated in numerous group shows, both at local galleries and online shows. Two of Mr. Wolters’s images were selected for the Cape Cod Art Center’s “Black and White” 2023 online photography exhibit, in which 142 photographers entered and only 35 images were selected. One of Mr. Wolters’s images was selected for Exhibizone’s “Curves 2023,” an international online exhibit in which 15 countries are represented. He is also represented in HMVC Gallery’s “Flower Power” and the Artistonish International January 2023 exhibit. He has won numerous awards, including first place in B & H Photo Video’s 2021 Optic contest (which came with over $1000 worth of gear), and Best in the Macro Division in the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions exhibit. For four years, he won a Special Award in the annual Joe Miller Abstract exhibits. In addition, he won 3rd place in the 86th Annual Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography, for which there were 2900 entries.
GROUP SHOWS
Exhibizone – Fall 2024 – Sept. 21 – Nov. 21 (one image)
Gallarium – Unreal 2024 – September 18 – November 18 (one image)
Gallarium — Colorium 2024 – August - October (one image)
HMVC Gallery New York: “Freestyle 2.0” -- August 1 – 31, 2024 (one image)
Delaware Photographic Society Circuit 2024 (4 images accepted)
Gallarium – “Life & Death” June – August 2024 (one image)
Artistonish Magazine – the May issue (Issue #46) 2024 (one image)
Mid Atlantic Photo Visions online – November 2023 (two images)
Cape Cod Art Center “For the Love of Color” 2023 online exhibit (one image)
Gallarium Art Exhibitions “Lights, Shadows, Reflections 2023” international online group exhibition (one image)
H Cape Cod Art Center “Black and White” 2023 online photography exhibit. 142 photographers entered; 35 images were selected. Two images were chosen (only three other photographers had two images selected)
Annual Joe Miller Abstract Competition, Gainsville, VA, May 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012
AWARDS & HONORS & PUBLICATIONS
Photographic Society of America PID Color Competition 2023-2024 Round Two, Group C Honorable Mention
Lenswork Publication – Light, Glorious Light 2023, published October 2023 (one image)n
Honorable Mention -- Maryland Photographic Alliance, 2023, 2022 and 2021
Special Award – Joe Miller Abstract Exhibit 2022, 2017, 2015, and 2013
Lenswork Publication: -- Our Magnificent Planet, published December 2021 (one botanical)
First Place in B & H Photo Video’s Optic contest, 2021 (over $1000 worth of photography gear awarded)
Digital Photographer of the Year -- NIH Camera Club, 2021, 2020, and 2018
Best in Macro Division – Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions, November, 2020
Third Place – 86th Annual Wilmington International Exhibition of Photography, 2019 (there were 2900 entries)
Juror Award – Anne Marie Sculpture Gardens and Arts Center, 2015
HMVC Gallery New York online group show “Freestyle” August 1 – 31, 2023 (one image)