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Spiva Center for the Arts

01/30/2026

PhotoSpiva is a national photographic competition hosted annually by the Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri. Established in 1977, it stands as the longest-running competition of its kind in the United States – celebrating 50 years in 2026. As envisioned by its founders, PhotoSpiva seeks to “present an exhibition of excellence in photography, celebrating the scope and vigorous activity of today’s contemporary photographers. We are honored to welcome renowned photographer Dan Winters as the 2026 juror. (Learn more about Dan at www.danwintersphoto.com)."

Vermont Center of Photography

01/29/2026

Why We Look: Questioning the World Before Us March 6 – April 26, 2026 "This year’s juried exhibition invited photographers to look outward—questioning the social, political, and environmental forces that shape our world. The selected works confront how we see, what we overlook, and the truths that demand our attention in a time of cultural and ecological reckoning. The exhibition features images that grapple with the present: portraits addressing work, identity, and power; scenes at borders and in neighborhoods; landscapes marked by climate, extraction, or recovery; the built systems—water, housing, transit—that shape daily life; moments of protest and civic care; and conceptual work that questions evidence, authorship, or memory." VCP

Perspective Gallery: LENS 2026

01/27/2026

Thank you to Perspective Gallery and Juror Ann M. Jastrab for selecting "Enos Before The Storm 1799" for LENS 2026 in Evanston, IL. Exhibition Dates – March 5th – 29th: Perspective Gallery is open Thursdays - Saturdays (12 - 6 pm), and Sundays (12 - 5 pm).

Black Box Gallery

01/18/2026

Thank you to Black Box Gallery and Juror Todd Johnson for selecting "Suzie Sings Too" for Taking Pictures 2026 Exhibition February 1-25, 2026 "Black Box Gallery is excited to announce an open themed juried group photo show. Show us your favorite photographic shots! Open to all themes and ideas, all styles and genres, all perspectives on crafsmanship and photographic creativity. Great opportunity for landscape, architecture, portraiture, documentary, fashion, still life, conceptual projects, street, color and black and white, nature, night photography. This will be an exciting exhibition with a great diversity of photographs!" BBG Exhibition Dates: February 1-25, 2026

Center for Photographic Arts

12/06/2025

Opening tonight, 2025 International Juried Exhibition, at CPA in Carmel CA; special thanks to juror, Cig Harvey, and Executive Director, Ann Jastrab. Second Time's A Charm was selected and can be seen second from right in this installation photograph courtesy of CPA.

Colorado Photographic Arts Center & Juror Karen Haas select Simon...

11/26/2025

First place award for Threshold Exhibition goes to my photograph Simon In Winter At Nightfall. Special thanks to Colorado Photographic Arts Center, CPAC, and juror Karen Haas, from The Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, for awarding my image first place and with a cash prize too. Simon's image is the first one of the far left; image courtesy of CPAC.

First place award for Threshold Exhibition goes to my photograph Simon In Winter At Nightfall

11/24/2025

Special thanks to Colorado Photographic Arts Center, CPAC, and juror Karen Haas, from The Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, for awarding my image first place and with a cash prize too. I am beyond excited and can't stop grinning.

Santa Fe Review

11/19/2025

"The Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium provides opportunities for photographers to expand their audiences, engage in critical discussions, and connect with their community. One of the country’s original juried portfolio review events, Review Santa Fe, marks its 24th year on November 1–3, 2025. Our premier program serves local, national, and international constituents, offering portfolio reviews with esteemed industry professionals from such organizations as The New York Times, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, NPR, and many more. For the public, Review Santa Fe includes a free and open exposition, project presentations, and partner programs throughout the weekend. "

ACCEPTED: Center For Photographic Art

10/25/2025

Thank you to CFPA and juror, Cig Harvey, for selecting my image "Second Time's A Charm" from The Forgotten series for your 2025 International Juried Exhibition. Hanging from Dec 6, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026.

ACCEPTED New Orleans Photo Alliance

10/14/2025

Thank you to NOPA and jurors, Amy James and David Rae Morris, for selecting my image Suzie Sings Too from my The Forgotten series. The exhibition will be hanging from October 30th through December 4th, 2025 in New Orleans.

ACCEPTED Colorado Photographic Arts Center

10/03/2025

Thank you to CPAC and juror, Karen Haas, from The Lane Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for selecting my image Simon in Winter at Nightfall from my The Forgotten series. The exhibition will be hanging from November 21st through January 3rd, 2026 in Denver CO.

CRITICAL MASS / PHOTO LUCIDA TOP 200

08/11/2025

Selected into the Top 200 in Photo Lucida's Critical Mass International Competition.

Instagram

06/26/2025

I am a fan of Instgram and its access to photographers, curators and designers worldwide. I have been posting mini triptychs with specific hues in common and today's post is honing in on warm soothing tones seen over 3 different photography series of mine.

What makes me happy...

06/20/2025

While there are many things that answer this provocative question, a recurring theme for me remains to be color. I am an avid collector of colorful objects be it big or small, that bring me profound joy. So while an individual PEZ dispenser may make me happily reminisce, 2000+ of them will make me giggle to the core. The hues are soothing to the eye, the toppers bring back childhood etc. I also have a vast collection of thread spools that I purchased decades ago in San Francisco when my local fabric store shut down. I went back several days in a row buying up their stool stock. The placement of tonal varieties in blues next to vibrant greens can make me dance in my studio in sheer delight. Color is beautiful. Color is emotion and color is movement be it friction or calmness. Oh, don't let me forget to mention my golden chair as seen in my Dominic Sessa portrait with pink coat or my two pink studio table lamps that make me grin from ear to ear as i walk into the loft.

Klompching Gallery article on Substack

05/16/2025

Thank you to Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Galleries in Brooklyn, NY for writing an article about my promotional material and the importance of giving thanks to ones agents/dealers/gallerists. INDUSTRY INSIGHT by Debra Klomp Ching can be read on SubStack. Please let me know your thoughts-

AIPAD

04/27/2025

Thank you to my incredible art dealer, Ilaria Quadrani Fine Arts, and to the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, AIPAD for putting on yet another phenomenal exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Loved that one could see my colorful portraits even from the rafters of the Armory. Until next year!

RJ Kern

04/25/2025

I was so happy to catch up with RJ while at AIPAD in NYC this Spring. RJ and I met several years ago at a workshop with Felix Kunze. We have kept in touch and I am the proud owner of his beautifully published book, The Unchosen Ones, and have a print, Live Action Role Players, as well. Perhaps you've seen one of his traveling exhibitions, or him photographing at a state fair or on the pages of National Geographics. If not, please follow this link to his site and learn more about RJ and his striking work.

AIPAD 2025

04/23/2025

Association of International Photography Art Dealers, AIPAD, is off and running at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Please stop by to see me and many other photographers from across the globe talking about our work and thoughts on the medium. Visit the wonderful art dealer Ilaria Quadrani Fine Arts at Booth C12.

Getting excited!

04/16/2025

Gearing up for AIPAD next week. Championing fine art photography, the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, founded in 1979, hosts the premier U.S. photo fair. It is a privilege to show with Ilaria Quadrani Fine Art in this inspiring exhibition. April 23-27, 2025 The Armory, New York City Booth C12

CameraWorks Photography Exhibition

02/10/2025

CameraWorks Exhibition at the Ridgefield Guild for Artists. Juried by Daniel Menzo from the Yale Art Gallery. "Suzie Sings Too" selected. Exhibition dates February 22nd - March 23, 2025 Ridgefield Guild of Artists

AIPAD

11/30/2024

The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, AIPAD, selected my image STAR WARS (candy dispensers) to be included in their Gift Guide 2024.

Commencement

11/15/2024

All of the other capes from this series, Leavescape, have been full with leaves and stems. This particular rhododendron piece is patchy as they continued dying even though I used water and vinegar in attempt to keep each stem alive. Does it help my thesis to show what is "man made" or do I fill it all in?

AIPAD

11/12/2024

Thank you to the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, AIPAD, for highlighting my series The Forgotten along with four images on their Instagram account today. "AIPAD: Wheaton Mahoney’s “The Forgotten” series transports viewers into a world where abandoned portraits find new life amid nature. On view online at @i.q.f.a, Mahoney reclaims abandoned portraits, setting them amidst the woods near her home to evoke a poignant return to nature. The interplay of the portraits against the changing seasons underscores the passage of time, while each subject’s face remains suspended in ageless grace. Each work invites a personal connection to those who have slipped into obscurity, offering a quiet homage to lives past.  “Jongen” “Pocket Watch” “Madonna in the Morning” “1868” Photos © Wheaton Mahoney, Courtesy of Ilaria Quadrani Fine Art"

AIPAD this week at the Armory in NYC

04/23/2024

Very excited for The Association of International Photography Dealers to descend upon Manhattan. My rep. Ilaria Quadrani of Ilaria Quadrani Fine Arts will be showing at booth C18. 3 of my latest books and catalogs will be making their debut. Happy dance!

My Logo

04/17/2024

I have worn glasses since I was 2 years old. Eye charts are an all too familiar visual for me so it seemed appropriate that decades ago I was able to draw inspiration from them to create my company logo.

4 years...

04/11/2024

Some say this image is haunting and while I don't entirely disagree, I do find the color of the bag just mesmerizing. The way it catches the light and draws attention to her face captivates me. The 5 buttons help navigate the viewer's eye back up to her closed eyes.

Sheldon-Hawks

04/03/2024

A striking beauty of a house along Main Street in Historic Deerfield, MA.

Editing like a wanna-be painter and architect

03/10/2024

A joy to be photographing in Historic Deerfield, MA. A window has been edited out intentionally leaving behind a trace of framework that what was once there. An editing of the past if you will- The color palette has also been altered to a French blue hue offering a soothing visual appeal in contrast to the red window frames.

Perspective Gallery

03/07/2024

In February, Suzie Sings Too, was accepted into Perspective Gallery's LENS2024 International Exhibition by "blind juror" Aline Smithson. Suzie Sings Too is framed in the original frame that accompanied the inset painted canvas.

SEAWALL

02/13/2024

272 spools of thread were used to create this image. We used to live along the water and I would sit for hours on the seawall while pregnant watching the fish and dreaming about playing with our children in the water. SEAWALL is my version of the grass, seawall and water that used to be part of our daily cherished view.

LENSCRATCH feature

01/19/2024

LENSCRATCH, a wonderful resource about fine art photographers, featured my work of The Forgotten as well as my series Leavescape (aka Nature's Embrace). Please see below for link to article. Special thanks to Aline Smithson and the LA Center for Photography who reviewed my portfolio last fall and made this feature possible.

SE Center for Photography selects "Girl with Colonial Dress"

01/18/2024

SE Center for Photography's Blind Juror, Renee Jacobs, chooses my image, "Girl with Colonial Dress" for their upcoming exhibition "The Women's View". Please see below for gallery link.

SE Center for Photography selects "Celina"

01/18/2024

SE Center for Photography's Blind Juror, Renee Jacobs, chooses my image Celina for their upcoming exhibition "The Women's View". Please see below for gallery link.

Titles

01/10/2024

Titling images is either a kin to pulling my hair out or a natural way for me to add playfulness or curiosity to an image. I saw this fellow as a poet but keep picturing him holding a wooden racket. So now we have "Grass Court Poet" created in the cooler days of January.

PhotoPlace Gallery

01/01/2024

Monochrome Exhibition selections are announced for PhotoPlace Gallery. ⁠ My image, Honest, receives Honorable Mention and selected for showing in "Monochrome" exhibition: Feb 2 - Feb 23, 2024 Follow the link in our bio to view all selected images or visit photoplacegallery.com ⁠

HEDGE X has a new home

12/18/2023

The immense joy I feel when a piece is acquired and heading off to a new home is nothing short of pure satisfaction. I am not a prolific artist. I spend too much time some would say with the work that is behind the scenes before the camera is even picked up. I day dream about projects. I sit with them and talk to them. This particular HEDGE series has textures I want to run my fingers over. I can hear the crackling of the hardened ficus leaves as the wind attempts to penetrate its walls. HEDGE X is off to Atlanta and measures 40" x 54"; it will add a certain strength and "look at me" to any wall.

Oh, the Tangled Webs we Weave

12/09/2023

Nearly 45 images completed for this photographic series The Forgotten. Another twenty or more to go and then thinking of creating a book on this now 7 year long project. Acquiring the portraits at auction and watching & waiting for the change of seasons has made this a particularly engaging portfolio to work on.

Dom Sessa for the win!

12/07/2023

Dom Sessa graces the cover and feature of Deerfield Academy's Fall 2023 catalog. You may recognize Dominic from The Holdovers movie sweeping the nation. He embodied the joy of what I love about being a portrait photographer: enthusiastic and playful. He was up for many a trampoline jump, happy to adorn a large pink & hairy coat and bring on a variety of emotions from one set to the next, all while remaining himself. Thank you Dom (and Deerfield Academy) for trusting me with your first studio session, you're off to great things and I can't wait to follow your amazing journey.

Artist Statement: Forest Paths

11/20/2023

Please click on link to read full Artist Statement for Forest Path series.

Ginkgo and colorways

11/10/2023

Gingko leaves drop within 24 hours, but don't break down as quickly as most leaves. The local school headmaster emailed me with a heads up that the leaves had gone from green to yellow and their descent was imminent. Thankfully their smell isn't pungent unless you tear them apart.

Macro work this week

11/09/2023

Working with a subject smaller than 1 inch needs the right lens and the right music.

The Red Books

11/08/2023

Six volumes of art, history and engravings within Galerie Des Peintres Les Plus Celebres from 1863. The leather is rich and textured along with the dipped gold paper edges which compliment each book perfectly. The worn edges have torn through the decades by family members I have never met, but their fingerprints remain.

Hight Tea Thomas

10/24/2023

Always find it tricky titling my work, however, for this particular series it is great fun as the title can add another dimension to the character on the canvas. "The Forgotten" portfolio is filled with quite the cast ranging from Simon who likes to play in the woods at night, to Suzie who is a singer and then there is a knight looking for his pony. Have any naming suggestions?

The Forgotten continues into fall

10/21/2023

"The Forgotten" is a captivating photographic series that unearths the mysterious world of abandoned portrait art collected over six years. Throughout history, portraiture has held a profound significance in immortalizing loved ones and those in power. Yet these portraits, acquired through auctions, had been discarded and forgotten, leaving the stories of the subjects and the journey of the canvases shrouded in mystery. The artist's mission is to offer these subjects a final acknowledgment by hanging them on living trees, symbolizing the connection between earthly origins and ultimate return as well as the metaphorical family tree. Captured over multiple years, the series reveals the passage of time through the change of seasons while preserving the agelessness of the portraits. “The Forgotten” aims to honor those who have come before us and have slipped into obscurity.

Old work that still makes me happy...

08/25/2023

Crow Symphony, is part of a photographic series on fish crows that I documented in FL over a 4 month period. Evening walks trying to track them down was no easy task, but well worth the wait. This editioned image is @3' x'6' long

SE Center for Photography - Juror selection, 2023

07/13/2023

Forgotten Exhibition, Juror (Paula Tognarelli) selected "Susie Sings Too" for exhibition at the SE Center for Photography, Granville SC, September 1-30th, 2023

Avedon 100

07/07/2023

Caught the last day of Avedon 100 and have to say the Gagosian Gallery was on point in this exhibition. Genuinely brought a tear to my eye to see so many of his breathtaking works in person. Needed more Avedon in my eye line and headed to the MET where they had several more of his murals on display. I have been on cloud 9 for days...

Click Magazine cover and feature!

07/07/2023

So excited to share that CLICK Magazine is featuring my photography in their summer issue and has placed my portrait of Joe on their cover! The article is a good read Q & A about my processes and goals as a fine art photographer plus the multi page spread shows a number of images across many of my portfolios. Please check it out as I’m over the moon … Link in description.

Competition Entry Day...

06/05/2023

It can be weeks or sometimes months or even years to complete a series and once the images are finished I begin the steps of trying to get the work out there in front of fresh eyes. Competitions and CC are a great way to get feedback. I'm lucky to work with a great agent, Ilaria Quadrani Fine Art, who shows my portfolios in art fairs and directly to clients= we're a good team.

Rhode Island School of Design

06/05/2023

Reunion weekend! It was a privilege to attend this school. There was literally blood, sweat and many tears over those 4 years, but RISD released me into the world with the knowledge of "how to see". I am forever grateful for my experiences in those great halls...

Now on view, "For the Love of Candy Dispensers..."

05/30/2023

Excited for this fun and happy exhibition. 45 photographic pieces hanging at the Woodbury Public Library for the month of June. Please READ MORE for library link and details.

Bank has some new faces

05/23/2023

Thank you Eggtooth Productions for letting me hang two 3' x 5' BW portraits of IAMLOVE and Kate H. to welcome people into the town. I hope their smiles spread...

Preparing for "For the Love of Candy Dispensers" exhibit

05/06/2023

For the month of June my work will be exhibited at the Woodbury Public Library in CT. There will be an Artist's Walk down Main Street with refreshments served at the library. Sales benefit the library so please stop by. Details to follow shortly...

Medium Format Magazine, April 2023

04/20/2023

Honored to have this prestigious magazine feature my latest series, The Forgotten. Medium Format Magazine is the #1 publication for medium and large format photography offering in depth articles with photographers on their techniques, stories and beautiful imagery. 11 pages on my work with an additional 80 pages of great reading. Please use link in Descriptions section and discount code WHEATON25 for 25% off.

Submission for Open Call

04/14/2023

ALWAYS KEEP MOVING FORWARD... Thoughts on my art: come up with strong idea, create said idea and then get the work out there. All three of these points have many steps to them and one of them is entering competitions. Sometimes I place and sometimes I never hear back, but I never am at a loss. Competitions force me to complete a body of work, write my Artist's Statement about the work and have the satisfaction of knowing I've created something that was once in my head and is now in someone's hands to critique. I LOVE EVERY STEP!!! (and yes, this does sound like a self-help reminder)

Back at it working on The Forgotten...

04/14/2023

Odd mixture of laughing out loud while photographing this portrait of sibling clowns and feeling like I'm being watched from deep down in the woods.

Change of series name...

04/14/2023

Renaming my "Autumn Cloaks" series to "Leavescape". Reasoning: I am creating more cloaks and it's no longer Fall. Plus, I like the play on words of "Leaves + Landscape" and "Leaves + Cape".

Medium Format Magazine

04/06/2023

So excited to have my work and interview in this professional trade magazine. The topic is on one of my newer series, The Forgotten. Stay tuned for mid April publication.

Back Portraits

02/19/2023

I have been photographing the backs of people for decades now as I find the composition intriguing and never tire of looking at the form. This is a closeup of one of the captures.

The Forgotten goes deep into the woods...

01/31/2023

It was always the plan to continue this series into the snowy winter months and portray some of the more somber portraits in contrast with the stark trees in the woods. Winter's blue toned light adds to the upright/uptight poses of these Victorian men making them appear not any more approachable but at least giving them a space to be viewed in.

NEW portrait, headshot and maternity website

01/30/2023

Happy to post that I have a second site launched separate from my Fine Art work. Most of my Fine Art portfolios are void of people so it's a healthy balance to capture portraits, headshots and expectant mothers as well.

Headshot time

01/29/2023

What photographer doesn't love capturing a portrait of someone and having them hit the mark perfectly. Our job is to make you feel comfortable, take you through the process and help you say, "Hell yeah, I got this!".

Pregnancy shoot

01/28/2023

While pregnancy shoots are a 180 of from my fine art work, they are just as rewarding. To be able to capture a first time soon to be mother (in this particular case) is a very intimate and heart warming event.

PhotoPlace Gallery

01/13/2023

Digital display loop during Portrait: Self and Others Exhibition

PhotoPlace Gallery, "Portrait: Self and Others", 2023

01/13/2023

Rufus in Oak Cloak, projected on continuous loop in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition "Self and Others" and in exhibition catalog. Juror Aline Smithson. Exhibition dates December 29, 2022 - January 20, 2023.

MONOCHROME AWARDS in Portraiture 2023. Honorable Mention

01/08/2023

"Madness"

MONOCHROME AWARDS 2023 Honorable Mention in Portraiture

01/08/2023

She Sees Her Future

Autumn's Cloak

11/08/2022

New series dropped this month using the beauty of Nature and my wanting to stop the hands of time. To preserve a moment or an appearance is a true gift to a photographer. Another gift was being able to work with my son who modeled my hand made capes. Each cloak and its leaves were either woven into the fabric, hot glued or stapled; a labor of love as they say.

Artist Highlight by Casa Branca

09/20/2022

Artist Interview by Interior Design team at Casa Branca. To read the article please select READ MORE below to find the link.

The Forgotten

09/07/2022

The Forgotten.… brings into the light, those whom have been forgotten by time or place. The concept behind this series stems from 6 years of Friday visits to the local auction house in search of frames. Some of these frames were empty, while others held landscapes, still lifes or portraits. When my bid won a 3.5'x 5' framed painting of a soldier I felt disrespectful discarding his image and he was placed as guardian of our garage. As the canvas collection grew, I started thinking of the time, care and love put into these portraits of people I will never know in person or in name. I do know they were loved. These portraits have brush strokes and eraser marks where time and attention was given to the subject.

Working on back series

09/07/2022

I have always been drawn to the images of the back of people. With the face obscured it removes the personal aspect of the piece. it also requires the viewer to ask where the subject is headed or where did they come from. The passage of time and our history has always played an important role in my work. *This particular photograph is of our daughter wearing her grandmother's 66 year old custom made dress.

New Series Revealed

03/25/2022

New series focusing on the geometry, color and movement of pathways via the subject of hedges.

Board Room 1/20 18" x18" goes to auction for Ukraine

03/24/2022

100% of proceeds from sales will go to help humanitarian aid and relief to Ukrainians. Www.artmuseny.com Www.Space2Curate.com Www.artmusecollector.com

Hedges

03/24/2022

Editing new work focusing on hedges

Board Room 1/20 18" x18" goes to auction for Ukraine

03/24/2022

100% of proceeds from sales will go to help humanitarian aid and relief to Ukrainians. Www.artmuseny.com Www.Space2Curate.com Www.artmusecollector.com

Portrait Competition

02/23/2022

Continuing with my quarterly photography competition submissions to LensCulture's judging panel.

The Conservatory

02/15/2022

Bield and Path V1, 2006 are now hanging in founder Brian Bolke's The Conservatory in Highland Park, Dallas. Special thank you to Casa Branca and her team for making this connection.

CLICK Submission: Day in the Life

01/31/2022

CLICK Submission: Day in the Life. Image capture May, 2015, Los Angelos, CA.

Portrait Masters Awards Submission

01/27/2022

Portrait Masters Awards Submission 2022. Submitted Magnolia and Clamshell maternity photographs to Masters competition.

Brian Bolke's The Conservatory

01/24/2022

Bield 2/10 (40" x 53") and Path v 1, 2006 4/10 (40" x 53") both shipped to Dallas for framing in preparations for the February 2nd opening of designer Brian Bolke's store, The Conservatory, in Highland Park, Dallas.

Printing for Dallas show room in Highland Park

01/20/2022

Working with designer Casa Branca to place 2 images, Bield and Path v1 (paper size 44" x 57" each), at Brian Bolke's The Conservatory.

Social Media

01/18/2022

Adding pregnancy portraits to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wheatonmahoneyphotography/

Call for Entries

01/18/2022

Researching Int'l cooperative exhibitions and publications for 2022 submission and portfolio review.

Publication Submission

01/18/2022

Submission for Open Call (Click) - Layers. I submit to competitions and publications quarterly. 10 images: 3 x Game Boards, 3 x Pregnancy w/ fabric toss, 3 x images from Cradle to Grave series submitted. Chose a variety for submission as the definition of "layers" has wide creative interpretation.

Blog

05/20/2021

Working on site editing.