When observing black and white artwork, the first order of business is to notice the mood – how, in the absence of color to inform a narrative or scene, emotion rushes to the fore. Pay a visit to Pine Shores Art Association’s main gallery and studio, located on the second floor of the American Legion Hall on historic Stafford Avenue in Manahawkin, and get lost in a moody monochromatic world where light and shadow dance and play.

‘More Moors’ in watercolor (Artwork by James Maloney)

But do it soon. The current exhibition will hang through Wednesday, Aug. 28. An awards reception was held Aug.