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Susan F. Moses Signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society |
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From light-drenched landscapes to vibrant studies of geraniums in late-summer bloom, Susan Moses’ paintings express her love of nature, passion for color and composition, and 20 years of art and teaching experience. Sue began painting in childhood, and was encouraged by her mother. Painting together on location, mother and daughter captured Pennsylvania skylines, streams, and bridges. Years later, it was water scenes of the East Coast and the New York Finger Lakes that inspired her art, as did the lives of her busy family. Sue earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1976, while teaching art and shop in Maryland’s public schools. During her 15-year teaching career, she specialized in creating silver jewelry, batik, and watercolor, exhibiting and selling her works to the public. Later, as a full-time mom during the 1980s and ‘90s, she refined her watercolor skills, studying with local artists and taking college courses. Today, with her children grown, Sue has resumed her intense focus on her art. She has steadily gained local attention, winning Best-in-Show awards at the 2005 Kensington Labor Day Festival, and at the 2002 Chevy Chase Women’s Club Art Show, BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit 2011 – Spring Blossoms & Berries (accepted) – juror - John Salminen, Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit 2009 – Looking for a Handout (accepted & won award) – juror - Frank Francesse, Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibit 2008 – NYC Impressions (accepted) – juror - Skip Lawrance, Montgomery Art Association Labor Day Show 2010 – Spring Blossoms & Berries (1st-Still Life division). An accomplished sketch artist, Sue credits her art training for the strong compositions that belie her paintings. A fan of realism and plein air techniques, she feels a strong need to paint outdoors whenever possible, and even tolerates Mother Nature’s extremes, to capture the right effects of color and light. “I prefer to paint on location…to be right out there in the elements,” she says. Sue points to artist Carolyn Grosse Gawarecki as her inspiration. She has studied extensively under watercolorist Skip Lawrence, and currently trains with local artist Martha Siegel. Workshops with other artists include Margaret Martin, Carolyn Grosse Garawercki, Karen Vernon, Linda Kemp, Joseph Stoddard, Tom Lynch, Firouzeh Sedeghi, Walt Bartman, and Ross Merrill. Sue’s work has been featured in juried shows and exhibits throughout Maryland, from Brookside Gardens and Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, to Strathmore Hall. Her professional memberships include Montgomery Art Association, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Potomac Valley Watercolorists and the Rockville Art League. Her pen and ink drawings of nearly two dozen public and display gardens are featured in “Maryland’s Great Gardens” (1993, with co-author Nancy Zastrow). Sue is represented by the Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro, NC. “I love the challenge of playing with a mix of colors and a puddle of water, to create an image.” All of the following paintings are watercolors. She also does commissions. Contact: mmoses4@verizon.net | ||
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Architecture
 Chew Mail Pouch 16 x 20 |
 Barn 12 x 16 |
 Old Oxford Home 9 x 12 |
 Sandaway, Oxford 10 x 14 |
 Isolation 15 x 22 |
 Home for Christmas 7 x 11 |
 Striped Awnings 20 x 16 |
 NC Tobacco Barn 16 x 20 |
 Blue Door 20 x 16 |
 Bonnet House 28 x 22 |
 Ye Forest Inne 22 x 30 |
 Mission Style Quarters 16 x 20 |
 Leon Andrew Sewell House 18.5 x 24.5 |
 Collection of Carriages & Sleighs 22 x 28 |
 Old Gas Station at Cedar Point 14 x 18 |
 Old Forest Glen Inn 26 x 20 |
 NY Impressions 28 x 22 |
 Rockville Times 26 x 20 |
Views of Ireland
 Lough Inagh Valley Bridge |
 Kylemore Abbey |
 Low Tide in Roundstone |
 Fishing Village of Roundstone |
 Lough Inagh Lodge |
 Irish Mist in the Twelve Pins |
Landscape
 Woodland Stream in the Cascades 22 x 28 |
 Afternoon Reflections 22 x 28 |
 Late Fall 18 x 30 |
 Lac Beauvert 16 x 20 |
Seascape
 Oceanside 20x16 |
 Safe Harbor 16 x 20 |
 Quiet Cove 16 x 24 |
 Red Flag 11 x 15 |
 Waiting 16 x 20 |
 Wetlands #1 16 x 20 |
 Wetlands #2 14 x 18 |
 Mountain Lake 20 x 16 |
 Little Sally Ann 12 x 16 |
 Buckets of Fun 20 x 16 |
 Fog Lifting 11 x 15 |
 Dockside Reflections 28 x 22 |
 Barefoot on the Beach 16 x 20 |
 Sand Castles 12 x 16 |
 End of the Day 22 x 28 |
 Low Tide 11 x 14 |
 Three Gulls 12 x 16 |
 Child on the Beach 12 x 9 |
 Memories 22 x 28 |
 Dock of the Bay 28 x 22 |
 Looking for a Handout 22 x 28 |
Surfer Series
 Surfer 1 11 x 14 |
 Surfer 2 11 x 14 |
 Surfer 3 12 x 16 |
 Surfer 4 12 x 16 |
Portrait (people/animal)
 Blue Birds 22 x 28 |
 The Hunt 7 x 11 |
 Three Children 28 x 22 |
 Caught in the Act 16x20 |
 Egret 16x20 |
 Tess 11 x 15 |
 Grooming 22 x 30 |
 Equine Out to Pasture 15 x 22 |
 Schultzy 11 x 15 |
 Yellowman 11 x 15 |
 Trimming the Tree 7 x 11 |
 Favors 22 x 28 |
 Sunflower and Finch 28 x 22 |
 Taking a Break 22 x 28 |
 The Hug 22 x 28 |
 Matty & Bella 20 x 16 |
 Lennie 16 x 20 |
 Frisbee High Jump 20 x 16 |
 Bird Watching 14 x 12 |
 Carol Le Beau 15 x 22 |
 Preening 22 x 28 |
 Haym Salomon 15 x 11 (pen & ink) |
 Hound in the Snow 9 x 12 |
 Best Friends 16 x 20 |
 Kissing Cousins 22 x 28 |
 Portrait of a Cat 14 x 16 |
 Looking for Love 20 x 16 |
 Kyla's Dogs 16 x 20 |
 All I Want for Christmas 12 x 16 |
Still Life/Floral
 Agapanthus & Bee 22 x 28 |
 Star Gazer Lilies 22 x 28 |
 On the Fence 16 x 20 |
 Still Life with Peaches 16 x 20 |
 Garden Gate 12 x 16 |
 Reaching 15 x 22 |
 Pink Water Lilies 15 x 22 |
 Blossoms & Berries 28 x 22 |
 Butterfly in Summer Garden 22 x 28 |
 Banana Leaves 19.5 x 25 |
 Angel's Trumpets 20 x 16 |
 Hot Pink Peonies 20 x 24 |
 Margaret's Flowers 20 x 16 |
 Gathering Pollen 16 x 20 |
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