Rich Moyers - Artworks Blog

Exhibition - 14th Annual Intl. Society of Acrylic Painters, Santa Cruz, CA

2011-07-07T09:19:00.001-07:00

"DESCENDING BLUES"

Award Winner! Rich Moyers achieves " ISAP Signature Membership " receiving the "Creative Catalyst Award" for his Acrylic on Canvas painting at the 14th Annual ISAP International Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA.

(International Society of Acrylic Painters)

Exhibition continues through July 31, 2011

Santa Cruz Art League Gallery, 526 Broadway - Santa Cruz, CA

"Journey to the East " on Zatista Blog

2011-03-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

One of my "Japonica Series" Pieces " KIMONO MOON "( still available to purchase, just click the picture ) was just cited on Zatista's Gallery's "Wall Spin" Blog posting " Journey to the East " by Blogger Brian Sylvester from Boston, MA, as " a fine example of a Contemporary artist influenced by Oriental art principles "

Who could EVER Imagine that a small piece of MY artwork would be shown along side that of Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, Mary Cassatt, James McNeil Whistler, and even Frank Loyd Wright?...well it IS......right now on the " Wall Spin " Blog on Zatista.com.....here's the link:

http://www.zatista.com/blog/2011/03/journey-to-the-east/

Richard Moyers "Kimono Moon" zatista.com

" Whether it is evident in clean lines, delicate brushwork, intimate interior scenes or vast landscapes, the lure of the Eastern style continues to inform the work of Western artists with its combination of simplicity and the exotic, allowing us our own journey to the East, without having to leave the comfort of home."

Brian Sylvester

" SEASIDE SEASONS "

2010-11-10T11:33:00.005-07:00

(Dimensional Abstracts Series)

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Ampersand Gessoed Panel.

" SEASIDE SEASONS "..... an Abstract interpretation of atmospheric qualities reflecting interactions of Sea, Sand and Sky, to varying conditions of light.

Colors were built up with multiple layers of Acrylic, and Oil Pastel to create a varied, textured, dimensionally expanding composition. An Archival UV Varnish has been applied.

For more detailed "SEASIDE SEASONS" PICS CLICK HERE

" TRIP TO PARADISE "

2010-11-08T05:36:00.004-07:00

( BRAZIL ABSTRACTS SERIES )

The "Bird of Paradise" is one of nature's most spectacular abstract designs..... I couldn't resit painting it as it bloomed unexpectedly in such brilliant colors of Red, Yellow, and Blue in my home garden. It's the latest addition to my " Brazil" series of artworks.

This is an Original Acrylic Painting on Ampersand Artists Professional Grade Gessoed Panel. It comes ready for framing, and will fit any standard 5" x 7" Frame of your choosing.

" Prelude: SUNSET SEA "

2010-10-15T19:27:00.041-07:00

(Dimensional Abstracts Series)

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil Pastel on English Saunders Waterford Paper

Image Size: 5 x 7 Inches Frame Size: 9 x 12 ( Museum Mount )

Colors were built up with multiple layers of Acrylic, Watercolor, and Oil Pastel to create a varied, deeply textured, dimensionally tactile composition. Archival UV Varnish applied.

For more detailed "Prelude: Sunset Sea" PICS CLICK HERE

See "My Current Artworks Projects" for more info.

"Oratorio Frammentati - "di fili d'oro"................... ( Fragmented Oratorio - " OF GOLDEN THREADS " )

2010-10-02T23:53:00.008-07:00

( Invoking Translations Suite )

Oil Pastel and Acrylic on "Fabriano Artistico" (Italian Fine Art Paper)
Image Size: 5 x 5 1/2 inches Framed Size: 9 x 11 inches

See "My Current Artworks Projects" for more info.

"TRE TONI SEGMENTATO"- (Three Segmented Tones)

2010-09-02T04:56:00.014-07:00

( Invoking Translations Suite )

Soft Pastel Painting on " Carta Arte Italiano " ( Italian Fine Art Paper )
Image Size: 11 x 11 inches Framed Size: 16 x 16 inches

See "My Current Artworks Projects" for more info.

"APPASSIMENTO CONFINI" - (Withering Confinements)

2010-09-01T06:59:00.002-07:00

( Invoking Translations Suite )

Original Soft Pastel Painting on Crescent Acid free Mat Board.
Image Size: 7 x 10 inches Framed Size: 10 x 13 inches

This is the First work in a New Fall 2010 Series: " INVOCARE TRADUZIONI ".... ( "Invoking Translations" )

See "My Current Artworks Projects" for more info.

" CONCEITED PARTICIPLE "

2010-07-15T16:53:00.001-07:00

(Insolent Grammar Series)

Original Painting: Acrylic & Metallic Acrylic on Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas.
Image Size: 18 x 24 Inches Framed Size: 19.75 x 25.75 x 2 Inches

" RED ARRIVAL "

2010-06-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

(Dimensional Abstracts Series)

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, and Oil Pastel on Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas.
Image Size: 8 x 10 Inches Framed Size: 9.5 x 11.5 x 2 Inches

Color Fields were built up with multiple layers of Acrylic Paint and Oil Pastel to create a varied, deeply textured, dimensionally tactile composition.

" BLUE DEPARTURE "

2010-06-18T14:48:00.001-07:00

(Dimensional Abstracts Series)

For more detailed "Blue Departure" PICS CLICK HERE

" BRAZIL - II "

2010-04-16T08:52:00.000-07:00

( BRAZIL ABSTRACTS SERIES )

Original Soft Pastel Painting on Crescent Acid Free Mat Board.

Image Size: 9 x 12 inches Framed Size: 10.25 x 13.25

BRAZIL - I

2010-04-07T06:19:00.001-07:00

( BRAZIL ABSTRACTS SERIES )

Original Soft Pastel Painting on Bainbridge Acid Free Mat Board.

Image Size: 9 x 12 inches Framed Size: 10.25 x 13.25

" ENIGMATIC PORTAL "

2010-03-12T16:54:00.000-07:00

( DIMENSIONAL ABSTRACTS SERIES )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor, on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.

Image Size: 10 x 11.5 inches Framed Size: 16 x 20 ( Museum Mount )

" DISPARITY "

2010-03-05T20:13:00.000-07:00

( Dimensional Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.

Image Size: 11 x 12.5 inches Framed Size: 16 x 20 ( Museum Mount )

Each Color Field was built up with multiple layers of very thin Acrylic color washes to create an extraordinarily deep, and vibrant composition requiring many hours to carefully balance each field against the other, so that the composition would radiate harmoniously as a whole.

" TWO BY TWO "

2010-02-28T06:01:00.001-07:00

( Morphic Resonance Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Gouache, & Watercolor on French Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper. Image Size: 9 x 10.5 inches Framed Size: 14 x 18 inches (museum mounted)

Fresh off my easel is this First work in a New 2010 Abstract Series: "MORPHIC RESONANCE".... "an inward look at an endless journey"....highlighted with a judicious use of Metallic Acrylic Paint over Gouache and Watercolor washes for additional visual dimensionality....(hard to see in the image above, it's subtle yet effective when viewed in person.

For more detailed "Two By Two" PICS CLICK HERE

" COMPLEXITY "

2010-02-15T03:24:00.003-07:00

( Morphic Resonance Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, Gouache, & Watercolor on French Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper.
Image Size: 9 x 10.5 inches Framed Size: 14 x 18 inches (museum mounted)

This is the 2nd work in my New 2010 Abstract Series: "MORPHIC RESONANCE".... "an inward look at an endless journey".... multiple layers of transparent Acrylic Paint over Matt Acrylic Gouache and Watercolor washes creating a vibrant luminosity, both smooth and impasto backgrounds of the various sections add to the multidimensional effect I wanted for this piece....(very evident and effective when viewed in person).

For more detailed "Complexity" PICS CLICK HERE

" AGGREGATION: (Sand, Sea, Shells, Sky) "

2010-02-12T20:14:00.001-07:00

( Morphic Resonance Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, Gouache, Oil Pastel on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.
Image Size: 16 x 21 inches Framed Size: 22 x 28 Inches

This is the 3nd work in my New 2010 Abstract Series: "MORPHIC RESONANCE".... "an inward look at an endless journey".... multiple layers of semi transparent Metallic Acrylic Paint, transparent Acrylic Paint, Matt Acrylic Gouache and Oil Pastel textural highlighting combine in this challenging Mixed Medium piece. The white and black abalone shells are layered in semi transparent metallics and though hard to photograph, reflect a lustrous glow when viewed in person.

For more detailed "Aggregation: (Sand, Sea, Shells, Sky)" PICS CLICK HERE

" SANGRE DI CRISTO MOONRISE "

2010-01-18T18:53:00.001-07:00

( New Mexico Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Gouache, and Watercolor on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper. Image Size:7 x 8.50 inches Framed Size: 13.5 x 17.5 inches (museum mounted)

My stylized abstracted view through the tops of the pine trees to the snow covered Sangre Di Cristo mountains settling in to their evening blues and grays, with a huge golden moonrise back lit by the famous brilliant blazing red sunset. This phenomenal blood red sky was named by Spanish Explorers "Sangre Di Cristo" or "The Blood Of Christ" for it's awesome ethereal beauty and supernatural power.

I went for high contrast with nearly silhouetted dark Flow Acrylic pine tress against a middle ground of Acrylic Gouache blue and gray mountain forms, the deep sky laid in "Wet into Wet" of Acrylic and Watercolor. Both the Snow and the Moon have more textural slightly impasto brushwork for added dimensional affect.

For more detailed "Sangre Di Cristo Moonrise" PICS CLICK HERE

" SANTA FE BLUES "

2010-01-03T17:39:00.013-07:00

( New Mexico Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Gouache, and Watercolor on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper. Image Size: 6.75 x 7.75 inches Framed Size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches (museum mounted)

In this NEW 2010 piece I placed the bright luminous blue forms built up with many thin Acrylic Paint washes, against highly textural dry brush layers over blended washes "Wet into Wet" of Acrylic and Watercolor, plus a few small brushwork passages in Acrylic Gouache to enhance the textural affects.

For more detailed "Santa Fe Blues" PICS CLICK HERE

" SERAPE SUN "

2010-01-03T02:42:00.002-07:00

( New Mexico Abstracts Series )

Original Soft Pastel Painting on Bainbridge Acid Free Mat Board.
Image Size: 9 x 12 inches Framed Size: 10.25 x 13.25

For more detailed "Serape Sun" PICS CLICK HERE

" TAOS TWILIGHT "

2010-01-01T13:13:00.009-07:00

( New Mexico Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Gouache, and Watercolor on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper. Image Size: 5 x 6 inches Framed Size: 10.5 x 13.5 inches (museum mounted)

An abstract impression from colorful memories of a late fall sunset I experienced in Taos New Mexico. I used various luminous "Wet into Wet" Acrylic and Watercolor washes, plus a few small brushwork passages in Acrylic Gouache to heighten the "Push-Pull" textural affects I remembered between the eclectic Adobe Architecture, Evergreen Pines, and Flaming Red Sky plunging into darkness. The finished piece has random spontaneity opposing tighter more controlled areas, using variably weighted shapes and heightened color values, to form an overall balanced and unified modern composition.

For more detailed "Taos Twilight" PICS CLICK HERE

" DESCENDING BLUES "

2009-12-15T12:28:00.014-07:00

( Dimensional Abstracts Series)

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Stretched Canvas. Image Size: 16 x 20 inches

Color Fields were built up with multiple layers of Acrylic Paint and Black Oil Pastel to create a varied, deeply textured, dimensionally tactile composition.

For more detailed "DESCENDING BLUES" PICS CLICK HERE

" RESURRECTION "

2009-11-20T11:20:00.019-07:00

( Dimensional Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.

Image Size: 11 x 12.5 inches Framed Size: 16 x 20 ( Museum Mount )

For detailed "RESURRECTION" PICS CLICK HERE

" SUSPECT "

2009-11-08T09:57:00.013-07:00

( Modern Spirits Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas

Image Size: 8 x 10 Inches Framed Size: 9.5 x 11.5 x 2 Inches Deep

For detailed "SUSPECT" PICS CLICK HERE

" PROTON RED "

2009-10-20T07:35:00.018-07:00

( Dimensional Abstract Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.
Image Size: 4 x 4 inches Framed Size: 8 x 10 Inches

For detailed "PROTON RED" PICS CLICK HERE

" EXUBERANCE "

2009-10-12T17:01:00.007-07:00

( Modern Spirits Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, and Oil Pastel on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Image Size: 8 x 10 Inches Framed Size: 9.75 x 11.75 x 2 Inches

For detailed "EXUBERANCE" PICS CLICK HERE

" NANO YELLOW "

2009-10-06T18:38:00.006-07:00

(Dimensional Abstracts Series)

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.

Image Size: 4 x 4 inches Framed Size: 8 x 10 Inches

For detailed "NANO YELLOW" PICS CLICK HERE

" TRANSITION "

2009-09-15T15:58:00.014-07:00

( Dimensional Abstracts Series )

Original Mixed Media Painting: Acrylic, Metallic Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil Pastel on Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper.
Image Size: 8 x 8 Inches Framed Size: 14 x 18 ( Museum Mount )

For detailed "TRANSITION" PICS CLICK HERE

" STEALING TWILIGHT "

2009-09-08T07:42:00.044-07:00

( MODERN SPIRITS SERIES )

Original Painting: Acrylic & Metallic Acrylic, on Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas Image Size: 6 x 8 Inches

SOLD

For detailed "STEALING TWILIGHT" PICS CLICK HERE