Artist Statement:
"Exacting Quality is never achieved by accident; it is always the result of Intelligent Efforts"
For more than 35 years, RICH MOYERS has been successfully creating engaging artworks with thoughtful, energetic, and emotionally stimulating content using his natural affinity for proportional harmony and exceptional color balance. Rich's award winning Contemporary Paintings are held in many corporate and private collections.... (see below)
My primary desire is to establish a contemplative dialog beyond the two dimensional picture plane, encouraging a fluid discourse between a work's latent intent, and the viewers perceptions.
Subjects are realized through "pre-visualization" - a continuous distillation of ideas, reactions, perceptions and influences, to encapsulate emotional intensities using vivid coloration and proportional harmony.
This melding of physical and subconscious energies forms the "graphic shorthand" I use to coalesce my enigmatic creative impulses, ultimately revealing a refined experiential essence for each new work... so that Lines, Shapes, and Colors, can be felt as much as seen!
METHODOLOGY
Most of Rich's paintings require many painstaking hours of carefully applied applications, working layer upon layer, in varying Mixed Media combinations, to accomplish his exceptional luminously vibrant effects, using Oil & Acrylic Paints, Pastels, Gouache, and Watercolors on Fine Handmade Papers, Linens, and Canvas.
Decades of experimental explorations allow Rich to skillfully manipulate the natural properties of “Fluid Viscosity”. He uses these dynamic “push-pull” effects to enhance dimensional drama and heighten tactile surface qualities.
"During the execution of each new work, I often make impulsive additions, sparks of intuitive spontaneity, capturing the creative “magic” of each progressive discovery. Translating these compelling sensations of inspired tension is my primary goal."
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SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS 1982 - 2012
IBM, Amonk, NY
Gillette, Boston, MA
Start Group, Andover, MA
Aetna, Hartford, CT
Xerox, Norwalk, CT
Aon, Chicago, IL
Baxter Int., Deerfield, IL
Occidental Petroleum, Los Angeles, CA
H. F. Ahmanson, Los, Angeles, CA
Century 21 Southwest, Phoenix, AZ
Motorola, Phoenix, AZ
Phelps Dodge, Phoenix, AZ
Valley National Bank, Phoenix, AZ
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SELECTED REPRESENTATION 1982 - 2012
CONNOR / WHYTE GALLERY - Los Angeles, CA (1983 -1987)
MACKENZIE GALLERY - Seattle, WA (1985 -1987)
ELAINE HORWITCH GALLERY - Scottsdale, Sedona, AZ (1988 - 1991)
SUZANNE BROWN GALLERY - Scottsdale, AZ (1992 - 1996)
ARTUR RUNNIER CONTEMPORARY - Chicago, IL (1993 -1999)
BENJAMIN RUSSELL GALLERY - New York, NY (1995-1998)
JUDY ANN GOLDMAN FINE ART - Boston, MA (2001-2005)
BERNARD TOALE FINE ART - Boston, MA (2005 - 2008)
BERNARD TOALE PROJECTS / CONSULTING - Boston, MA (2008 - )
Rich Moyers Fine Artist
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Education:
U.C.L.A. Studio Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Otis Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, ILL
Awards & Distinctions:
2013
Winner - 2013 ArtSlant Showcase Competition:
http://richmmm.fineartstudioonline.com/event/42883/winner-2013-artslant-showcase-competition
5th Annual ISAP International Open Online Exhibition:
http://richmmm.fineartstudioonline.com/event/49803
2012
Second Place - Mixed Media Painting - Celebration of Artists Exhibition - West Valley Art Museum - Peoria, AZ
2011
"Creative Catalyst Merit Award / Signature Membership"
14 Annual ISAP* International Exhibition - Santa, Cruz, CA
*( International Society of Acrylic Painters )
"Best of Show / First Place" - WVAC Mixed-Media Exhibition - Glendale, AZ.
Professional/Teaching Experience:
A Professional Artist for more than 35 years, my artworks are held in Private and Corporate Collections worldwide.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS 1982 - 2012
IBM, Amonk, NY
Gillette, Boston, MA
Start Group, Andover, MA
Aetna, Hartford, CT
Xerox, Norwalk, CT
Aon, Chicago, IL
Baxter Int., Deerfield, IL
Occidental Petroleum, Los Angeles, CA
H. F. Ahmanson, Los, Angeles, CA
Century 21 Southwest, Phoenix, AZ
Motorola, Phoenix, AZ
Phelps Dodge, Phoenix, AZ
Valley National Bank, Phoenix, AZ
Exhibitions:
2011
14th Annual International Society of Acrylic Painters
Juried International Exhibition: Santa Cruz, CA
Artistic Influences:
Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Maynard Dixon. Picasso, Alfred Stieglitz, Vincent Van Gogh. Frank Lloyd Wright....and many more
Artist Tags:
mixed media, modern art, minimalist art, acrylic painting, contemporary art, abstract art
