Jennifer Moses

Study for Moonshadow

2018

Jennifer attended Virginia Commonwealth University receiving a Bachelor in Fine Arts. After graduating, she moved to New York City where she began her professional career as an abstract painter in a studio just north of Canal Street. She had the opportunity to be immersed in the city’s art scene and worked part-time as an assistant for contemporary artist, Sandi Slone. In 1994, Jennifer relocated to Ojai, California. The transition facilitated a shift in style and subject matter. She was instantly drawn to her new environment and inspired by the charm of Ojai, the majestic California coastline and western landscape. Jennifer was introduced to the paintings of the Early California Impressionists and thus the exploration into landscape painting began. Although mostly self taught in the plein air tradition, she studied privately with CAC Signature Artist, David Gallup and has attended various workshops with other prominent plein air artists. While Jennifer draws inspiration from nature and creates compositional studies on location, her larger work is refined and painted in her Ojai studio using her studies as a reference. “It is the essence of a place that is at the core of my work. I often find that I am drawn to the intimate aspects of a landscape; a moment in time or a specific feeling that unfolds when I’m quiet. The process for me is a celebration of beauty and the interrelatedness of all things. My greatest desire is to communicate that connection through the visual poetry of painting.” Moses is a Signature Member of the California Art Club. She is also a member of the Ojai Studio Artists, a non-profit arts organization, where she served as president for three years. Her paintings have been exhibited in various galleries and museums including the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Autry Museum of Western Art, USC Fisher Museum of Art, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Santa Paula Art Museum, Carnegie Art Museum, Hilbert Museum, USC Pacific Asia Museum, and Carnegie Art Museum. Carlson Reporting Editor, FineArtConnoisseur.com, April, 2014