Rich Moyers - Artworks Blog

" COUNTER POINT "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 27 May 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

This object, while always stationary, can be, and was actually designed to be VERY aggressive. Called a "spindle"... it was used in days gone by to keep track of receipts and other small pieces of paper. The once familiar saying "Please don't Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate" was coined to keep people from doing just THAT, with this menacing device. It's often seen in Vintage Films as late as the 1960's....CAREFUL NOW!

Two Metallic colors are enhanced by their differing surface treatments, Semi-Rough Texture for the Grey Spindle Base, and a High Gloss Silver for the Spike Point, and a Smooth Satin Gloss allows the slightly crosshatched Buff colored wall to recede, so that the darker Walnut colored counter comes forward anchoring the piece.

As always your comments are welcome!

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" PRESSING ENGAGEMENT "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:27:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

" PRESSING ENGAGEMENT " is another "object" displaying AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES, the fourth piece completed in the series.

Pleated accordion style sheet metal, is being systematically crushed (from Right to Left) by the powerful movement of an industrial press... shrinking it's width and adding a reciprocal vertical rise to each of it's two-toned folds. The diagonal lines of the main screw threads, also reinforce the painting's directional movement.

Prominent Metallic colors are illuminated by three differing surface treatments, Rough Texture, Semi Gloss, and Smooth Satin Gloss, further heightening the illusion of spacial depth across the picture plane.
As always your comments are welcome!

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LOVERS MERRY-GO-ROUND:

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:04:00 +0000

" I did NOT say NO, I said MAYBE! "

Original Painting: Acrylic on Stretched Linen Canvas.

Series "AS, IS, WAS - Observing the human condition"

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" BLUE BORDEAUX "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Masonite Panel / Linen Relief

" BLUE BORDEAUX "..... is the second piece completed in my New Series: CHROMATIC CONSTRUCTIONS.

As always your comments are welcome!

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" TANGENTIAL RUMORS "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:15:00 +0000

Original Abstract Painting
Mixed Media: Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Panel

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" PRIMARY ALLOCATIONS "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:43:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Masonite Panel / Linen Relief

" PRIMARY ALLOCATIONS "..... is the first piece completed in my New Series: CHROMATIC CONSTRUCTIONS.

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2nd Place Award Winner - West Valley Art Museum's 2012 Competitive Exhibition

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000

" Two by Two " from my **MORPHIC RESONANCE Suite, is one of 2 Rich Moyers Original Mixed Media Paintings currently on exhibit, Main Gallery / West Valley Art Museum through May 17th.

Mixed Media: Acrylic, Gouache, Watercolor, on French Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper

Image Size: 9 inches x 10.5 inches / Framed Size: 14 x 18 inches

All Rights Reserved - Copyright © Rich Moyers 2010

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Event Dates: 3/26/2012 - 5/17/2012

Gallery Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Mon, Tues, & Wed - Noon - 6 pm Thursdays.

West Valley Art Museum - Main Gallery

8401 West Monroe Street

Peoria Arizona 85385

Jurors: Red Rohall, and Dr. George Palovich, Curator, West Valley Art Museum

** "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.

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" PRECIPICE "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

" PRECIPICE "..... is the third piece completed in the " AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES " Series. This group of intimate works has developed from my studio practice of making small scale studies for larger works. They are turning out to be so successful, that I'm pleased to offer them as complete works unto themselves.

Stimulating an apprehensive stillness within the composition, a dominant diagonal line and radiant colors, define the abstract shapes, which are illuminated by three differing surface treatments, High Gloss, Semi Gloss, and Velvet Satin, heightening the illusional depth across the picture plane. Gazing upon the image, after just a few moments, a sense of anticipation is realized, as if the red figure will soon move.

I believe this new work communicates it's contemporary artistic esthetics quite well, irregardless of any intended or perceived "meaning". Simplicity can be quite beautiful!

As always your comments are welcome!

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" RED GLASS "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:07:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

" RED GLASS "..... is the first piece completed in the " AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES " Series. This group of intimate works has developed from my studio practice of making small scale studies for larger works. They are turning out to be so successful, that I'm pleased to offer them as complete works unto themselves. It seems I was caught up being the perfectionist, and got so carried away, that the hours just flew by while working intensely on each piece.

The idea for creating this Series, was to portray in an abstract / minimalistic sense, common objects, and everyday situations that to my mind at least, harbor latently ominous tendencies, turning the simplest of benign moments, into suddenly harrowing aggressions.

" RED GLASS "....is also a mindful "play on words"....it's stained glass beauty is exactly the color of the violently flowing results, should one become too carelessly beguiled.

Another of my working processes in this project, is to limit the number of colors, and heighten their contrasts, while expanding textural surface qualities. To that end, " RED GLASS " has 4 different surface treatments for each of it's colors...from the highly textured Grey Micaceous Iron Oxide to the Super High Gloss Quinacridone Crimson Varnish. The horizontal Yellow "caution" stripe is Semi-Gloss, and the Buff background at the top of the work is a Deep Velvety Satin. The juxtaposition of these varied surface treatments and the compositional proportions create a heightened three dimensional tactile illusion as the design is carried over, wrapping the colors around the edges...perfect for the thin metal floater framing I have in mind.

" NIGHTFALL "
Original Painting: Acrylic on Hardboard Panel

" NIGHTFALL "..... is the second piece completed in the " AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES " Series, and it's premise is "situational" versus the "object" as in " RED GLASS " seen above.

Here I created a more rigorously limited composition, just three shapes and three surface treatments to infer an abstract / minimalist view of the darkening night suffocating the last bit of daylight.

I believe both of these new works communicate their contemporary artistic esthetics quite well, irregardless of any intended or perceived "meaning". Simplicity can be quite beautiful!

As always your comments are welcome!

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" JUDGMENT "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Stretched Linen Canvas

" JUDGMENT "..... is the third piece completed in my Figurative Paintings Series "AS, IS, WAS - Observing the human condition"

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" TEMPORAL CHROMA "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas on Wood Panel

SERIES: " Illusional Directives - Propensities of Time "

Relating the temporal disposition of the relatively unseen forces of gravity and the earth’s rotation....read more

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" CONSENSUS MINUS ONE "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:33:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Stretched Linen Canvas.

" CONSENSUS MINUS ONE "..... is the second piece completed in my Figurative Paintings Series "AS, IS, WAS - Observing the human condition"

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" ROTATIONAL PULL "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:14:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas on Wood Panel

SERIES: " Illusional Directives - Propensities of Time "

Relating the temporal disposition of the relatively unseen forces of gravity and the earth’s rotation....read more

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For more detailed " ROTATIONAL PULL " PICS CLICK HERE

" COALESCING DIFFIDENCE "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:00:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Stretched Canvas.

" COALESCING DIFFIDENCE "..... is the first of a new Figurative Paintings Series "AS, IS, WAS - Observing the human condition"

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" DRIFTING "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:59:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas on Wood Panel

SERIES: " Illusional Directives - Propensities of Time "

Relating the temporal disposition of the relatively unseen forces of gravity and the earth’s rotation....read more

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" RHYTHMIC INVERSION "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:51:00 +0000

Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas on Wood Panel

SERIES: " Illusional Directives - Propensities of Time "

Relating the temporal disposition of the relatively unseen forces of gravity and the earth’s rotation....read more

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For more detailed "RHYTHMIC INVERSION" PICS CLICK HERE

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

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:19:00 +0000

"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

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:32:00 +0000

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 "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:33:00 +0000

(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 "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:36:00 +0000

( BRAZIL ABSTRACTS SERIES )

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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 "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:27:00 +0000

(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 " )

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:53:00 +0000

( 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)

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:56:00 +0000

( 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)

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:59:00 +0000

( 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 "

noreply@blogger.com (Rich Moyers) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:53:00 +0000

(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