Fine American and European paintings from the 19th and early 20th Centuries as well as Classical Contemporary works of art.

FEATURED ARTIST |Susan Moss

Susan Moss

American

Earthslide 378, 2010

Oil crayon on paper

50 x 38 inches

signed bottom, Earthslide 378, 2010 (For Barrie), Susan Moss

Susan Moss

Moss, Earthslide 381, 2011

Susan Moss was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was inspired by great Masters of Art at an early age when her mother brought back works from Europe after escaping Germany and the Nazi persecution in 1938.

Moss double-majored in Art and Psychology. While a student, she received a prize for her painting "Marcus Garvey on Parade" from the Nevada Art Gallery. As part of a Master's Grant, she established a Suicide Prevention Center in Reno with Dr. James B. Nichols that is still in operation today. She went to school at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California where she later taught painting.

Moss has written several books illustrated with her Art, one which is translated into several languages. She has had numerous opportunities to speak World-wide, appearing on TV and radio.

Moss believes new art should be conscious of the past. In her words, ''Art evolves from a Great Tradition of Creativity.'' She finds inspiration from the environment and has been influenced by great landscape painters such as Turner and Monet.

New York City's, David Findlay Jr. Gallery exhibited her paintings and drawings at the young age of thirty-two. She showed thirty large-scale crayon and pencil drawings at the prestigious Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York alongside a Henry Moore sculpture. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artist's Gallery gave her two shows, overlooking their "one show per artist" policy.

Collectors of her work now number five-hundred World-wide. Robert A. Rowan was an in-depth Collector, acquiring ''Black Forest'' paintings and studies as well as crayon drawings. Blake Byrne, a Trustee at MOCA and one of the top 200 collectors nation-wide according to ''Art News'' recently acquired a black-and-white diptych crayon drawing from the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Diana Zlotnick donated ''Black Forest lll'' to the Laguna Art Museum. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired an early ''Earthslide'' drawing from a La Cienega gallery.

About Us

Located in Charlotte, NC, McColl Fine Art specializes in fine American and European paintings, with a primary focus on select works from the 19th and early 20th Centuries as well as Classical Contemporary works of art. We offer works of exceptional quality from periods including the Barbizon School, the Hudson River School, Academic painting, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

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