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Apple Tree In Bloom  30" x 72"  Oil On Canvas (Triptych)

Apple Tree In Bloom

30" x 72"

Oil On Canvas (Triptych) 

 
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Artists  16" x 20"  Oil On Wood

Artists (SOLD)

16" x 20"

Oil On Wood

Arriving At Matilda's 70" x 80"  Oil On Linen

Arriving At Matilda's (SOLD)

70" x 80"

Oil On Linen

Cabin Morning  64" x 72"  Oil On Canvas

Cabin Morning 

64" x 72"

Oil On Canvas

 

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Creek Walk  70" x 80"  Oil On Linen

Creek Walk (SOLD)

70" x 80"

Oil On Linen

Creek Shadows  24" x 36"  Oil On Linen

Creek Shadows (small) (SOLD)

24" x 36"

Oil On Linen

 

 
Edge Of The Woods  22" x 30"  Oil On Wood

Edge Of The Woods (SOLD)

22" x 30"

Oil On Wood

Golden Hour  40" x 32"  Oil On Canvas

Golden Hour

40" x 32"

Oil On Canvas

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Hanging Garden  60" x 60"  Oil On Canvas

Hanging Garden

60" x 60"

Oil On Canvas

 

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Hill Town  45" x 48"  Oil On Linen

Hill Town

45" x 48"

Oil On Linen

 

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Magnolia And Vegetable Garden  30" x 30"  Oil On Canvas

Magnolia And Vegetable Garden (SOLD)

30" x 30"

Oil On Canvas

Meadow And Stream  24" x 36"  Oil On Linen

Meadow And Stream (SOLD)

24" x 36"

Oil On Linen

 
Nudes In The Forest  16" x 20"   Oil On Wood

Nudes In The Forest

16" x 20" 

Oil On Wood

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Path In Washington Grove  30" x 30"  Oil On Wood

Path In Washington Grove

30" x 30"

Oil On Wood

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Picnic Meadow  58" x 72"  Oil On Canvas

Picnic Meadow

58" x 72"

Oil On Canvas

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Pond  72" x 120"  Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Pond (SOLD)

72" x 120"

Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Spring  72" x 116"  Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Spring

72" x 116"

Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

 
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Spring Meadow  12" x 16"  Oil On Canvas

Spring Meadow (SOLD)

12" x 16"

Oil On Canvas

The Meadow And The Trout Stream  36" x 180"  Oil On Canvas (Polyptych)

The Meadow And The Trout Stream (SOLD)

36" x 180"

Oil On Canvas (Polyptych)

 

Under The Apple Tree  24" x 30"  Oil On Canvas

Under The Apple Tree (SOLD)

24" x 30"

Oil On Canvas

 

Apple Tree In Bloom  30" x 72"  Oil On Canvas (Triptych)

Apple Tree In Bloom

30" x 72"

Oil On Canvas (Triptych) 

 
Artists  16" x 20"  Oil On Wood

Artists (SOLD)

16" x 20"

Oil On Wood

Arriving At Matilda's 70" x 80"  Oil On Linen

Arriving At Matilda's (SOLD)

70" x 80"

Oil On Linen

Cabin Morning  64" x 72"  Oil On Canvas

Cabin Morning 

64" x 72"

Oil On Canvas

 

Creek Walk  70" x 80"  Oil On Linen

Creek Walk (SOLD)

70" x 80"

Oil On Linen

Creek Shadows  24" x 36"  Oil On Linen

Creek Shadows (small) (SOLD)

24" x 36"

Oil On Linen

 

 
Edge Of The Woods  22" x 30"  Oil On Wood

Edge Of The Woods (SOLD)

22" x 30"

Oil On Wood

Golden Hour  40" x 32"  Oil On Canvas

Golden Hour

40" x 32"

Oil On Canvas

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Hanging Garden  60" x 60"  Oil On Canvas

Hanging Garden

60" x 60"

Oil On Canvas

 

Hill Town  45" x 48"  Oil On Linen

Hill Town

45" x 48"

Oil On Linen

 

Magnolia And Vegetable Garden  30" x 30"  Oil On Canvas

Magnolia And Vegetable Garden (SOLD)

30" x 30"

Oil On Canvas

Meadow And Stream  24" x 36"  Oil On Linen

Meadow And Stream (SOLD)

24" x 36"

Oil On Linen

 
Nudes In The Forest  16" x 20"   Oil On Wood

Nudes In The Forest

16" x 20" 

Oil On Wood

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Path In Washington Grove  30" x 30"  Oil On Wood

Path In Washington Grove

30" x 30"

Oil On Wood

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Picnic Meadow  58" x 72"  Oil On Canvas

Picnic Meadow

58" x 72"

Oil On Canvas

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Pond  72" x 120"  Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Pond (SOLD)

72" x 120"

Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Spring  72" x 116"  Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

Spring

72" x 116"

Oil On Canvas (Diptych)

 
Spring Meadow  12" x 16"  Oil On Canvas

Spring Meadow (SOLD)

12" x 16"

Oil On Canvas

The Meadow And The Trout Stream  36" x 180"  Oil On Canvas (Polyptych)

The Meadow And The Trout Stream (SOLD)

36" x 180"

Oil On Canvas (Polyptych)

 

Under The Apple Tree  24" x 30"  Oil On Canvas

Under The Apple Tree (SOLD)

24" x 30"

Oil On Canvas

 

"Working from nature is full of opportunities and gifts. At some moments the spots of color can even seem to float in mid air creating an all-over abstraction, or the light shifts to reveal a new pattern among the trees - everything contributing to the process of making a painting."

-Kurt Moyer

Kurt Moyer - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Apple Tree, July, 48" x 48", Oil On Canvas

Kurt Moyer's oil paintings explore his primal and personal connection to the forest. The artist grew up near French Creek State Park, a woodland of over seven thousand acres. It was a special place that he explored and where he would let his mind wander. Years later, this connection with nature continues to be the focus in Moyer's painting. Spending time with the artist's work is akin to taking a leisurely walk through the woods. By slowing down and stopping in front of each painting, the viewer begins to notice what is normally overlooked - the space opens, depth emerges, and more is revealed. The canvases vibrate with the tension of the seen and sensed; the felt and the observed. When bathers appear in the paintings, they celebrate the connection between us and nature; a primal and perpetual connection which endures regardless of time or trend.

 

The canvases, some large, some modest in scale, are both immersive and receptive. Moyer creates inhabitable spaces and the energy of his brushwork reminds us of the flickering light of the sun as it finds its way through the dense forest canopy. At the same time, the viewer is aware of the artist's hand as the focus shifts between the image depicted and the beauty of the paint surface. 

 

Kurt Moyer is from Southeastern Pennsylvania and a graduate of Kutztown University. He now resides in Pittsford, NY. 

"Today I go into the forest looking for the kind of beauty that floods my senses."

- Kurt Moyer

Kurt Moyer - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Summer Glen, 30" x 34", Oil On Canvas

Kurt Moyer - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Italian Bathers, 14" × 18", Oil On Linen

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Painting Perceptions

Larry Groff Interview with Kurt Moyer

2015

I am looking forward to meeting Kurt Moyer in July and August of this summer at the JSS in Civita in Civita Castellana, Italy where he is teaching an affiliate workshop. I am grateful to him for taking the time to have this email interview with me about his painting. Moyer lives and works in Rochester, NY and is represented by the The Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia and the Warm Springs Gallery in Charlottesville, VA. He has shown in the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania State Museum, Penn State University, and the Phillips Museum at Franklin and Marshall College among others. Moyer will be having a solo-show at the Gross McCleaf Gallery in January 2016 and will also be featured in a “Landscape” show there July 2015.

Kurt Moyer - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Savvy Painter

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Savvy Painter Podcast

by Antrese Wood

Kurt Moyer is a landscape painter living in upstate New York. He pulls inspiration from nature, and from studying the master paintings that came before us.

As Kurt will tell you, some mysteries in painting don’t need to be solved in order to have a full, rich experience with them. Kurt is content to let some of that be so that he can focus on light, color, and the thread that weaves through his work and ties all the way back to Cezzane, Balthus, George Sorrells, and many other artists.

In this episode Kurt and I talk about seeing. About getting that authentic impression of color and light and not being a slave to your own eyes. We also talk about how new experiences or simply time can completely change the way you look at paintings that maybe you have seen many times before.

Video

Watch How Do Spotted Colors Create Forests? Kurt Moyer Talks Abstraction + Gallery Tour on Gross McCleaf's YouTube Channel

Kurt Moyer discusses his art, the nature of perception & painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with Assistant Director & Artist Morgan Hobbs. Watch on Gross McCleaf's YouTube Channel.