Michael Moss - Contemporary Acrylic In Saltram Park

Description

A fine impressionist landscape showing a mother and two children walking through the undergrowth in Saltram Park, Plymouth. The artist has signed to the lower left and the painting has been presented in a contemporary wood frame with a cream mount and glazing. There is an inscription at the reverse with the artist's name and the title of the painting. On wove.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

27 x 26cm (10.6" x 10.2")

Artist Biography

Michael was born in Preston in 1948. In his early twenties he emigrated to Australia and later travelled to New Zealand where he held his first exhibition. He returned to the UK to attend the Preston and Plymouth Colleges of Art before settling in Cornwall.
In 1984 Michael won the Western Morning News Open Art Competition and in 1991 he was a prize-winner in the Ecco-Goodhousekeeping Open Exhibition. He has exhibited in all 3 South West Opens. In 1996 he won prizes in the Mixed Media and drawing categories of the Society of Artists fro Cornwall competition and in 1997 he was prize-winner in the 1997 Sterts Open Competition. In 1998 he was a double prize-winner in the Watercolour and drawing sections in the Society of Artists in Cornwall. In 2006 he won the Watercolour prize at Stuart House.