It has been said that painting
ability is not measured by the paints or the brush, but in the
ability to see how things come together. Artist Stan Moeller
has the vision that allows him to capture the mood of his subjects.
As one collector commented, "Stan paints the things we can
not see."
A long-time resident of York,
Maine, Stan Moeller was born and raised in rural Indiana. Excelling
in art an early age, Stan always preferred modeling clay or a
blank sheet of paper to coloring books. In high school, he won
first place in every category of the school’s annual art
show.
Stan went on to study life drawing
and painting at Western Michigan University and further studies
have included painting on location “en plein air” with
his friend and mentor, Don Stone. His self-education continues
via the writings and styles of John Singer Sargent, Nikolai Fechin,
Birge Harrison, Robert Henri, and Charles Hawthorne. In agreement
with JoaquÃn Sorolla, Stan believes that "the best
teacher is the very act of painting".
An award-winning artist, Moeller
excels in his ability to paint diverse subject matter: landscapes,
cityscapes, interiors, and figurative works. Less interested
in technical reality than the mood of reality, he uses spontaneous
brushwork and vibrant color to capture the way light moves around
and affects a subject as much as the subject itself.
Stan won "The Marine Environment
Wildlife Award for Best Depiction of Wildlife in its Natural
Habitat" in the 25th Annual International Marine Art, Mystic,
CT Exhibition (2004), and was awarded a month-long residency
by, Les Amis De La Grande Vigne, in Dinan France (Brittany),
in 2003. Stan won second place in the "Seascapes, Rivers
and Lakes Challenge" sponsored by International Artist Magazine,
for his painting, "Gull Rock, Monhegan" (#25, June/July
2002), and he was a featured artist (in an exclusive 6-page-article
and interview) in International Artist Magazine (#52, December
2006/January 2007).
Moeller’s paintings are
represented in both private and corporate collections as well
as in fine art galleries along the eastern seaboard, including
The Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, Florida, The Lupine Gallery,
Monhegan Island, Maine, The Maritime Gallery at the Mystic Seaport,
Connecticut, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts and
The Walsingham Gallery, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
