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Breakfast Fruit
Oil on Canvas Board
12" x 24"
Renata Moise
2007
This painting came from a long held image in
my mind of a Mediterranean village, fruit near a window, a soft
warm morning breeze, a view down to the sea. Originally the
image in my mind was only of the window, but recent sketches of
nudes, as well as a trip to Europe last month, all coalesced
into this small painting of a woman enjoying fruit in the
morning, her cat dozing on the bed. The small green decanter on
the side table is a precious, ancient glass oil or perfume
holder that my mother's mother acquired many years ago. I like
to think that it came from a sunken treasure ship in the Aegean,
as there is a bit of iridescent shell grown into the bottom of
it.
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The Ballerina &
The Psychoanalyst, Retired
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Blue Peach II
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Barn and Studio After many months of "painters block", painting began again! The barn is huge and falling down- all I can do is paint it with all my love and passion. The afternoon was brilliant, spring promising to come.
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Poppy and Calendula
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24
Renata Moise
2004
This painting is one of those paintings which
lead me in a far different direction from what i expected. I
began early on an August morning, expecting the light mist to
rapidly burn off and yield to a brilliant day. In reverse, the
fog thickened, and I found my self painting flowers through a
swirling white veil. The effect, especially in a golden frame,
is striking.
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First Generation I was struck by the shapes and shadows
built by the large, green beans growing from seed In the garden.
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Almost Ripe |
Flower Meadow |
 March Thaw
19 ½" x 34"
Oil on Canvas
2007
Renata Moise
I drove to Hancock Point on a brilliant, warm March day, looking for places where the white snow still contrasted with the bright water. I brought my granddog Maggie for company, as well as some crackers and cheese for sustenance. I found this view of Schoodic Mountain where snow patches still clung to the edge of the seaweed. Maggie found a big bone. We were both happily occupied for several hours.
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A Rainy Night in Sunshine Sold It was a private party in a large seaside |
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The North Tree
Oil on Canvas
38" x 34" 2007
Renata Moise
This spring we have been scraping and
painting the north side of my mothers house, cutting away the
bushes which had grown up in a thick tangle. The lone apple tree
in what used to be her little orchard, bloomed magnificently. I
bravely decided to combine the two motifs of blooming tree and
weathered old farm house, as well as painting on an unusually
large canvas.
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Yellow Tulips
Oil on Canvas
18" x 24"
2007
Renata Moise
Three yellow tulips grow each year by the
studio door. I imagine they were planted years ago, the
result of grocery store potted tulips which died off and
were planted so they wouldn't go to waste. This year I
finally set up and painted there. The buds seen in the back
ground of are three new white tulips which are now in bloom,
after the yellow ones have passed. This painting is done in
the wash technique, using a lot of turpentine on a wide
brush to coat the canvas before beginning on the wet
surface, and then painting quickly, often removing paint to
obtain just the right shape or flower petal.
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Old Pond
2007
28" 1/2 x 24"
Oil on Canvas
Renata Moise
This painting fulfilled a goal
of snowshoeing the half mile down to the shore, and painting
the glimpse of blue ocean water that first sparkles through
the gap in the evergreens. Midway through the painting, the
wind picked up and the sun went behind clouds. I declared
myself done when my fingers became too cold to grasp the
brush properly; I knew still I had a 45 minute trudge though
deep snow, carrying the pack basket, easel and canvas.
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 Early Dandelion
William Moise
Oil on Canvas
1966
18" x 34"
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Maynard's Barn
Oil on Canvas
2007
24" x 36"
Renata Moise
Not For Sale / Spoken For
I was obsessed with painting apple
blossoms, but could not decide where to go- I drove to
several spots but simply couldn't settle on where to set
up. The weather shifted, swinging from lovely late May
warmth to overcast and downright cold. I settled on the old
row of overgrown apple trees to the south of Maynard and Bee
Foss's house. Maynard died last year, and I have been
thinking about him a lot. Bee sat on her porch, so I went in
to meet her new cat. By the time I was well into the
painting rain began to fall! Also, I was set up near
the edge of the Point Road, and cars drove by, slowing down
to watch. One man even asked for directions! The finishing
touches came in the studio, warmed by a fire in the old
stove.
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Poppies |
 Yellow Autumn
Oil on Canvas
Renata Moise
30" x 24"
Sold
The fall of 2006 has exploded with energy and
color. This is the first of a series of canvases (re)exploring the
dark spruce forest behind the bright dancing reds, yellows, and
oranges. In this painting I used both broad abstract strokes
for the mysterious background, and more delicute strokes for
the foreground flight of colorful leaves.
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October Field
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
Renata Moise
Second in the series, I began experimenting; turning my attention to the tall white pines towering over the the brilliant forest, as well as the soft yellow grasses of the meadows. Wind played wildly with the brilliant birches and thick clouds. |
 Sea Blossoms
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Renata Moise
2006 Sold
On a blustery late May day, torn between painting
ocean and flowering trees, I found this small crab apple in
bloom, reaching out over the rocky shore.
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Flaming Autumn This dramatic explosion of colors is one of Bill Moise's few remaining paintings from the 1960's, done with his fingers. |
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Roses
Oil on Canvas
2004
21" x 29"
Renata Moise
Wild roses grow in tangled broad bushes, along the
shore and around the door yards. Delicate and fragrant, the
blooms appear from June through September.
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Dream Iris |
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Winter Cat I
Oil on Canvas
13 1/2" x 11"
Renata Moise
2005
Sold
This painting captured the wild tiger spirit inside
the small black cat, as she stalked through the snow drifts near a wood
pile.
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 Autumn Path
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
Renata Moise
2004
Sold
The forest beside my home opens in one spot, and a
small tree has grown like an arch, beckoning me to enter. The tall
upright position of the canvas was imperative but very impractical for
stability. Over coming wind and gravity, I played with the dark moist
colors of the shadows and the bright fall tints of the maples. Over the
last two years I have added small touches, until I now feel the painting
is complete.
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Mary's Orchard
Oil on Canvas
24" x 30"
Renata Moise
2005
This painting was done near an old log cabin owned by
my friend Mary. Several old apple trees bend near the cabin door, and
the wind played with the falling petals. A melancholy mood had held me
at the start of the painting, leading to the blue palette.
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 Winter Cat II
Oil on Canvas
20" x 16"
2006
A young shiny black cat began to live in my mother's
barn midwinter, trying to become part of the family, but eluding
capture. My mother gets asthma from cats, so we adopted the cat over to
our neighbor Lois. This painting is one of the series of Lois doing her
dishes, looking at the black cat in the snow, out of her window.
"Barney" as she is called, has matured into a sleek, affectionate
companion, and is most beautiful in the snow.
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First Peaches II
Oil on Canvas 24" x 26" Renata
This painting is the culmination of dream that began
with the planting of two tiny peach trees; three years in the gestation,
waiting through long Maine winters for the trees to show life each
spring- and then finally, real peaches! They grew more beautiful each
day, riper and luscious, feeding us, as well as the raccoons. The
painting flowed with ease and excitement, the colors of vibrant reds,
yellows, and greens were chosen more for "taste" than with any conscious
effort.
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First Peaches I
Anxious to begin painting the peaches before the
season passed, I realized the canvas I had before me was a water color
canvas! I had spent the week playing with water colors of the peach tree
on paper, but this day had been planning a thick oil painting. Forced to
try a completely new tequnique, I used the water colors like oils, with
only small amounts of water, enjoying the delicious colors.
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Pasture View This painting broke a several months long painting
block that began after January Morning and the cat series. The clouds
set the mood for this work, tumultuous and dark. Pink blossoms blew and
swirled in the breeze. |
Squash and Apples
This painting is of our own Buttercup squash and
store bought Delicious apples; the red of the apples so strong
against the comfortable colors of the squash. I bought the apples
especially for this painting, but the squash are a yearly gift of the
land.
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Iris |
Red and Yellow Tulips
Painted in a year of huge tulips, the beautiful big
blooms lent themselves to a larger than life canvas.
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January Morning
Painted from upstairs in my winter studio, looking
out the long windows. Earlier in the winter a red fox had looked up at
me from his rounds in the snow- This painting holds the spirit of that
fox, quietly treading under the laden boughs.
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Winter Evening
This painting captures the blue solitude of the deep forest
in midwinter, snow encasing the pines from head to toe. Bill Moise painted out
doors, and I can imagine the cold frosty air, him constantly moving, almost
dancing back and forth as he painted. Gradually a flattened 15 foot circle would
form in the snow underfoot, colored by spots of color from dropped brushes or
paper towel. |
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Eva's Window The Petunias are luscious this year; magnificent velvet colors
over flowing the window boxes. As my mother grows older and weaker, she spends
most of her day in her downstairs bedroom, looking out at the fields, her view
framed by purple and pink petunias. The white shadow in the big window is
actually the outline of one of my mother's helpers assisting Eva in her bed.
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Blue Lupine 2005 Sold The first flower painting of the season- remembering the heat of the day, the bite of the mosquitoes, and the brilliance of the flowers in the field. Often I find areas of permanent Prussian blue or Sap green smeared on my neck or legs- evidence of the unconscious swatting of a biting insect while I'm painting. |
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Lupine and Clover Finally, summer is exploding around us. After a cold long
spring where I felt uninspired, painting is pulling at my sleeve. "Lupine and
Clover" flowed easily and quickly. This is the year of the lupine- they are
everywhere and lasting weeks longer than usual. |
The Hunter At the
end of winter I visited my neighbor, Lois, to draw her young black cat. Barny,
the kitten, had been adopted by Lois as a stray living in my mothers barn. When
I saw Lois finishing her dishes, watching as Barny waited for mice near the
woodpile, I knew that I needed to paint the scene. |
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Eastbrook Stream After several months of painters block (again!) I drove to a
local stream, late in the afternoon, delayed by stretching canvas and other
preparations. I headed north from the road, sinking deep in the snow between
huge granite boulders, breaking through ice into the edges of the stream in the
process. Once set up, the cold settled over me- the jar of painting medium froze
shut, the paint congealed- finally I dumped brush cleaner terpenoid into my
sardine can, and it formed a gelatinous substance which worked well to
paint with. I used only four colors; white, phthalo blue, greenish umber, and
sap green. The pleasure of new brushes, an exciting motif, and delicious paint
has stayed with me for several days. |
Lewis House
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Autumn Wood |
Black Eyed Susans
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Day Lilies Sold This painting reflects another of the yearly cycles of the wild flower garden; the coming of the day lilies signals late July and early August... how quickly they are gone, and fall will be here. |
Maynard and Bee's House
This painting is story upon story, memory upon memory. Bee and Maynard Foss live
in the second farm up the hill; Maynard is now past 90. I have wanted to paint
this house for a long time; I have admired the house in sun sets, enjoyed
the slanting light of late winter, the foggy view on a rainy day- when I did
actually paint the house I did it in the middle of a blistering hot July
afternoon. The cool shadows and sunny spots played off each other. I ended up
with a sunburn and near heat stroke, the canvas being one of the largest I've
ever painted. |
Eva's House |
Blue Apples Sold The brilliant blue sky of this late September day overwhelmed and supplanted the original motif of ripe apples, leading to an electric experience of painting this familiar tree. This painting takes "Ripe Apples" of several years ago one step further...
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Evening Blossoms Sold This painting was done at sunset, during the height of the
blooming of apple blossoms this spring. Finishing the painting became a race
with rapidly approaching darkness, as well as a battle with the black flies. |
Opium Poppies Sold This painting was a therapeutic exercise after several months of painters block. It expresses intensity and boldness, effectively breaking the impasse.
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Blue Lupine SOLD Painted several days after Purple Lupines at the top of the
gallery, Blue Lupine was inspired by the mid section of the previous
painting- deep blue/purple as felt in the depths of the grasses and
flowers, away from the brightness of the sun. |
Adolescence Bill Moise painted many of the animals he raised on the small farm. This steer was the son of the matriarch cow, T-bone. Painted in winter, this painting carries the essence of frosty air and steam rising from the steers breath. |
Trespassing I painted this in early June, at Hancock Point, on a grassy area above the
rocks, across the road from a large unoccupied summer home. Midway through I
found myself confronted by a person who angrily asked if I realized I was on
private property. Yes, I said, I did, but I wouldn't leave any mess... the wind
also blew gale force and I finished the work flat on the ground! |
Peace Painted from inside looking out, after a morning snow, listening to Martin Luther King Jr. give a speech against the Vietnam war. |
Schoodic Surf Painted several days after "Trespassing", this time I went to the national
park and stabilized the easel with rocks around all three legs. I painted
undisturbed and was able to keep the canvas upright despite strong winds. The
day felt fantastically alive with crashing waves and burning sun; sardines and
crackers completed the experience. |
Blackberry #2 The second in my series, this small painting pleases me with simplicity. |
New Forest Sold After two hours of painting in the forest, my hands were numb, my face
frozen. Unable to collapse the easel, I left it in the woods
overnight and retreated to the warmth of the studio to finish the
painting. |
 Carrying
Place Inlet |
Hog Island Painted from my memory of the many kayak camping trips we have taken. In the painting I am happily cooking mussels, unperturbed by the late hour and impending darkness. In real life our late landings cause me great anxiety! |
Deep Winter Ten years after Carrying Place Inlet, he now
explored a thinner appreciation of paint, still large brush strokes,
and use of dark/ light contrast. As all his works, this would have
been painted in some snowy, forest clearing and brought back to his
woodstove and studio to ponder.
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Winter Grass This painting broke my painters block in early January of 2004- I was
fascinated by the colors and gentle swaying of the grasses |
Ripe Apples SOLD This has become my current favorite Painting- the apple tree is one I climbed as a child and still bares apples every other year. |
June Garden #2 SOLD The flower garden near my kitchen door has gradually become a
wild flower garden, the pinks and purples predominating this year. Like visiting
an old friend, I painted the same motif as in 2002. This June day was near 100
degrees rather than the more typical gently warm June day in Maine ; so I
compensated by using cool blues as my palette. |
Last Light I painted this in the woods beside my home, starting in mid- afternoon. Winter evening comes early, and the sun reflected pink on the snow as it set. |
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Blackberries Painting Blackberries is a summer ritual
for me, as they are only ripe for a short time, and one must catch them at |
 Lupine #2 SOLD The second of my 2002 Lupines, I experimented with the angular stems and irregular blossoms. |
Boat Yard Painted in Sorrento, Maine at the Billings Boat yard, Moise captures the angular hulls, waiting for summer. |
Palmers Orchard SOLD
This painting came quickly and easily. Apple blossoms
bloom in the last week of May, unpredictable, sudden, and fleeting. |
Blueberries |
Schoodic Mountain |
Cosmos |
Stained Glass Sun |
Experimental Cabbage The same bold big brush strokes as carrying place inlet, and also painted in 1969 amid personal upheavals. |
Wild Poppies SOLD This painting was done 10 days after I had
major surgery, and the delicate quality in some ways reflects my
emotional condition. |
Purple Lupines SOLD The patch of Lupines in my mothers' yard grows more beautiful
every year, the colors ranging from pure white to deep purple. This
painting was done with turpentine thinning the
paint to almost a watery consistency. |
Windy Shore SOLD The same Bay as Schoodic Mountain, but a slightly different spot along the shore and a much different season. The mountain can be seen at far left amidst the clouds.
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June Garden SOLD This was painted near my kitchen door on a beautiful June day
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Lupine SOLD June in Maine bursts with color of
Lupine, Daisy, Clover, and grasses. It is my favorite month to paint! |
Low Tide SOLD Foggy and cool, painted at Hancock Point, looking towards
Sorrento. |
Winter Apples SOLD One Fall, the
snow came very early, dressing the many apples still on the
roadside trees, the color contrasts were thrilling. |
