Moira
Metcalfe is a well established artist living and working in
the bustling market town of Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. Born
in 1953, she used to visit the Dales as a child and was inspired
by the dramatic landscape around her. Her work explores landscapes of constantly changing moods and climates with an enormity of
light and movement, producing unique and personal responses
to the influences of her surroundings. Moira explains,
"Wherever I am,
I find myself picturing everything I see as potential paintings.
I mentally cut a section of landscape in front of me and visualise
it on a canvas."
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Moira
Metcalfe - Surface Tension
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Rapid 3 
Oil on Canvas
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Moira
Metcalfe - Surface Tension #2
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Garsdale Green
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Inside the Wave
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Coverdale Green
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Blue Rapid
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Wensleydale Tracks
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Rapid #4
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Scorched Earth 1
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Road to Garsdale
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Scorched Earth 2
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Rapid 4
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Green Lit Barns
Oil on Canvas |
Moira
Metcalfe - Hawes End
Oil on Canvas |
The 'Rapid' and 'Wave'
Series marked a transition for Moira into a perfect balance
between skilful representation and the realm of imaginative
abstraction. She tackles the challenge with great maturity,
decontextualizing the subject matter and illustrating her skills
in the manipulation of oil on canvas. As Moira describes it,
"I like to work without rigidly
controlling the progress of a piece, surrendering myself to
the medium and the resources of my imagination."
Moira has been painting
full time for over 30 years, and her impressive oil paintings
range from £500 to £5000. Her work has been exhibited
in London and is in collections worldwide. |
