Artist Statement

Anita Mosher is an American impressionist trained in the Russian school of painting. Anita is an award winning artist noted for her brilliant use of color and exuberant strokes across the canvas. She has received awards from national juried shows and has exhibited her paintings nationwide in both solo and group exhibitions. Anita's work hangs in private and corporate collections across the United States and Europe. Anita is a founding signature member of the Plein Air Artists Colorado and Nomadas del Arte and a signature member of the Outdoor Painters Society and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society.
http://www.pleinairartistscolorado.com/
http://www.noaps.org/
http://www.outdoorpainterssociety.com/

Awards and Press
Southwest Art article May 2012
American Art Collector, article April, October 2009,April 2010
Nomadas del Arte, Third Place April 2010
Nomadas del Arte, Honorable Mention April 2009
Western Art Collector, article April 2010, January 2011
Southwest Art Ads & Press 1998-2012
American Art Collector, article, PAAC show July 2008
Colorado Expressions, article Jan 2008
Downtowner Magazine, Cover and article October, 2007
NOAPS, Best of America Show Award of Merit 2006, Award of Excellence, 2011
Southwest Art, Best of the West, February 2005, April 2010
“Artscape” article 2004-2006
“Previews” article 2004
Santa Fe Collector’s Guide Columbine Gallery, 2002
Article Art Review, August, 2002
“Artist to Watch” article Southwest Art Magazine, Sept. 2001
Article Vail Art Summer, 2001
ABC, 5pm newscast September 21, 2000
ABC, 6pm newscast September 15, 2000
Abend National “Best Oil Painting”, 1998

Selected Shows and Exhibitions
2012 Settlers West Miniature Show, Tucson, AZ
2009, 2011 American Impressionist Society Juried Show
2001-2002, 2011 American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition
2004-2012 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show & Sale Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, CO
2011, 2012 Art for the Sangres Invitational
2011, 2012 Women's History Month Art Show Invitational, Estes Park, CO
2009 American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
2010-2011 Creative Capitol Metro Denver Show, Denver International Airport, Colorado Capitol
2011, 2012 "Weekend in the West', Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO
2010 NOAPS Signature Member Show, Estes Park, CO
2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society Exhibit, Best of America,
2008-2010 Nomadas del Arte, "Presenting the Southwest En Plein Air"
2006-2012 Plein Air Artists Colorado Juried Show
2007-2009 Master Impressionist Society Show
2007 , 2011 Outdoor Painters Society Invitational Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
2005 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Invitational Winter Park and Estes Park, CO
2005-2009 Evergreen Invitational Evergreen Arts Center, Evergreen, CO
2001-2012 Various Shows Evergreen Fine Art
2001-2007 Channel Six Anniversary Collection Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Two Person Show Hallar Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2003-2004 Feature Artist Innovations Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO
2002-2012 Various shows Brushstrokes Studio-Gallery, LLP ; Denver, CO
2002-2004 “Art & Flowers” Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Beaver Creek and Vail, CO
1998-2012 Various Shows Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2000-2006 Feature Artist, Art for the Mountain Com. Evergreen, CO
2002-2004 'Winter Show Spectacular" Heritage Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Two Person Show Columbine Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Mountain Oyster Club - Tucson, AZ 32nd Annual Contemporary Western Art Show
2001 "Spring Invitational" Merrill Johnson Gallery, Denver, CO
2001 One Woman Show Gallery Alexander, Vail, CO
1999 “Journey of Color” Colorado History Museum
1999-2000 Colorado Artists Showcase Cherry Creek Arts Festival- Denver, CO
1998 "Best Oil Painting", Abend National

Corporate Collections

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Colorado State University
Crown Hill Mortuary
Band-It Corporation
The Evergreen Metro District
Medical Center of the Rockies
United Western Bank
Max Gill & Grill
OnCURE Medical Corp.
Kent Place, Denver
Sunrise Senior Living Center
Vail Calley Medical Center, Edwards Shaw Cancer Pavillion
UMB Bank
Trailhead Lodge; Steamboat Springs, CO
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children; Denver, CO
The Denver Hospice
Steele Street Bank & Trust; Denver, CO
Moody Insurance Agency

Select Private Collectors

Jack Nickolson
Mike Hampton
Larry & Angela Walker
John Elway