Ruth Moses, Biography
and Resume
I grew up in an extraordinarily creative environment
and began painting when I was around four years old. It was the
activity that took center stage in our household, and my parents
encouraged me at every step of my education, which began with their
instruction and guidance.
My father, D.L. Roberts, studied at the Art Student’s League in New
York while a young man. He later met my mother, Pauline, also an
artist. They married and settled in rural Connecticut, where their
artistic serenity was temporarily unsettled by the birth of myself and
my brother, Paul. From our earliest years, my brother and I entered
into the profession of making and selling art. We accompanied our
parents to art fairs throughout Connecticut and on Cape Cod, where
they had secured gallery representation in Orleans, Wellfleet and
North Truro. I became familiar with all mediums, and by the time I
entered college I had already been a practicing artist for years.
After high school, I attended Hartford Art School, majoring in
Painting and Sculpture, and the Heatherly School of Fine Arts in
London before spending several years touring European museums and
major exhibits, continuing my sketching and painting.
It’s interesting that while in France one summer I worked in the
vineyards of the Côte d’Azur. This enchanting, sunlit time in my life
sparked my appreciation of fine wine, and of all the accouterments
surrounding it—colorful sparkling glasses, mysterious liquids of deep
dark red, expansive fields in Mediterranean sun, and of course the
labels, which to an artist are as distinctive and as much to be
treasured as the wine itself.
While in Saint Tropez, my life’s path took a new, exciting direction.
I had the good fortune to be “discovered” by Brigitte Bardot, who
introduced me to executives at Polydor Records in Europe. Music also
had been predominate in my family upbringing, and I had been singing
in historic restaurants both in the United States and Europe to
support my education. For the better part of a decade, I toured as a
recording artist and appeared regularly on television and in several
movies throughout Europe and the United States, achieving a top-forty
record in Europe along the way. These tours took me to most major
European cities, where I visited all of the major museums, continuing
always to study and draw from the Masters while I bided my time until
becoming an artist again.
These years are featured in the book, Getting To Nantucket: An
Artist's Journey, by Kerry Hallam, currently a highly successful
artist living on Nantucket, who was my singing partner and first
husband—as well as lifelong friend. It’s an interesting footnote that
my current husband, the writer and painter Jeffrey Moses, ghostwrote
Kerry’s autobiography. The book is selling well in galleries around
the United States.
Thereafter, I returned to the United States and established a career
in graphic design and illustration while continuing my fine arts. I
founded my own design firm that sold to a larger company. That freed
me to pursue and deepen my fine art studies, initially in pastel and
then in oils and acrylics.
Now, of course, my art focuses on themes of fine wine, incorporating
real wine labels into the paintings. These paintings have found their
way into the wine cellars, dens, kitchens and living rooms of a
growing number of wine and art appreciators. I am currently
represented by Lynn Field Reddoch Gallery in Seaside, Florida, and Art
at the Plaza in Belleair Bluffs, Florida (Tampa area). With my
husband, who also paints wine themes, I have attended a number of wine
festivals with great success. These include, among others, recent wine
festivals in Seaside, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Gallery Representation and Exhibitions
Kansas Pastel Society International Exhibition, 1988 and 1989
Pastel Society of America International Exhibition, New York 1989
Group Exhibition—Central Park Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri 1990
Art Expo—New York, N.Y. 1991, Front Line Graphics booth
Art Expo—Los Angeles, CA. 1991, Front Line Graphics booth
One Woman Exhibition—Unity Gallery, Fairfield, IA 1992
The Family Company Gallery, Fairfield, IA 1993
University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA 1994
Corntassels Gallery, Fairfield, IA 1993-1994
Cove Gallery, Naples, FL 1994-1995
The Gallery, Fairfield, IA 1995-1998
Toja Gallery, Seaside, FL 1998-1999
Fleming Fine Art, Boone, NC 1998-1999
Page O’Connor Fine Arts, Destin, FL 1999-2002
Whitney-Davidson Gallery, Huntsville, AL 2002-present
Lynn Field Reddoch Design, Seaside, FL 2001-present
Second Annual Atlanta Wine Festival, Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia,
March 2003
Villa Christina Wine Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2003
Alexander & Victor Fine Arts, Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, 2003
Seaside Wine Festivals, Seaside, FL, May and November 2004
Awards and Affiliations
Associate Member, Pastel Society of America, New York
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Finalist, 1988 Still Life Painting Competition, The Artist’s Magazine
(One hundred awards were given from over 5,000 entries
internationally)
Adriana Zahn Award for floral composition, October 1989 Pastel Society
of America International Exhibition, New York
Finalist, 1996 Dream Studio Competition, The Artist Magazine
March 2000, Critiqued in Art Clinic, The Artist Magazine
Spring 2001, Fine Art Magazine, Article about “Getting To Nantucket:
An Artist’s Journey” and Kerry Hallam, by Victor Forbes
May 2002, Winner, Seeing Red Poster Competition for fall wine
festival, Seaside, Florida
Spring 2003, Purchase of five works for the permanent collection by
Arnaud’s Restaurant in New Orleans, LA
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