Mary Irwin Moore

Mary Irwin Moore was born in Charleston, West Virginia, but at various points in her life has lived in Antwerp, Belgium and Osaka, Japan.

 

Mary holds a B.A. in Art from the University of Delaware, and continued to study painting at the Art Students League in New York with Harvey Dinnerstein, and in New Jersey with artists Mel Leipzig and Adolf Konrad. Her work has been widely shown in solo and group exhibitions, and is held in both public and private collections. She has also worked in the publishing industry as a layout artist and designer.

 

Mary and her husband, Wayne, have lived in Blacksburg since 1992, where she has worked at Mish Mish and Matrix Gallery. They have one daughter, Julia.​

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Artist Statement

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"My work is about ordinary structures, settings, and objects that exude a sense of the monumental or transcendent. I unexpectedly encounter places or things that evoke an electric, visceral response based on an amalgam of form, color, quality of light, and the ambient character of the site. I am more interested in a distilled sense of place than literal context. The way an image resonates with me goes beyond the formal elements that comprise it, and frequently leads me to a wordless longing for something that is beyond what I can see. The resulting paintings often have an ethereal or dreamlike quality to them. The process of painting involves a layered, multi-phased approach as I strive for nuanced resonance among colors, and for the piece to work as a whole on an atmospheric level."

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Scheduled Events​

 

​Opening Reception

Friday, September 5th, 5-8pm

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Downtown Blacksburg Art Walk

Friday, October 3rd, 5-8pm

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Artist Talk

Date & Time: TBA