“My paintings spring from a love and appreciation of Nature, filtered through a meld of ever-changing life experiences. The art reflects what I see now and what I have experienced throughout my life. In expressing my impressions in abstract form, I am consciously freeing form and color from Nature to focus on the essential order of things as I see and feel them.”
Liana Moonie was raised in Italy in a creative family. Her father introduced her to watercolor painting, a favorite hobby of his. She earned a teaching degree, and after the Second World War moved to the United States and became a U.S citizen. She has traveled extensively in the U.S., Europe and South America. She studied art with Robert Brackman, Edgar Whitney, William Maxwell and other prominent artists.
Originally a representational artist, for many years she has favored semi-abstract and abstract painting, and has developed a unique style in various media, including watercolor, oil, pastel, collage, encaustic, woodcut, etching, monoprint and monotype.
Liana’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Coral Springs Art Museum in Florida, the Director's Choice show at the Silvermine Art Galleries in New Canaan, the Treasure Room Gallery of the Interchurch Center in New York City, the Watermark Gallery in Bridgeport, the UMA Gallery in New York City, the Art/Place Gallery in Fairfield, and the President's Choice Show at the Greenwich Art Society. She has exhibited in many juried and invitational shows throughout the Northeast, and has participated in several traveling shows in the U.S. and abroad. Her paintings appear in several public and private collections.
Credits:
Silvermine Arts Center