"CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE"
-Matisse
About Martha:
I was raised in Calgary and after a fulfilling career in broadcast journalism and corporate communications in Alberta and Ontario a move to two beautiful parts of Canada, firstly the Okanagan Valley BC and now to Georgian Bay ON, changed my thinking about how I wanted to “interpret my world” and I transitioned from writing to drawing and painting.
My work is recognized for strong expressive strokes, emotional energy and dramatic blends of colour.
"When I paint I am totally immersed in the moment and unaware of my surroundings. The only focus is my canvas where the marks that I make and the feelings they evoke take over. From beneath layers of texture a story begins to emerge, often unintended but arresting in its intensity. When the painting is finished I'm usually covered in paint and exhausted but exhilarated and very grateful for the ‘stories’ I am able to create and the pleasure they bring to others".
Even away from my studio I'm immersed in art as a Director of the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, an Elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (Toronto, ON), NAP Contemporary Fine Arts (US) and most recently as an Elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists (Toronto, ON)
Martha Moore SCA, NCFA, OSA
ART
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Village Gallery, Lumby BC www.monasheeartscouncil.com
2023 Federation Showcase www.artists.ca
Mountainside Gallery, Collingwood ON www.mountainsidegalleryinc.com
ARTE Funktional Gallery, Vernon BC www.artefunktional.com
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Langley, BC **
** Link to the description of the travelling exhibition and podcasts: www.pentictonartscouncil.com/modern-elder
ARTSY, New York NY www.artsy.net
ARTSPER Paris, France www.artsper.com
2022
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Langley, BC
Mountainside Gallery, Collingwood ON www.mountainsidegalleryinc.com
Dragonfly Arts on Broadway, Orangeville ON www.dragonflyarts.ca
Limitless, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC Nov - Dec www.artists.ca
Harvest Time 2022, Beaux Arts Gallery, Brampton ON October - November www.beauxartsbrampton.org
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC October www.terraceart.gallery.com
Chapter Challenge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC www.artists.ca
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Quesnel Art Centre, Quesnel BC July & August www.quesnelartgallery.ca
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake BC July
ARTE Funktional Gallery, Vernon BC www.artefunktional.com
NAP International juried, Baylor Gallery, Waco TX April
ARTSPER Paris, France www.artsper.com
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Penticton Arts Council Gallery, Penticton BC Feb 4 - March 15, 2022
***Aging, Art and the Modern Elder On-line Link and Podcast can be found at: www.pentictonartscouncil.com/modern-elder
ARTSY, New York NY www.artsy.net
2021
ARTE Funktional Pop-Up Art Exhibition, 3001 31 Street, Vernon BC Nov - Dec
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Armstrong Gallery, Armstrong BC November
Aging, Art and the Modern Elder, Gallery 1401, Cranbrook BC Ocotber Note: On-line link and Podcast above
NAP International juried, San Franscico CA September
Chapter Challenge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC www.artists.ca
Inspired Living Art at Predator Ridge, July 20, 2-7pm, online July 21: www.inspiredlivingart.com
Okanagan Artists of Canada, 75th Anniversary, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon BC
TNSC Spring Regional, juried, Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops BC
Artist's Choice, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
Abstracted, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
ARTSY, New York NY www.artsy.net
ARTE Funktional Gallery, Vernon BC www.artefunktional.com
2020
Okanagan Artists of Canada www.okanaganartistsofcanada.ca
NOFCA Connections. juried, Vernon Community Arts Centre, Vernon BC
Art Converging in Times of Distancing, Pop-Up Gallery 3003 31 Street, Vernon BC
Courthouse Gallery, juried, Kamloops BC - TNSC 15th Regional Show
Inspired Living Art at Predator Ridge, August 12-20, 2020: www.inspiredlivingart.com
Caetani Cultural Centre Splash of Red : www.splashofred.ca
CO-FCA OASIS, juried, Peachland Art Gallery, Peachland BC
365 Calendar, juried online, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC: www.artists.ca
Canvas Unbound, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
Artist's Choice, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
Abstracted, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC: www.artists.ca
SCA 2020 International juried Online Exhibition: www.societyofcanadianartists.com
Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, BC
ARTE funktional, Vernon BC: www.artefunktional.com
ARTSY, New York, NY
2019
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
ARTSY, New York, NY
Works on Paper, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC - Awarded Third for Inside Passage Two
Abstracted, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
Courthouse Gallery, juried, Kamloops BC - TNSC National Open Show
NAP International, juried, Austin TX
Inspired Living, juried, Predator Ridge, Vernon BC
Scenes of Western Canada, juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
El Grand Final, ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
SCA 2019 National Juried, Viva Vida Gallery, Montreal QC
Okanagan Artists of Canada, Famous Forgeries, Paddlewheel Hall, Vernon BC
Autumn Gallery, CO-FCA juried, Okanagan Mission Hall, Kelowna, BC
Creatio Gallery, Lake Country, BC
2018
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
NAP International juried, Seattle WA
ARTSY, New York, NY
SCA 2018 International Online juried Show
Armstrong Gallery, Armstrong BC
Gainsborough Gallery, Calgary AB
10 Squared, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
FCA Juried, Autumn Gallery, Mission Hall, Kelowna BC
Sage-ing Magazine, www.sageing.ca, Issue 27, "Interpreting my World..."
2017
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
NAP International juried, Austin TX
Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC
SCA 2017 National juried, The Papermill Gallery, Toronto ON
SCA juried, Art Square, Toronto ON
Creatio Gallery, Lake Country BC
2016
FCA juried, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon BC
SCA National juried, The Leyton Gallery, St. John's NL
Ribbon Show, Armstrong Gallery
Limitless, FCA Online juried show
Ashpa Naira Gallery, Vernon, BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
SCA 2016 National Online juried Show
TNSC National juried, Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2015
Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Ribbon Show, People's Choice, Armstrong Gallery
OASIS, National juried, Rotary Centre of the Arts, Kelowna
Landscape Show, juried,Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
TNSC National juried, Courthouse Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Body Language,Creatio Gallery, Lake Country BC
Myths & Truths, Performing Arts Centre Gallery, Vernon
2014
Abstract Show & Artists Choice, Award of Excellence, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
ARTE funktional, Kelowna BC
Creatio Gallery, ExNihilo, Lake Country, BC
CONTACT
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
ARTE Funktional Gallery, Vernon BC, https//www.artefunktional.com
Mountainside Gallery, Collingwood ON, https//mountainsidegalleryinc.com
STUDIO LOCATION: Georgian Bay,Ontario
TEL: 905.442.0007 | marwest2@gmail.com