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Gia Moody
GIA MOODY
MEDIUM
Painting
ARTIST STATEMENT
“A never-ending experience of observing and feeling the movements and complexities of the ocean is my muse. Through my work, I aim to capture the depth, the power, and the subtle beauty of the ocean.”
ARTIST BIO
Gia began her early career as a commercial interior designer. Being a Hospitality and Resort designer allowed her to live and work in cities around the world like, New York, Chicago, Singapore, India and Florence, Italy.
Italy is where she really began painting, immersing herself in the history of art and formal figurative training amongst life’s greatest masters. One summer she found herself painting in the tobacco fields of Tuscany and that was it, she was hooked on “plein air.” She returned to So Cal where she combined her love of painting with the local beach culture and waves became the focus of her art. She is predominately a seascape painter who loves to paint the energy of the ocean.
Her new work, “Ocean’s Breath” captures the dance of light and shadow across the waves. This collection immerses the viewer in the quiet powerful rhythm of the ocean, where light and shadow merge to create fleeting moments of beauty.”
Trained in the classical figurative tradition at the New York Academy of Art, she received her MFA as well as a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has a Post-Baccalaureate from Studio Art Center International, Italy, and studied at Laguna College of Art and Design as well as privately with local Plein Air Painters in Southern California. Her work has been shown in Los Angeles, New York, Virginia, Italy, Canada and Orange County. She is an award- winning artist and a member of the Laguna Plein Air Painter’s Association, SOCAL Papa and the American Impressionist Society.
