CANADAY GALLERY EXHIBITION RECALLS POSTIMPRESSIONISTS

While the subjects of Ben Moore's paintings range from natural landscapes to urban views, still lifes and nudes, his handling of paint consistently reveals the artist's passion for color, form and light. A selection of Moore 's paintings will be shown in the gallery at Canaday Library in an exhibition titled "Color and Light" from Monday, Sept. 12, to Sunday, Oct. 23. Moore plans to give a gallery talk at a reception that will open the exhibition on Sept. 12 at 4:30 p.m. The show is free and open to the public.

Moore finds inspiration in the French post-impressionists, especially Cezanne, Van Gogh and Matisse, persistently exploring the tension between the flat surface of the canvas and the illusion of depth. He works directly from nature whenever possible and has painted "open air" landscapes across the globe, including Italy, Spain and his native New York. "My approach to painting is very simple," he says. "I try to paint what I would like to see or make real for myself. What that is depends on many factors but it is often a certain richness of color and solidity of form, as well as a real sense of light."

Moore 's work has been praised for its harmonious colors and its affinity with the post-impressionists. Critic Darrin Crane writes: "Moore 's compositions have the resonance of Roualt and the brilliantly slack light of Fairfield Porter." He has exhibited at Philadelphia's Mangel Gallery, the Munson Williams Proctor Institute in upstate New York and London's Wigmore Hall, where he had a solo exhibition in September 1998. Two of his paintings provide cover art for the recordings of world-renowned pianist Stephen Hough.

Born in Syracuse, N.Y., Moore currently resides on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He holds a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.F.A. in painting from New York's Parsons School of Design. He is an educator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and teaches drawing and painting at Marymount College.

"Color and Light" will be open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.

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