Ardelle Mosier, was a Charter Member of the Valley Art Gallery in California. She considered herself a “late bloomer” to the painting world.
Although she was an art major, she only became an active painter later in life.
After spending close to 30 years traveling with her Air Force husband on various assignments and raising a family, time became available to pursue her interest and talent more aggressively. She felt her work was so versatile in part due to her travel.
The southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and historic Route 66 have inspired her desert scenes.
Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana gave her the lush foliage and gardens represented in several of her paintings. It was living in Colorado and North Dakota that originally motivated Ardelle to create her snow scenes. She found it fascinating that snow is not actually white, but that it reflects every color of the rainbow.
It was California that inspired her seascapes with it’s miles of coastline, historic missions and majestic mountains. Her seascapes reflect the many locations throughout the state, each one different and magnificent.
Her move to Upstate New York opened many new vistas to continue her interests with its’ natural beauty and historic venues. With all of the vivid memories of each beautiful place visited, she translated those memories to canvas.