In Love 1983 18x16

Year1983

Hand SignedLower Left 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with GlassFramed With Conservation Glass 

Story / Additional InfoIN LOVE depicts a young Plain couple in the foreground with a barn in the background. The lady is carrying a basket of apples, symbolic of a strong work ethic. The apple is a "Biblical fruit" steeped in many symbolic meanings. In Pat's art, when carried by the female figure, they represent the "fruits" of labor. With her ability to bear children, the female figure represents the archetypal earth mother or goddess. The bucket carried by the man is symbolic of a strong work ethic and represents the stoic provider. When Pat arrived in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1964, she became acquainted with the Amish and Old Order Mennonites who lived in the counties surrounding Waynesboro. While the plain people have a long history going back to the Anabaptists, Pat's highly stylized interpretation of them is both generic and symbolic. The figures do not represent specific individuals, but are used for their visual archetypal value. With their strong work ethic, traditional lifestyle and devotion to faith, family and community, these plain people became part of her iconography; symbolic "Living Saints," supplanting earlier Catholic ones. The elongated figures, part of Pat's unique style, are shown as hard working, faithful, and family oriented. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID133555

Pat Buckley Moss - United States

Art Brokerage: Patricia Buckley Moss American Artist: b. 1933. Patricia Buckley Moss was born on May 20th, 1933, in the Richmond Borough of New York City. Pat was the second of three children of an Irish American/Sicilian marriage. In grade school, young Patricia was perceived as a poor student, a circumstance probably attributable to dyslexia which is a generally misunderstood reading and perceptional "disorder". Nonetheless, one of her teachers determined that this little girl who was "Not Proficient In Anything" was artistically gifted. This outside opinion helped to convince Pat's mother to enroll her daughter in an extraordinary public school for girls in downtown Manhattan: the Washington Irving High School for the Fine Arts. It was there, in what obviously was a friendly learning environment, that Pat's artistic abilities were finally encouraged and seriously nourished. Please list original paintings only for Pat Buckley Moss. We no longer accept print listings for this artist. Original paintings only.