Renowned artist P. Buckley Moss has created a new painting titled “The Peaks Visitors”, which will be released as a limited edition giclée on paper during Apple Barn Gallery’s show November 2-4. Ms. Moss will be available from 12 to 4 P.M. on Sunday, November 4, to meet collectors and sign her work. “The Peaks Visitors” features the famous Peaks of Otter and a few of its many visitors; also included in the image is Abbott Lake and Polly Woods Ordinary.
Apple Barn Gallery is one of about 300 galleries that carries P. Buckley Moss’ art. Each year Moss travels the country to visit up to 20 of these galleries for special shows.
Moss is well-known throughout the country for her portrayals of the Amish and for her tranquil landscapes. “I love traveling and meeting so many interesting people who truly care about others,” says Moss. “I feel like I have a vast network of extended family. I try to focus my art on the positive elements of life, and I find so much inspiration in the wonderful people I meet.”
Moss will meet collectors of her art and sign prints and all purchases made during the show. Collectors are invited to bring two previously purchased prints, paintings, or products for personalization as well.
Moss has achieved phenomenal success in the art world and has spent the last 25 years giving back a measure of that success to the community. Donations of her artwork have raised more than $4 million for worthy charitable organizations across the country.
In this endeavor, she is helped by the P. Buckley Moss Society, a group of more than 12,000 collector-members. She has also established the P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children’s Education, which promotes the use of art in the school curriculum as an aid to reaching out to children with learning differences. Ms. Moss is dyslexic and grew up at a time when little was understood of this learning difficulty. Having achieved success in spite of (or, as she says, because of) this impediment, she is eager to help reach children in similar circumstances today.
Members of the local chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society, Moss in the Country, will be present during the show to promote their current fundraiser to benefit the Botetourt Free Clinic.
For more information contact Rachel Nichols at Apple Barn Gallery, 19781 Main St., P. O. Box 1042, Buchanan, VA 24066; phone: 540-254-6677; or e-mail: [email protected].