It has been said that painting ability is not measured by the paints or the brush, but in the ability to see how things come together.  Artist Stan Moeller has the vision that allows him to capture the mood of his subjects.  One collector commented, "Stan paints the things we can not see."

A long-time resident of York, Maine, Stan Moeller was born and raised in rural Indiana.  Excelling in art an early age, Stan always preferred modeling clay or a blank sheet of paper to coloring books.  During high school, he took first place in every category of the school’s art shows, and went on to study life drawing and painting at Western Michigan University for several years. 

Stan believes that, "the best teacher is the very act of painting" (Joaquín Sorolla).  Further studies have included painting on location “en plein air” with his friend and mentor, Don Stone, and continued self-education via the writings and styles of John Singer Sargent, Nikolai Fechin, Birge Harrison, Robert Henri, and Charles Hawthorne.

An award-winning artist, Moeller excels in his ability to paint diverse subject matter: landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, and figurative works.  Less interested in technical reality than the mood of reality, he uses spontaneous brushwork and vibrant color to capture the way light moves around and affects a subject as much as the subject itself.

Stan won the Marine Environment Wildlife Award, for Best Depiction of Wildlife in its Natural Habitat, in the 25th Annual International Marine Art, Mystic, CT Exhibition (2004), and was awarded a month-long residency by, Les Amis De La Grande Vigne, in Dinan France (Brittany), in 2003.  He was awarded Second place by International Artist magazine for the Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes Challenge, for his painting of Gull Rock (Monhegan), which was featured in International Artist #25, June/July 2002. He was a featured artist in the December 2006/ January 2007 issue of International Artist Magazine and featured in American Art Collector Magazine, June 2009 See: http://www.stanmoeller.com/images/AmArtColJune2009.htm

and Southwest Art in 2008.

Moeller’s paintings are represented in both private and corporate collections in the USA and Europe as well as in fine art galleries across the USA, including: The Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, Florida, The Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, The Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts and The Mill Fine Arts Gallery, Santa FE, NM

A highly respected and popular instructor, Stan teaches plein air painting workshops on Monhegan Island, Maine every June and September (since 2001), and in La Napoule (Cote d’Azur), France and Spannocchia (Tuscany), Italy. 

For more information visit www.stanmoeller.com, email: mail@stanmoeller.com, or call (207) 337-0714.