Schoharie Artist Shows “Art Inspired by Art Inspired by Nature” at the Berne Public Library

Connie Mosher has been creating art for the past 8 decades. “I wanted to draw as soon as I could hold a pencil and have been doing some form of art ever since,” says the artist, who is showing her work at the Berne Public Library for the month of August.

Ms. Mosher works mainly in oil, but also uses watercolor, pastels and colored pencil. Her more unconventional projects include experiments with “flower scanning”, placing fresh flowers face down on the printer and scanning them to make live still lifes; and Polaroid transfers. She became intrigued with the process of taking fresh Polaroid prints and transferring them to watercolor paper, which creates little painterly images.

Since moving to Schoharie three years ago, Ms. Mosher has learned many more ways to make art, mostly at workshops at the Schoharie Library or the Studio for Art and Craft in Cobleskill. These include making colorful fused glass art, making block prints, and learning needle-felting, which she calls “painting with wool”.

Ms. Mosher was born and grew up in Old Forge, NY, where she was inspired by the natural beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, lakes, and forests. She attended SUNY New Paltz and earned a BS in Art Education. Aside from a few years in Utah, England, and California, she spent most of her life in Western New York, where she and her husband raised their family. Throughout that time, she continued to explore the natural world and develop her artistic pursuits. She had several solo shows and participated in numerous group shows. She also exhibited at the Cooperstown Artisan Festival and at VIEW, the Arts Center in Old Forge, where one of her paintings is in their permanent collection. Here in Schoharie, she exhibited for two years at the Arts In Bloom Festival.

The current exhibit displays Connie Mosher’s latest series of “wool paintings,“ along with the oil paintings and works in other mediums that inspired them, all inspired by the beauty of nature. She says, “This is the reason the show is called, ART INSPIRED BY ART INSPIRED BY NATURE.”

The Berne Public Library is located at 1763 Helderberg Trail, Berne, NY 12023. Hours are Monday: 2-8pm, Tuesday: 10am-8pm, Wednesday: 12-8pm, Thursday: 2-8pm, Friday: 2pm- 6:00pm, Saturday: 9am - 3:00pm. The library is closed on Sundays.