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CHARLENE MOSLEY
Fine Artist- Muralist- Illustrator
Born and raised in Berlin, Charlene Mosley is an Oscar-nominated, San Diego- based fine artist, illustrator, concept artist and muralist. She received her BA in Studio Arts from San Diego State University with a minor in German Studies.
In 2016, Mosley was one of the contributing artists of “Loving Vincent“, the first ever fully-painted, Oscar-Nominated feature film. This opportunity was the artist’s first time working in animation in Poland. Creating over 250 frames of the film while in Poland “was life changing in a way, and a motivation to keep pursuing my passion as an independent artist”, notes Mosley. During the promotional touring and award ceremonies following the films debut in the US, Charlene had gotten to work closely with the Royal Talens Art Supply company which resulted in her becoming one of their ambassadors.
In 2019, Charlene started work as the Creative Artist of international company, Hugo Morton Inc, and underwent extensive traveling to Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, China and various locations in Europe to work on an array of projects. She created concept designs for a WWII film in Prague, storyboards, jewelry display illustrations for Thialh, huge murals, artistic car designs for luxury car shows and all kinds of creative works for the company internationally.
Charlene works as a freelance, independent artist on several projects, such as murals, private commissions, and book illustrations with clients. Mosley has illustrated more than 20 published children's books and coloring books. In addition to that she has created covers and illustrations for various adult literary and research books. Several have won awards, of which three won first and second place, Purple Dragon awards; within their respective categories. She works closely with various art collectors, businesses and authors nationally and internationally, shipping out commissioned paintings as big as 12x8 feet. One long-time client is renowned professional dreamer and powerhouse, author Deedee Cummings, the founder of Make A Way Media and the Louisville Book Festival with which the artist continues to work on illustrating and publishing more diverse children's books annually.
As a muralist, her roster of public and private murals includes locations such as: San Diego State University, Barrio Logan, La Jolla Shores, Horton Plaza, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Lake Forest and Shenzhen, China.
Her personal artwork is created in her San Diego studio, STUDIO 15, at Art on 30th. Charlene is currently represented by Sparks Gallery in Downtown San Diego, California; in her fourth year now. The artist has just finished work on her solo exhibition, "Embrace Your Inner Wild" which is being showcased at Sparks Gallery from September 1-30th and incudes an artist talk on September 29th, 2024, at 11:30am at the gallery.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
Charlene's current work discusses the importance of the balance between inward looking and outward living.
"So often in a society that has certain standards and expectations, a lot of our true self is hidden or tamed to fit in, to appear a certain way or to belong," notes Mosley. For her body of work is meant to inspire the viewer to live a courageously as a tiger, as resilient and liberated as a butterfly, to shed in renewal, as a snake does. The wild animals in Mosley's paintings and drawings reveal a connection to the person depicted in each of the works. the animals embody courage, strength, transformation, and reinvention. These creatures empower through their presence. Mosley's work often depicts people of color surrounded by plants and beautiful, stoic animals that harmoniously charge each other in vibrant color. She portrays figures and faces of various backgrounds immersed in organic natural elements such as plants and animals. She uses vibrant expressive brushstrokes to bring the paintings to life mainly in oils, watercolors, ink and gouache. She has recently started exploring miniature scenery paintings of her travels as well. Her work expresses her observations of current matters and experiences living in a 21st century media driven society and its relationship to nature.
Fine Artist- Muralist- Illustrator
Born and raised in Berlin, Charlene Mosley is an Oscar-nominated, San Diego- based fine artist, illustrator, concept artist and muralist. She received her BA in Studio Arts from San Diego State University with a minor in German Studies.
In 2016, Mosley was one of the contributing artists of “Loving Vincent“, the first ever fully-painted, Oscar-Nominated feature film. This opportunity was the artist’s first time working in animation in Poland. Creating over 250 frames of the film while in Poland “was life changing in a way, and a motivation to keep pursuing my passion as an independent artist”, notes Mosley. During the promotional touring and award ceremonies following the films debut in the US, Charlene had gotten to work closely with the Royal Talens Art Supply company which resulted in her becoming one of their ambassadors.
In 2019, Charlene started work as the Creative Artist of international company, Hugo Morton Inc, and underwent extensive traveling to Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, China and various locations in Europe to work on an array of projects. She created concept designs for a WWII film in Prague, storyboards, jewelry display illustrations for Thialh, huge murals, artistic car designs for luxury car shows and all kinds of creative works for the company internationally.
Charlene works as a freelance, independent artist on several projects, such as murals, private commissions, and book illustrations with clients. Mosley has illustrated more than 20 published children's books and coloring books. In addition to that she has created covers and illustrations for various adult literary and research books. Several have won awards, of which three won first and second place, Purple Dragon awards; within their respective categories. She works closely with various art collectors, businesses and authors nationally and internationally, shipping out commissioned paintings as big as 12x8 feet. One long-time client is renowned professional dreamer and powerhouse, author Deedee Cummings, the founder of Make A Way Media and the Louisville Book Festival with which the artist continues to work on illustrating and publishing more diverse children's books annually.
As a muralist, her roster of public and private murals includes locations such as: San Diego State University, Barrio Logan, La Jolla Shores, Horton Plaza, Venice Beach, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Lake Forest and Shenzhen, China.
Her personal artwork is created in her San Diego studio, STUDIO 15, at Art on 30th. Charlene is currently represented by Sparks Gallery in Downtown San Diego, California; in her fourth year now. The artist has just finished work on her solo exhibition, "Embrace Your Inner Wild" which is being showcased at Sparks Gallery from September 1-30th and incudes an artist talk on September 29th, 2024, at 11:30am at the gallery.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
Charlene's current work discusses the importance of the balance between inward looking and outward living.
"So often in a society that has certain standards and expectations, a lot of our true self is hidden or tamed to fit in, to appear a certain way or to belong," notes Mosley. For her body of work is meant to inspire the viewer to live a courageously as a tiger, as resilient and liberated as a butterfly, to shed in renewal, as a snake does. The wild animals in Mosley's paintings and drawings reveal a connection to the person depicted in each of the works. the animals embody courage, strength, transformation, and reinvention. These creatures empower through their presence. Mosley's work often depicts people of color surrounded by plants and beautiful, stoic animals that harmoniously charge each other in vibrant color. She portrays figures and faces of various backgrounds immersed in organic natural elements such as plants and animals. She uses vibrant expressive brushstrokes to bring the paintings to life mainly in oils, watercolors, ink and gouache. She has recently started exploring miniature scenery paintings of her travels as well. Her work expresses her observations of current matters and experiences living in a 21st century media driven society and its relationship to nature.
Find out more about the artist:
Facebook: Charlene Mosley
Instagram: @cm__art
Email: [email protected]
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