"Reflecting Pool" by Steve Moppert

* Original oil painting on canvas  //   Estimated value = $2,000

* Total dimensions (unframed) = 25 x 26 inches

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Artist Bio

Steve Moppert, the winner of the National Portrait Competition Grand Prize for Best in Show in 1981, has successfully balanced an active career as a portrait artist with one as a painter of landscapes, still lifes, and figurative works for more than 48 years.

Moppert attended the Art Students League of New York where he was under the tutelage of some of America’s most prominent artists. He extended his studies by traveling to Spain for an in-depth study of the Spanish master Joaquin Sorolla. In the early 1990s, he studied at the Art Students League of Denver and while in Colorado was accepted into workshops conducted by some of our modern-day masters.

His family portraits have graced homes across the United States and Mexico. Moppert’s paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion, the Mississippi State Historical Museum, Mississippi College, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the Louisiana State University Medical Center. He most recently completed portraits for three institutions in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee.  His subjects have included leading educators, scientists, physicians, and clergymen. His paintings have been featured in “Colorado Homes and Lifestyles,” “Mississippi Magazine,” and “International Artist Magazine.” He is a member of the Oil Painters of America.