Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art Vol 2 no 10 October 2013

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Studio Visit Connie Morse
Connie L. Morse was born in a booming mining town called Rio Tinto, Nevada. Her mother and
father owned the Mountain City Hotel and one of her fondest childhood memories was of going to
sleep at night with the sound of music drifting up through the hardwood floors of the old hotel for
the Saturday night dance. A ranching community Mountain City consisted of eighty people, eight
bars and a general store.
Having an artistic father also had a lot of influence on Connie and at an early age she completed
her first painting using his oil paints. What makes an artist Is it heredity, environment or just lust
for life
Connie’s bold brush strokes and brilliant use of color make her style distinctive and appealing. She
has been in the “Arts for the Parks” competition top 200 in 1995 and 1996. In 2004 she was juried
into the top 100 for the miniature show and contest. She was a guest artist with the Plein Air
Painters of America in 2001 and again in 2003 for the organizations 18th gathering on Catalina
Island. She was interviewed for the book, Enchanted Isle which includes a full page image of her
painting “Corona” an old sailboat anchored in the bay. She was also a guest artist with the Rocky
Mountain Plein Air Painters in 2003. Her plein air painting, “Beaver Meadows” 18 X 24 oil, won
the Collectors Choice Award as well as one of the top eighteen and top three awards out of over
450 paintings. Juror: Ed Trumble, Leanin Tree Museum of Western Art.
Connie won the “Best Painting” and “Best of Show” awards for her painting entitled “First Snow”
at the Visions of America show at the El Presidio Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. Jurors: Richard Iams
and Greg Wallace.
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