P Buckley Moss Christmas Ornaments - set of 3

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This is a set of three limited edition ornaments. Each is in excellent condition, only displayed once. Christmas Carol #2315/5000 Christmas Skaters #1159/5000 Christmas Night #108/5000 Each comes with the original certificate of authenticity. No handling fee, buyer pays actual shipping cost. Patricia Buckley was born on May 20th, 1933 , in the Richmond Borough of New York City . She was the second of three children of an Irish/AmericanSicilian Marriage. In grade school, young Patricia was perceived as a poor student, a circumstance probably attributable to dyslexia which is a generally misunderstood reading and perceptional "disorder". Nonetheless, one of her teachers determined that this little girl who was "Not Proficient In Anything" was artistically gifted. This outside opinion helped to convince Pat's mother to enroll her daughter in an extraordinary public school for girls in downtown Manhattan : the Washington Irving High School for the Fine Arts. It was t, in what obviously was a friendly learning environment, that Pat's artistic abilities were finally encouraged and seriously nourished. In 1951 Pat received a scholarship to New York 's Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She studied at this prestigious art school for four years and specialized in fine arts and graphic design. Soon after leaving school she married Jack Moss, a chemical engineer. In 1964, Pat's husband's work took his family by then five children with a sixth child ontheway to Waynesboro in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia . It was that she came to appreciate the quiet beauty of rural scenery and to know the picturesque and deeply religious Amish and Mennonite "plain" people. Soon she was incorporating these new elements into her art creating an impetus that revitalized her artistic career and reignited her ambitions. In 1967 she won her first major art show prize, a one person museum exhibition. This exhibition was a "sellout" and the success encouraged her to start seriously marketing her work. The uniqueness of her style and the warmth generated by her subject matter quickly won her wide spread recognition. Today, thousands of collectors in the United States , Europe , and Japan have come to recognize, appreciate, and treasure Pat Moss' art with its distinctive look and its great popular appeal. Although she now enjoys tremendous artistic success, Pat Moss has become almost equally wellknown for her dedicated work with special education groups and her generous donations to children-related charities. Pat Moss has become a role model for the learning impaired and frequently is asked to speak to special education classes. Donations of Moss' original works and prints to related children's charities have raised millions of dollars for their causes. In 1986, the P. Buckley Moss Society was established by a few zealous collectors to assist the artist and her husband in all of their charitable endeavors. This Society now has some 38 active chapters and a membership of approximately 15,000 members Pat Moss in her art and in her life seems to "speak" a language that ordinary folks are able to understand. Talent, determination, intelligibility, a little luck, and lots of caring are all parts of the Moss phenomenon. These are the attributes that constitute Moss' life and fill her art. For many who know her work and are familiar with her life and her upbeat philosophy, she truly is "THE PEOPLE'S ARTIST. read more

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