Walter Mosley

Walter Lynn Mosley has been an artist all his life having begun to draw at age 3. From 1989 until 2000 Walter studied painting with Frank Mason at the Art Students League and then again in 2008 shortly before his death. Frank Mason has been the most influential instructor in Walter’s life. Walter has continued his studies with Thomas Torak at the League from 2008 until the present. At the League Walter has benefited as well from a year of study with Greg Kreutz (2012-13) and upon his arrival in New York City with George Passantino (1988-89). Prior to that Walter received his earliest, serious instruction in portrait painting in oil from Bob Gerbracht in San Jose, California (1984-86) and later with Maynard Stewart at San Jose State University where he recieved a BA in Fine Art. (1988).

1989-2000, 2008 Frank Mason, Art Students League
1988-89, 2008-present George Passantino, Gregg Kreutz, Thomas Torak, Art Students League
1988 San Jose State University, Graduated B.A. Fine Art, studied with Maynard Stewart
1984-86 Bob Gerbracht, private instruction, San Jose, CA

2014 April/May contest of the 4th Annual PleinAir Salon

Richeson 75 Landscape, Seascape & Architecture 2014, Kimberly, WI

North East Watercolor Society 2014 Annual Members Exhibition, Middletown, NY

2013 Truman’s Grooming Salon, New York, NY

Claude Parsons Memorial Award, The American Artists Professional League, 85th Grand National Exhibition

Continuity/Perspective Award, American Artists Professional League Summer Theme Show 2013, Landscapes, Seascapes, Streetscapes, New York, NY

Nude Nite, Tampa, FL

Nude Nite, Orlando, FL

2012 American Artists Professional League 84th Grand National Exhibition, New York, NY

70th Audubon Artists Annual Exhibition, New York, NY

The Teaching Studios of Art 2nd Annual Plein Air Competition at

Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY

Bryant Park Painter-in-Residence Program, New York, NY

Affordable Art Fair NYC, Spring Edition, 7 W. 34th St., New York, NY

2011 American Artists Professional League 83rd Grand National Exhibition, New York, NY

The Teaching Studios of Art 1st Annual Plein Air Competition at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY

2009 Greenhouse Gallery Salon International, San Antonio, TX