I took the leap from realism to impressionism and beyond, suggesting movement and creating action with a palette knife. Inspired by animals and color everywhere. That’s what Montana will do to you.” In 2007 Moore was honored with the Ralph “Tuffy” Berg Award at the C.M. Russell Museum Auction and Exhibition. A 2006 highlight was exhibiting with five other Montana impressionists in Paint Outside the Lines at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana, which was reviewed in the New York Times. The same year she was the featured artist at the Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Whitefish, MT. Numerous juried shows over the past years include benefits with the Hockaday Museum of Art, The C.M. Russell Museum, and the Montana Land Reliance, as well as, open jury exhibitions with The Academy of Equine Artists; and as a member, The Society of Animal Artists. Moore was also chosen as a featured artist by The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 2000. over a long career she was privileged to have work covered in numerous books and magazines, plus the publication of her own children’s books. This Maryland born, self-taught artist continues to learn and expand. “Always expect the unexpected.”