Painting plein-air is her joy, and watercolor her favorite medium. When Mo’s not painting outdoors, she is working as a full-time commissioned painter and watercolor Instructor for the West Hartford Art League. Her work has received awards in multiple international competitions, most recently an NWS Past President Award from the 2025 National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition. As a plein-air painter, she works hard to make her watercolors feel like they have an essence of the place that they were painted.Mo graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Hartford Art School and furthered her exploration of painting and education during a residency at the Farmington Valley Arts Center in 2018. She continues to find any opportunity to learn and believes that learning to paint is a lifelong pursuit. Artist Statement I believe beauty is all around us. In ordinary places and in ordinary things. We only need to pause for a moment and become mindful of our surroundings. This is the goal of my work. To reflect on the beauty that surrounds you. The world has a way of pressing in on us. And we tend to feel the weight of our daily struggles longer than we should. The stress of these burdens deteriorates our sense of peace and well-being. Fine art restores the balance.When I paint, I get a profound feeling of peace, even if it's just for a moment, and I long to impart that feeling to you. My goal has always been to share the happiness and contentment I experience with you through watercolor. AwardsNWS Past President, Delmer Yoakum Award, National watercolor Society, Members Exhibition, 2025Winner, Nocturne Category, January 2025 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir® MagazineWinner, Artist under 40 Category, December 2024 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir® MagazineWinner, Artist under 40 Category, August 2024 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir® MagazineHonorable mention, Animals and Birds Category, August 2024 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir® MagazineHonorable mention, Women in Watercolor, 5th Annual International Juried Competition, 2024Winner, Animals and Birds Category, February 2024 PleinAir Salon from PleinAir® Magazine2nd Place, paint media, Glastonbury Arts 60th On the Green Show, 2023Streamline Publishing Merchandise Award, Women in Watercolor, 4th Annual International Juried Competition, 20232nd Place, paint media, Glastonbury Arts 59th On the Green Show, 2022Best in show, watercolor award “Artist Choice,” juried show. RI Watercolor Society, RI 2022Honorable mention, Open juried show. Gallery 25, Connecticut 2022Honorable Mention, paint media. Glastonbury Arts 58th On the Green Show, 202