Moya Cozens watercolor The Pink Fish Jamaica Fishing

Moya Cozens (English, 1920-1990) The Pink Fish watercolor, signed l.r., titled on verso sheet measures approximately: 15 1/2″ W x 22 5/8″ H Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing (if paying by check or cash, processing fee will be refunded) and carrier fees. If local pickup is selected and if applicable, payment processing fee will still be assessed and due. About Moya Cozens Moya Cozens was born in Forest Hill in 1920 and raised in Melbourne Australia between 1926 and 1932, before coming back to England. In London, she studied at the Slade and specialized in portraiture, winning several prizes between 1938 and 1941. The event that revolutionized her art was living in Jamaica. Cozens moved to and lived in Jamaica from early 1956 though the end of 1958. Most of her work was inspired by painting en plein air the local scenes of the people and animals. She developed a personal style in her watercolors that conveyed the affection and admiration for this culture. During the years spent on the Caribbean island, she became a teacher at the recently established Jamaica School of Art and Crafts. Once back in England, Cozens lived in Penge in South London, and taught art at the Croydon High School in the 1970s and 1980s, before retiring in Denton, Sussex. Her works have been exhibited at the Royal Academy, at the Ashgate Gallery in Farnham, Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry, Heal’s Mansard Gallery, Zwemmer’s Gallery and in America and South America.