Based in New York, painter Cobi Moules creates work that engages with queer and transgender identity, relationships, pop culture and the complexities of family. Moules’s self-portraits, both realistic and imagined, express a signature style consisting of multiple copies of himself, often painted over 19th-century American landscapes. Moules chooses these locations intentionally for their connections to “America’s first true artistic fraternity” — the Hudson River School.
Moules was born in 1980 in Oakdale, California, and his early memories include painting on his grandmother’s porch, struggling with the process and his mistakes. Despite his frustration, Moules found himself returning to art again and again.
In 2004, Moules graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and in 2010, he received a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Moules was an artist-in-residence at six different organizations, earning fellowships from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2008 and the Joan Mitchell MFA Grant in 2010. After graduation, Moules earned the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant.
Two of his projects are named after modified lyrics from a famous Cyndi Lauper song: "Bois Just Want To Have Fun" and "That’s All They Really Want." They vibrantly examine the visual renegotiation of personal image.
Moules’s work has been exhibited widely across the United States, including at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Jepson Center in Georgia, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine and Smack Mellon in New York. The Leslie Lohman Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the RISD Museum and the 21c Museum have all acquired his work.
Moules’s work, which challenges the conventions of American art and its landscape painting traditions, continues to capture the attention of critics and collectors.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Cobi Moules paintings.
Untitled (Ausable River 1) - Contemporary figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative hyperreal landscape oil painting, "(Untitled (Ausable River 1))," by Cobi Moules. Oil on canvas. 8 x 6 inches. Offered unframed. Driven by the desire for adventure and di...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Ausable River 2) - Contemporary figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative hyperreal landscape oil painting, "(Untitled (Ausable River 2)," by Cobi Moules. Oil on canvas. 8 x 10 inches. Offered unframed. Driven by the desire for adventure and di...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Adirondacks) - Figurative landscape painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape painting by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature all the while shifting its weight throu...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Island in the Sky) - Figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape oil painting, "(Island in the Sky)," by Cobi Moules Oil on canvas. 8 x 10 inches Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of natu...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Mountain view of Schroon Lake) - Figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape oil painting, "(Mountain view of Schroon Lake)," by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Salt Marsh Herring Cove)
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape painting titled "Untitled (Salt Marsh Herring Cove)" by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature all the while shifting its weight through the exaltation of his own existence within, and as part, of it. This is best exemplified by the way he incorporates multiple self-portraits throughout his compositions. The multiplicity of self takes both precedence over, as well as integration into, the landscape creating a world with a sense of excitement, self-worth and play. The locations of Moules’ compositions are equally important. All of the locations were previously depicted in paintings by the Hudson River School. Through the exploration of the grand American landscape and the reflection on mid-19th century American...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Ship Harbor)
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Winter landscape painting by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas Exhibition History: "New England Now: People," Shelburne Museum, Vermont (June 26 - October 17, 2021) Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature all the while shifting its weight through the exaltation of his own existence within, and as part, of it. This is best exemplified by the way he incorporates multiple self-portraits throughout his compositions. The multiplicity of self takes both precedence over, as well as integration into, the landscape creating a world with a sense of excitement, self-worth and play. The locations of Moules’ compositions are equally important. All of the locations were previously depicted in paintings by the Hudson River School. Through the exploration of the grand American landscape and the reflection on mid-19th century American landscape painting, Moules navigates the parallels between the Hudson River School and the religious ideology that was an integral part of his formative years. Shared throughout both is the elevation of purity, virginity and the honor of sacrificing one’s selfhood for the glory of God. As the Hudson River School artists’ work embodies the overpowering force of God made manifest through nature, so do the religious voices of Moules’ past against the validation of his existence. Moules states, “As a queer and trans person, I seek to renegotiate my relationship with this upbringing and the act of being told I am ‘unnatural’ through such a Christian lens. I utilize traditional representation as a way of seeking inclusion while disrupting the original narrative. Creating a space for personal significance and a queer and trans presence, the importance becomes the experience of my multiple and overall presence. It is a community of me playing, exploring my selves, exploring nature and being part of it.” Landscape, nature, figurative painting, self portrait, portrait, seascape, coastline, seashore, Hudson River School, contemporary art, Ship Harbor...
Canvas, Oil
$206
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 1.58 in
Malaga Shadows, Paintings of Spain, Cityscape Painting, Miniature Artwork
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
Malaga Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Started Plein Air and finished in the Artist's studio this painting is of Malaga's Old City. It is Very early spring, the s...
Canvas, Oil
$8,400
H 30 in W 40 in
"Congregation" the sun sets on the ocean, beach balls gathered on the shore
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Canvas, Oil
$16,862
H 76.38 in Dm 76.38 in
Round Landscape Painting by Calo Carratalá, 73.3 In. Wide, Contemporary Art
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Sailing from Leticia to Santa Rosa is a unique round oil on canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, diameter is 194 (76.4). The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
Canvas, Oil
$3,784
H 48.04 in W 36.23 in D 1.19 in
Ocean Light, Original Figurative Painting, Atmospheric art, Underwater Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Ocean Light is an original figurative painting by artist Bill Bate. It features two figures underwater in this atmospheric composition and colour palette. Bill Bate was interested in...
Canvas, Oil
$309
H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in
Venice, Original Cityscape Painting, Painting of Venice, Textured Cityscape Art
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
Venice is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Inspired by the Grand Canal in Venice this painting depicts sunset reflecting in the canals surface. The atmospheric blue moulds ar...
Canvas, Oil
$45,000
H 51.19 in W 76.78 in
Un Chien une Chaise et les Gamins-Terrasse by Hugues Pissarro - Oil Painting
By Hugues Claude Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Un Chien une Chaise et les Gamins-Terrasse by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (B. 1935) Oil on canvas 130 x 195 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 76 ³/₄ inches) Dated on reverse, 1991 ...
Canvas, Oil
$11,316
H 44.89 in W 127.56 in
Myrdal, Norway by Calo Carratalá - Winter mountain landscape, snowy weather
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Myrdal, Norway is a unique oil on canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 114 × 324 cm (44.9 × 127.6 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed a...
Canvas, Oil
$688
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Summers Serenity, Textured Seascape Art, Oil Painting of the Cornish Landscape
By Georgie Dowling
Located in Deddington, GB
An original oil painting on fine cotton canvas portraying a beautiful summers day on the beach. The distant sea sparkles under the bright sky of the day while gentle waves make their...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 65 in W 75 in D 1.5 in
"The Path" by Lesley Anne Spowart - Contemporary Figurative in Pink and Pastels
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "The Path" 2022 Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Wire The artist signed the bottom left and back of the painting. In The Pat...
Wire
$5,504
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Sky Fall 33, Figurative Artwork, Minimalist Utopian Painting, People Art
By Stephanie Ho
Located in Deddington, GB
Sky Fall 33 by Stephanie Ho [2017] In my new series of paintings, I remain faithful to my interest in observing human activities in the metropolitan city life...
Canvas, Oil
$3,772
H 23.63 in W 27.56 in
Lang Elsies Mirror Oil Painting on Canvas Landscape Sky Pond Nature In Stock
By Candace Charlton
Located in Utrecht, NL
Lang Elsies Mirror Oil Painting on Canvas Landscape Sky Pond Nature In Stock Candace Charlton Born in Durban, Natal, 1968 - South Africa Attended the Johannesburg School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music from 1983 until 1986. Having received two scholarships she continued her studies at the Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she finished her Bachelor of Fine Art, majoring in Sculpture and Art History. During this period she took part in various exhibitions and competitions: In 1989 she exhibited in Port...
Canvas, Oil
$12,028
H 44.89 in W 63.78 in
Benasque 3 by C. Carratalá - large painting, mountain landscape, snow
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Benasque 3, from the Snow collection is a painting by contemporary Spanish artist Calo Carratalá. Dimensions are 114 × 162 cm (44.9 × 63.8 in). The work is sold framed (shadow box). ...
Canvas, Oil