Moira Huntly

Moira Gay Huntly (born 1932) is a British artist and author, known for her paintings of landscapes, buildings and maritime subjects

Biography Huntly was born in Motherwell in North Lanarkshire and, from 1948 to 1953, was a student at the Harrow School of Art and then studied at the Hornsey School of Art for a year. For the next six years, Huntly worked as a teacher in Maldon and then in Worcester before concentrating on her art. She became a prolific exhibitor both in Britain and abroad, especially in group shows, and won a number of awards.

Huntly participated in group exhibitions at galleries in Bath, at Stow-on-the-Wold, with the Société des Pastellistes Français in Paris, at the FCA Gallery in Vancouver and at the Mystic Maritime Museum of Connecticut. Huntly is a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and is a former president of The Pastel Society. The National Museum Cardiff holds examples of her paintings.

Published works Imaginative Still Life, A & C Black, 1983 Painting and Drawing Boats, A & C Black, 1985 The Artists Drawing Book, David & Charles, 1994 Moira Huntly's Sketchbook Secrets, David & Charles, 2005 Learn to Paint Gouache