Check out Moriah's current exhibits in Chapel Hill at Jack Sprat Cafe on Franklin Street and the Carolina Alumni Club on UNC Campus.

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About the Artist:

Moriah Rosinsky McCall was raised just west of Chapel Hill, NC on a 22 acre oasis of forests, streams, fruit trees, animals, and flower gardens. She spent most of her childhood outdoors, building forts in the woods, chasing butterflies, and painting anything she could find.  Her earliest art influence was a book of Maurice Sendak’s “Where The Wild Things Are” which was given to her as a child and looked through often. Moriah attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 2003 received a BA with honors in Sociology with a focus on Social and Economic Justice.  This path of community involvement has lead to her current position with the nonprofit Shakori Hills as their Art Director. 
In 1996 while painting her first mural in a restaurant in Graham, NC Moriah found that she loved the large scale of mural painting which is now a large part of her current business Butterfly Paint. When asked why she became an artist, Moriah replies, "I have always been an artist. I love the fact that art has no creative limits and anything is possible. I can also learn a great deal about the world through the ancestry of art and its place in my own family."  Moriah attributes her talent to her grandmother Carol, her father Rex’s architectural influences, her mother Deb’s constant encouragement in anything crafty, the support and love of her fiance Lance, and the drive to compete with her brother Austin who is an amazing musician.  Moriah has passed her artistic talent to her 13 year old sister Savanna.
Moriah prefers to work during the late afternoon, usually listening to the CD of a favorite local musician. She has an in-home studio and gallery which her art is constantly on display.  She is never entirely sure how a painting will turn out. She is simply inspired one day, does the research, and when she begins to put the ideas on paper "the picture seems to paint itself."  She is most excited by the chance to transform an ordinary bedroom into a magical kingdom, jungle, Dr Seus book, or Sports Stadium and does so through her wall murals as well as furniture design and accessories. Of her work, the artist says that different viewers see many different things in her work. Some have a particular favorite that reminds them of a place they’ve been to or other elements they can relate to personally. Moriah describes her work as nostalgic, outdoorsy, and magical. "I think people also like the naïve illustrative style of my work," says Moriah. "It may take them back to the mystery of being a child again."
 Pottery is a new adventure for Moriah as she completed her first piece in early 2008.  This new artistic love has consumed most of her free art time and she attends "Open Studio Time" at her friend Marne's studio at least once a week.  She hopes to open her own public studio in Durham in 2010 where she will bring in other local artists to form a co-op style teaching and gallery space for all ages.
Moriah currently resides in Durham County and her work appears in local commercial locations such as 171 Hair Studio and The Library on Franklin Street CH, Chesson Laboratories conference room, in many children’s bedrooms throughout the area, and with various private clients. She has exhibited her work in various local galleries in Chatham, Orange, and Alamance Counties.