A life moving through landscapes . Years spent living and travelling across different continents have shaped the way I see. My work is an ongoing conversation between observation and place , memory and intuition.

A woman with dark hair, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and paint-splattered pants, stands in an art studio holding a paintbrush. She is in front of an easel with a painting of a city by the water, surrounded by various paintings, art supplies, and a table with a bowl of eggs and a patterned cloth.

Ella ( Gabrielle) Moulding is a UK-based painter whose practice is deeply shaped by her experience living abroad, travel and immersion within the landscape.

Growing up in the Cotswolds and educated at Edinburgh University, she later worked at Winsor and Newton in London before spending 17 years living internationally and raising her family in France, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Japan, and the United States.

She is now based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Her paintings are rooted in time spent immersed in the landscape. Responding directly to light, atmosphere, and environment, she works en plein air in watercolour, gouache, and charcoal, creating studies that capture the immediacy of a place. These works later inform larger studio paintings in oil , where memory and sensation take precedence over direct representation.

Ella’s practice explores the shifting qualities of light and colour across landscape, seascape, and the urban environment, as well as the beauty of everyday moments for Still life painting.  Her work balances observation with intuition, embracing a painterly approach where gesture, mark-making, and process play a central role. The resulting compositions evoke both the physical experience of a place and the emotional resonance it leaves behind.

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Central to Ella’s work is her experience of artist residencies, which have become a defining force in her creative development.

Noce Fresca in Sardinia. 2022

The Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia . 2023

The Tyrone Guthrie centre for creative art , Ireland, 2024

Skopolos Foundation for the Arts, Greece, 2025

Joya : arte + ecologia/ AiR Residency, Spain, 2026

Chelsea Art Society 2018  - Gwen Mandley Memorial Award for a Watercolour

Clouds gathering over Cotswold Escarpment'

Elected a Chelsea Art Society member 2023

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Chelsea Art Society Autumn show - November 20th - 30 th November 2026 @ChelseaartSociety

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Chelsea Art Society Summer and Autumn Show June 2025

Little Gallery Hungerford Spring Exhibition - 2025
Charlie Waller Art Exhibition, Mall Galleries London , 2025
Chelsea Arts Society Summer and Autumn Show 2024
Hayden Gallery, Marlow, Spring Exhibition , 2023
Moncrieff Bray Gallery, Petworth, Sussex , Summer Exhibition, 2023
'VII at 340 Kings Road', Chelsea - November 21st to November 25th 2023
Chelsea Arts Society Summer and Autumn Exhibition - Chelsea Town Hall June and September  23
ICON exhibition at Art Cotswold, Chipping Campden 17th November- 16th December 2022
'The Immersive Landscape' - The  Art house club, Cheltenham 21st April - 20th May 2022
Highgate Contemporary Art  - online postcard exhibition  www.highgateart.com runs from November 1st 2020 - mid November . Online now
The Gallery Holt , Lees yard, Norfolk, ' Best of British' exhibition featuring members of Royal Society of British Artists (  RBA ) , New English Art Club (  NEAC )  and other leading artists. November 5th - December 23rd 2020. Online now www.thegalleryholt.com
The Gallery, Lees Yard, Holt, Norfolk. " A change of Season"  28th Feb - 7th April 2020
Auctryx Gallery, Cheltenham, 'Places, Spaces and Faces' - joint exhibition with Rosie Copeland - March 2020
Royal Institute of Oil Colours Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London December 2019
Chelsea Art Society Annual exhibition - Chelsea Town Hall, London May 2019
Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary watercolour exhibition at the Bankside Gallery, London - 8th -20 th March 2018
Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition -London - Chelsea Town Hall -  October 2018
​American Watercolour Society 151 st Annual International exhibition in Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York . April 9-28 2018.
​The Sunday Times and The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival Exhibition - Gardens Gallery October 6th - October 16 th 2017
Gardens Gallery group show, Montpellier Gardens,  Cheltenham . UK - June 2017
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 205th Annual Exhibition , Mall Galleries, London. April 6th - April 22nd. 2017
Turn Optimism into Action Group Show, Madison. New Jersey USA.  March 11th - April 20th 2017 , 
Short Stories Gallery Joint Exhibition  - December 2016- Jan 2017. Madison . USA
'Inspired by Japan '  June 2016.  Short Stories. Madison, NJ -  USA
ANA Crown Plaza Kobe- Japan. Limited edition watercolor prints. Jan 2016 . Japan
Patchings/ The Artist Annual competition online exhibition UK  -  June 5th 2015 - U.K
Blossoms and Bridges - Original watercolours of Tokyo.  ANA intercontinental Hotel, Tokyo. - May 11th - August 12th 2015.  Japan
Palace to Park . Original watercolours of Tokyo  - ANA Intercontinental Hotel, Tokyo,March 5th - May 20th 2014.  Japan
Changing Seasons.  Original watercolours, Hiroo Tokyo,  June 2013 - Japan
Tokyo Treescapes.  Original watercolours. Hiroo Tokyo,  December 2012 - Japan
Gallery 307 - Northbridge , Sydney 2010 - Australia
Sydney Affordable Art Fair 2010 -Australia

Art and painting is a life long passion and practice that has allowed me to stay present in a world full of uncertainty , it has helped me through some difficult times, opened a world of opportunity and a new way to see the world … follow my story in art @ellamouldingart

A woman sitting on a rocky coastal path with the ocean and mountains in the background, painting on a canvas. She wears a white cap and casual clothes, with art supplies and a backpack nearby.
A person standing next to a camcorder and a backpack on a stone wall, overlooking a landscape with a river, a town, and mountains in the background.
A woman standing on rocky terrain, facing a mountainous landscape with volcanoes, ocean in the background, and a blue sky with clouds.
A woman in striped shirt sitting on a blanket on green grass, under a large tree in an olive grove, with a blue sky and clouds overhead.
A person painting on a canvas set up on an easel on a pier with the New York City skyline, including the One World Trade Center, in the background.
Two women sitting on a grassy hillside, one looking at a large colorful map, with art supplies and notebooks nearby, overlooking a scenic rural landscape with rolling hills, trees, and a distant small town.
A woman painting on an easel by a canal in Venice, Italy. She has art supplies on the ground and is standing on a small bridge with buildings and a church in the background.
A woman sitting at a large dining table with art prints and papers spread out in front of her, in a room with stained glass windows, a side table with a lamp, and framed artwork on the wall.
A woman standing on a stone bridge over a canal in Venice, Italy, with colorful historic buildings in the background, two striped teal and white poles in front, and boats on the water.
Paintings of Venice on paper with watercolor paints, watercolor palette, and art supplies on a rough outdoor surface.
A woman painting on a small chair by the water in Venice, Italy, with her art supplies and a sketch of a ship on an easel nearby.
A woman with sunglasses and a striped shirt stands smiling near a white post with a circular sign that reads 'Shopelos Arts' with decorative flowers. She has a backpack and a briefcase. There is a scenic coastal view with a cliff, water, and a sailbo
A woman sitting on a bench by a waterfront, sketching or painting in a sketchbook. She is wearing sunglasses, a white embroidered blouse, beige shorts, and sneakers. She has a backpack, a water bottle, and painting supplies nearby. The background fea
Woman standing in front of a wall displaying various landscape watercolor paintings.

WHERE TO BUY:

Chelsea Art Society

16 Sixteen Gallery

Suzie Horsey Art

Galerie Perrie