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North Topsail 2, 6 x 6 inches, watercolor on paper. North Topsail 3 (detail), 6 x 6 inches, watercolor on paper.
grayer and hazier to demonstrate depth and distance.
Moore’s artistic tutelage began in his early grade school years
when he took drawing classes under Hester Donnelly at the
Cameron Art Museum, then known as St. John’s Museum. And
though his ability to focus on art making has fluctuated in years
since, the artist is excited to prioritize it now with the support of
his wife, Rebecca Jones. He says of Jones and this new phase in his
career that, “I may have lagged a little bit with drawing and paint-ing,
but it’s something I’ve never given up. My wife is extremely
supportive of me doing this full time — thanks to her, I’ve been
pursuing it as a second job.”
Moore’s art oscillates between abstraction and realism, each
style complementing the other. Pieces like “Gibson” and “Galaxy”
are exemplary of the work that Moore creates in between larger
compositions or to cleanse his artistic palate. As Moore puts it,
“The abstract work has recently taken off and is often a part of my
warm-up, kind of like the calisthenics I do to keep myself sharp and
limber with the drawings. My abstract paintings are an extension
of that and that’s relatively new for me. I typically have at least two
things going; it may just be two things up on the easel, could be
figurative or abstract and I may have a watercolor going on at the
same time. With oils, depending on how I’m going about it, it will
need to sit and dry for a few days, so I need to have something else
to keep working on.”
Blanket Flowers 2, 9 x 6 inches, watercolor on
paper.
Zinnias 1, 9 x 6 inches, watercolor/mixed media
on paper.
Blanket Flowers 3, 9 x 6 inches, watercolor on
paper.
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