NEIL MOORE
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I am described as a 'contemporary, figurative realist painter' - which presumably means that I am alive and paint people as they are. Some images relate to people I know and some to my experience of society (either directly or through the arts and media). I am continually perplexed by people, both individually and collectively. The paintings are an attempt to give some coherence to experiences that concern, intrigue or amuse me. The images are purely intuitive – ideas may be ‘screened’ to avoid clichés or sentimentality but generally I don’t analyse too much. I would prefer the paintings to be viewed as visual metaphors that attempt to evoke, rather than describe, my feelings about the subject. The realistic appearance of the paintings (originally pursued because that is the way I visualised things in my mind’s eye) has become essential to the subject in another way. I have realised that the clarity of the style is curiously deceptive in that the viewer is often lulled by the apparent familiarity of the style into making false assumptions about the imagery. I have found that in art, as in life, things are rarely what they seem and I have become fascinated by the way that clarity and simplicity can disguise a complexity that reveals itself only gradually. If they appear ambiguous it is because I paint to understand, not to be understood. - Neil Moore
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’Air Chrysalis’ Oil On Canvas, 101.5 cm x 50 cm
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‘Belle Jar’ Oil On Canvas, 74 cm x 51 cm
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‘Fugitive’ Oil On Canvas, 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm
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‘Implosion’ Oil On Canvas, 28 cm x 24 cm
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‘Infinity’ Oil On Canvas, 46 cm x 35.5 cm
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‘L-Red’’ Oil On Canvas, 56 cm x 41 cm
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‘Likeness’ Oil On Canvas, 81.5 cm x 56 cm
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‘Norwegian Wood’ Oil On Canvas, 142 cm x 132 cm
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‘On Reflection’ Oil On Canvas, 44 cm x 44 cm
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‘Regeneration’ Oil On Canvas, 101.5 cm x 96.5 cm
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‘Outback’ Pencil On paper, 52 cm x 40 cm
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‘ Longing’ Pencil On paper, 45 cm x 30 cm
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‘Swordplay’ Pencil On paper, 56 cm x 40 cm
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‘Scissile’ Oil On Canvas, 25.5 cm x 35.5 cm
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‘Torque’ Oil On Canvas, 60 cm x 40 cm
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‘Auto De Fe’ Oil On Canvas, 152 cm x 112 cm
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‘Cicatrice’ Oil On Canvas, 122 cm x 91.5 cm
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‘The Keening’ Oil On Canvas, 127 cm x 96.5 cm
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‘ Undercurrent’ Oil On Canvas, 182 cm x 127 cm
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1950 Born in Leicester, England. 1968-1972 Studied Fine Art (painting) 1968-72 Loughborough College of Art 1973 Began part-time lecturing at Burleigh community College, Loughborough 1974 Moved to Leamington Spa, part-time lecturer at Warwickshire College 1974/6 'Artist at Sea' with the Seafarers Education Service 1976 Resumed part-time lecturing at Warwickshire College
Recent Solo Exhibitions 2013 Open studio, Warwickshire Open Studios 2012 Open studio, Warwickshire Open Studios 2010 Open Studio, Warwickshire Artsweek 2009 Bo_Lee Gallery, Bath East West Gallery, London 2008 Open Studio, Warwickshire Artsweek 2007 Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield 2006 Nomi Gallery, Leamington Spa Open Studio, Warwickshire Artsweek 2005 East West Gallery, London 2004 Open Studio, Warwickshire Artsweek 2002 Artifex Gallery, Sutton Coldfield 2001 East West Gallery, London
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Copyright 2014 by the artist (Neil Moore) who retains the sole copyright for the contributions to this book.
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