Charlotte Moore ~ Painter

Charlotte Moore's paintings reveal the world of the artist's studio, of canvas, oil, brushes and palette. The paintings have a distinctive style of composition, demonstrating Moore's intimate knowledge of painting within the traditions of classical and world cultures.

Career

Charlotte Moore has exhibited regularly since 1977, first in Birmingham at the Midlands Art Centre, then at Stafford Museum of Art, Worcester Museum, Woodlands Gallery in Blackheath, London, and at the Salthouse Gallery in St. Ives.

During a 10-year sojourn in Australia she exhibited regularly at the 482 Gallery in Brisbane while teaching at Queensland University and Queensland College of Art.

Returning to England in 1999, Charlotte Moore has had solo exhibitions at the Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University London (2001), the Piers Feetham Gallery (2004 and 2006), and the Quest Gallery, Bath (2007).

Her recent aquatint etchings have been shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and at the Mall Galleries, London. Her work is in private collections in Australia, England, Italy, and the United States.

Biography

Charlotte Moore was born in Australia and grew up in London where as a child she was a frequent visitor to the British Museum and the National Gallery. She studied fine art at Chelsea School of Art and at Falmouth College of Art. She graduated in 1969 and immediately began teaching painting and ceramics.

In 1989 she emigrated to Australia where she took an art history degree at Queensland University, leading to a special interest in aboriginal art. She travelled widely seeking out examples of the aboriginal carvings that have recently reappeared in her work.

Since leaving Australia she has been to India, Tibet and Argentina, Russia and Estonia. She now lives in Bath and exhibits at the Quest Gallery in St James' Street as well as at Piers Feetham Gallery in London. Her current work is about theatre, an abiding theme in many guises. In these pictures the canvas is the stage and the stage the canvas.

Contact Charlotte Moore
Email CMooreSouthStoke@aol.com

Selected Works 

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Paintings

"I think of paintings as theatrical. Imagine a curtain as a barrier, the edge of familiarity. As the curtain opens one anticipates entering another world where anything may happen and which temporarily becomes real. So it should be with painting where I try to capture that moment of tension and expectation as the curtain opens but before the action starts.

In all my work I explore multiple layers of reality, attempting to summarize that moment of unexpected stillness and wonder which captures us all from time to time."

– Charlotte Moore, writing in 'Charlotte Moore | Elysium' the catalogue of her Autumn 2006 one person exhibition at the Piers Feetham Gallery, London.

Publications

The History Room

Edited by Charles Ryder, Kingston University, 2002
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Elysium

Piers Feetham Gallery, London, 2006
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