Charlotte Moore ~ Painter

Angles and Fragments 50cm x 80cm Acrylic on card

Recent Work

Angles and Fragments

Charlotte Moore's new work continues her enduring interest in the nature of seeing, with an emphasis on the beauty and mystery of museum collections and archeological fragments.

The new pictures are painted constructions of two types: angled cardboard reliefs (above) and assemblages of small paintings on canvas.

Treasures 60 x 73cm Oil on canvas

Chinoiserie 60 x 73cm Oil on canvas

Japonaiserie 60 x 73cm il on canvas

Museum Pieces 60 x 73cm Oil on canvas

These inventive pictures look fabulous in homes, galleries and museums settings. They have a timeless sort of beauty that evokes a profound sense of place, of dignity, of the mystery and magic of things and thoughts.

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 museums, theatre, and the nature of seeing, abiding themes that Charlotte explores in many guises.

Some of the works shown here are available for purchase. Please contact Charlotte Moore directly:

Contact Charlotte Moore
Email CMooreSouthStoke@aol.com

Charlotte Moore, Fragments Fragments 50cm x 80cm Acrylic on card

News

Pigs in Bath

Three life-size pig sculptures painted by Charlotte Moore feature in the City of Bath's highly successful King Bladud’s Pigs project, a summer 2008 public art event celebrating Bath, its origins and its artists. One hundred life-size pig sculptures turned into works of art are on display throughout the summer all around Bath and beyond - to be gathered in at the end of September, then auctioned in October for the benefit of the Two Tunnels Project.

Emily, sponsored by Norland College

Pig Noir, sponsored by Jamie Callum

Porcus Dorcus, sponsored by the Norrie Trust

See the King Bladud’s Pigs website for further details.

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."

Catalogue

This site features a selection of paintings and prints by Charlotte Moore. Click on the thumbnails below for enlarged views.

Publications

The History Room

An encounter with Charlotte Moore’s history room will appeal to anyone interested in painting, and especially to those who learned about culture in museums and galleries. In an era when it could be said that ‘photography has won’, her paintings assert the quiet dignity of traditional art practice . . . Moore’s paintings are a testament to her knowledge and appreciation not only of Western painting, but also of the deep underlying currents of classical and world cultures. She knows about making and about history, so her work has both integrity and narrative purpose.

The History Room

Edited by Charles Ryder, Kingston University, 2002
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Elysium

In these still life paintings, parted curtains reveal magical details of great works of art selected for their implicit meanings. The details feature a diverse mixture of mosaics, Renaissance art and aboriginal sculpture, suggesting an unfamiliar yet anticipated world beyond the curtain. I call this hidden domain ‘world three’ . . . . I have taken three ideas: Uccello’s tableaux-like images depicting legendary feats of battle and bravery; the wonderful mosaics of the Basilicas of Ravenna [which take] your breath away as you step through the doors; and finally Australian Aboriginal animals and figures, which are real without being strictly representational yet carry sacred meanings embodying the spiritual life of the people.

– Charlotte Moore, from the catalogue of her Autumn 2006 one person exhibition at the Piers Feetham Gallery, London.