Christian Moore

Christian Moore is a self-taught contemporary artist known for creating works that incorporate bronze and organic materials on hessian.

Christian worked as a fashion illustrator in London for over a decade for premium fashion brands and magazines such as Chanel and Tatler. After leaving London and moving to Scotland to raise his family, Christian’s surroundings and focus changed. His enchantment with the natural world now provides the inspiration for his paintings. The space around the central subject in his paintings reflects the calm and clarity that he experienced when moving from the city, to being surrounded by nature. As with his earlier illustrative work, his current pieces remain true to his overall ‘less is more’ approach.

Christian spent many years developing his technique of ‘sculpting’ cold cast bronze directly onto the surface of his works. The ‘cold cast’ is made in his studio using a fine bronze metal powder and a type of resin. Once cured, the metal is aged to suit the composition. He deliberately cracks the backgrounds of his work before bonding them to a flat backing surface. The foreground texture is added using a mixture of ingredients including sand, paint and plaster. This texture is often a clean crisp white, which makes the painting feel fresh and modern and acts as a complete counterbalance to the background. The shadow/s of the subject/s are painted onto the foreground before the work is sealed and protected. The creation of each piece is a laborious process but filled with love and passion for the art.

The titles of his works are as much a part of each piece as the raw materials themselves and it all starts with the name.

The work embodies his overall sense of style and celebrates beauty and imperfection.