Artist
CV
Nancy
L Moore, SCA OSA
Born in Ajax, ON,
and currently lives in Newtonville, ON
416.805.6556 nancy@seastarimages.com
Biography
Born in Ajax, Ontario
I grew up in a household where art and creativity were always encouraged. I
credit my father Wayne Moore, a retired artist living in Bobcaygeon, Ontario,
with giving me a solid foundation to build on.As an artist I
feel incredibly fortunate to be able to paint and draw without boundaries. I
enjoy experimenting with different mediums working mostly in acrylics. My style
is largely experimental with an emphasis on landscape and figure abstraction. I
never set out to replicate an image but instead strive to convey a mood or
evoke an emotion using loose lines, rich texture and bold colours. In the
future I would like to paint full time and enter International shows,
travelling across Canada and beyond.I have enjoyed
showing across southern Ontario including galleries in Cobourg, Port Perry,
Collingwood and Toronto. For the past 5 years I have exhibited at the Artist
Project in the Better Living Centre, CNE Grounds, Toronto.
Professional
Development
I graduated from
George Brown (Toronto) Graphic Design Program majoring in Advertising. Since
1997 I’ve been the co-owner of Seastar Images Inc. a graphics company located
in Ajax, and although I’m still involved in the graphic design industry my
passion has always been fine art.
I have enjoyed
furthering my personal artistic development by attending workshops such as
jewellery making, encaustic painting, detailed portraiture and Figurative
Abstraction Classes with Brian Smith.
Contributions
to the Artistic Community
I helped run and
organize the Uninstructed Figure Drawing class in
Port Hope and
Cobourg, 2016 - 2019
I was a guest
competitor in a local portrait competition
(subject Lou
Rinaldi, MPP) run by Spirit of the Hills, Nov. 2017
I have donated artwork
to the Art of Giving charity auction organized by United Way and York Region to
benefit those in need, 2017 & 2020
I was invited to
be the guest feature artist and I donated artwork for the
32nd
Annual Sportsman Night run by the Cobourg Rotary Club, February 2017
I was commissioned
to paint the farewell gift of Deputy Chief Tom Carrique as he embarks on his
new position as Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
April 2019
I participated as
a Wild Card Artist in the TV program,
Landscape Artist
of the Year Canada, in Cobourg ON (Marble Media)
September 22, 2019,
(Televised Feb, 2020)
I was one of two
jurors for the Bellville Art Show in September 28, 2019.
Memberships
& Affiliations
Society of
Canadian Artists, SCA
Ontario Society of
Artists, OSA
The Noodle
Gallery, ON
A Gift of Art
Gallery, Newcastle, ON
Spirit of the
Hills, Northumberland, ON
Informa
Exhibitions, Toronto, ON
Artists Network,
Toronto, ON
I have been a
member of and included in juried art shows:
Ajax Creative
Arts, Ajax
Pine Ridge Art
Association, Ajax/Pickering
Whitby Station Gallery,
Whitby
Oshawa Art
Association, Oshawa
Robert McLaughlin
Gallery
Lindsay Gallery,
Lindsay
Visual Arts Centre
of Clarington, Bowmanville
AGN Art Gallery,
Cobourg
Spirit of the
Hills, Northumberland
Art Works,
Oakville
Celebration of the
Arts, Uxbridge
Art
Exhibitions
2020 TOAF Toronto Online Art Fair, based in Toronto
https://torontooutdoor.art
2020 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2019 Society of
Canadian Artists (members only)
Juried Art Show- Award of Merit
2019 The Toronto Outdoor
Art Fair, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2019 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2018 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2018 Riverdale
Artwalk, Jimmie Simpson Park, Toronto, ON
2017 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2016 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2015 The Artist
Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
www.northumberlandstudiotour.com
2015 “REversion - A Figurative &
Portrait Art Exhibition”
Super Wonder
Gallery, Toronto, ON www.superwondergallery.com
2015 “Connections”
Arta Gallery, The Distillery District, Toronto, ON
2015 Solo Show
– A Gift of Art Gallery, Newcastle, ON
2014 Solo Show
“Moments and Destinations” The Kent Farndale Gallery,
Port Perry, ON
2013 Solo Show
“Painted Ladies” Impresario Gallery, Cobourg, ON
Publications
2014 -
Northumberland Arts Annual (including cover)
2018 - Published
in MAAM (Musee des Arts et Affaires de Montreal)
2020 - Canadian
Journal of Rural Medicine (in print and on-line version)
Run by the Society
of Rural Physicians of Canada - Quebec
Galleries,
Corporate and Public Collections
“Beach Waves” 36”
x 24” Cobourg Town Hall, Cobourg, ON. 2018
“Welcome Spring”
120” x 48” MacCoubrey Funeral Home, Cobourg, ON. 2017
“Traffic” 120” x
48” MacCoubrey Funeral Home, Cobourg, ON. 2017
“Inukshuk - Larsen
Room” 30” x 60” AICA Services Inc., Newmarket, ON. 2014
“The West - Kelsey
Room” 30” x 60” AICA Services Inc., Newmarket, ON. 2014
“Lazy River - Rae
Room” 30” x 60” AICA Services Inc., Newmarket, ON. 2014
Introduction
Statement
Nancy Moore represents the next generation of Canadian Artists.
Inspired by the natural rhythms of the great Canadian landscapes and seasons,
Nancy’s coming of age is evidenced by her use of colour and innovative techniques
that truly allow her to fully express her love for her natural surroundings and
elevate her into the upper echelon of Canadian artists.
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My First Show:
My First Show:
My first show in the area "Paintied Ladies" was in 2013 at Impressario Market in Cobourg.
My next solo show was in 2014 called "Moments and Destinations”. It was held at the
Kent Farndale Gallery in Port Perry, Ontario. Next, in 2014, I was invited to participate in “Connections”, a 5 artist
show in the Distillery District, Toronto. In 2017 I will be showing again, for the third year, at the Artist Project held in the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. I continue to show at A Gift of Art in Newcastle and participate in the local Northumberland Studio Tour.
Here is an article found in the Durham Star for
"Moments and Destinations" Art Show & Sale - April 2014
Variety the spice of life for Clarington artist
Nancy Moore showing in Port Perry in April
Moments and Destinations
Jason Liebregts / Metroland
NEWTONVILLE -- Newtonville artist Nancy Moore has a solo show, Moments and Destinations, at The Kent Farndale Gallery in Port Perry. It runs April 5 to May 1 and there's an opening reception April 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. March 30, 2014
By Mike Ruta
DURHAM -- Nancy Moore lives on the edge -- of Durham, that is.
The artist and designer lives in Newtonville, at the eastern end of the region in Clarington. For the most part, she has naturally looked east and north in terms of her involvement in the arts, including taking part in the Northumberland studio tour.
But she wants to start showing her art in Durham and you can see her work at Moore's Moments and Destinations show, running from April 5 to May 1 at the Kent Farndale Gallery in Port Perry.
A look at her website reveals that Moore likes variety. She works in oil, acrylic, pen and ink and is branching out and experimenting with other media as well. And her subject matter is wide-ranging as well.
"I get bored doing the same thing over and over again," she says. "I'll do a portrait and then scenery and then work on a figurative abstraction piece."
She's done one mixed-media piece and is planning another, since Moore says the first sold immediately.
Abstraction is "totally new to me," but perhaps another route she'll take in the future since, entered in a juried show in Cobourg, she sold a piece "right off the wall." And after it had a "sold" sign on it, she had a lot of inquiries about the piece.
Moore has an excellent website/blog and there's interactivity. She posts "teaser" pieces she's made, lately some of the works that will be in her Scugog show. And she asked viewers their opinion: should she post her new work on the website or wait until the Farndale show?
A question she asked herself in relation to the Port Perry show was, mix of old and new work or just new? Moore says she will be showing virtually all new works, with roughly half of the show devoted to people and the other half to landscapes.
Born and raised in Ajax, Moore was always encouraged to make art by her parents, including her father, Wayne Moore, a retired artist who lives in Bobcaygeon. She started drawing as a child and, by the time she reached the early years of high school, her mom's friends would ask if she could paint their cottage, for example. She would sometimes receive $50 for such a piece, quite a payday for a young person.
But her parents did want her "to find a job that will pay you" and Moore became a graphic designer.
She does life-drawing, noting she and other artists in her area will go in together on a model. And while she likes working with a live model, Moore says it’s “taxing” for the model to sit for a lengthy time period. So she’ll make sketches at the session and create paintings later.
Also on her lengthy wish list are working in glass and, in the near future, a possible collaboration with an artist who works in stone.
Moore doesn’t see her artistic restlessness as a problem -- quite the opposite.
“I’m all over the place but I never have a shortage of things to paint,” she says.
The Kent Farndale Gallery is in the Scugog Memorial Public Library, 231 Water St., Port Perry.
There’s an opening reception on April 5 at 2 p.m.
Visit her website, nancymoore-artist.blogspot.ca.
About E. DARBY MOORE:
The attached are scanned pages which Francis Ernest Moore
wrote about his father, E. Darby Moore (my great grandfather).
I didn't want to lose this information so I decided to put it on my blog.
I didn't want to lose this information so I decided to put it on my blog.
Here is a link to a pdf of a program for the 41st annual art show run by the Ontario Society of Artists. The date was April 1913. My great grandfather, E. Darby Moore was included along with other familiar names from the Group of 7 along with their home addresses!
If anyone has any information or details about my family and/or pictures of them and/or of their artwork I would love to hear from you.
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Received via email Feb. 08, 2015
Ms. Moore,
I have attached a copy of a painting I have had in my possession for close to 30 years now.
It was a gift of the Beemer family who had association with the Scott’s of Clyffe House in Port Sydney Ontario.
It has always been a favorite of mine and it was only today that I finally found information on the artist. I always suspected the group of seven connection as the Scott’s had many guests at the lodge over the course of over a century and many were prominent artists.
I love this painting with all my heart.
It is still in its original frame and measures 12 x 18 ¾ inches. Seems to be on a sized burlap or other coarse material on board. The texture is what makes it seem special to me.
Tom Spivak
This painting (by Darby Moore) is of a church in Oakville... I would love to know the name.
(see below)
Saint Andrews Catholic Church
Thanks Sandra for sending me this photo!
"Harry Brabson"
Water Colour
E. Darby Moore
Extra SOLD pieces, ARCHIVE
Water Colour
E. Darby Moore
Extra SOLD pieces, ARCHIVE
Hi Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI just looked at your website, it looks amazing, you should have your own show here.
It was nice to have had a chance to chat for a little while at Arta last Thursday night.
Cheers,
Elie