Award-winning artist Emily Moore (b.1984) combines mountainous sceneries and architectural structures in arresting acrylic paintings. She works directly onto wooden panels, building up detailed layers while retaining the natural texture of the material beneath. Moore's work explores the tension between these natural and man-made elements, looking to strike a balance within the final composition.
Moore highlights the organic patterns and shapes of mountains, and their contrast with the geometry and lines of man-made buildings in natural settings. Under Moore's brush, the less desirable, stark concrete ski resorts become aesthetically pleasing structures, with their modernist motifs working in harmony with alpine landscapes. The resulting works recall the graphic quality of paintings of American Pop Art artist Ed Ruscha.
