Finela Moore
Finela Moore
Mount Maunganui based, Fin Moore has a studio near the beach, where she has worked ever since coming to New Zealand from Africa in 2001. She is an enthusiastic student of art, with a love of the aesthetic of “ethnic” and weaving her personal memories of the rich tapestry of Africa into the clean green of New Zealand.
Her background in Africa was in the movie & advertising business, where she was often working behind the scenes in the scenic, design or props department. She worked on many feature films that were made in Southern Africa in those days.
She has two children and is kept very busy, while still contributing to the world of art and the walls of her patrons.
She first burst onto the NZ art scene with a Bethlehem College exhibition in about 2002, where she sold about ten paintings. Since then she has sold work on many group shows all around New Zealand, including Auckland and Wellington.
Her work is typically mixed media, using found objects, rope, string, paper, shells, wire, driftwood and even metal into her artworks. She loves the three dimensions, and likes her work to have a thickness and a texture to it, so that it can be a tactile as well as a visual experience. She combines materials with skill and artistry, so that the artwork is both a visual treat and a strong item that will last for many decades to come.
The size of her artworks vary from tiny to absolutely huge. She won the “Doors of hope” competition with a large artwork on a large door. There are extremely large corporate artworks in various businesses around Tauranga.
Her favourite subject in the past was the human figure. However, as she explains, “The world has changed, and I have changed.” So now she concentrates on landscape, the sea, fantasy & ethnic abstraction.
As a person of faith, she lives her life according to strict moral parameters. She imbues her work with the same love with which she embraces life’s challenges. At any one time, she has at least 20 artworks on the go.
“You have to harness your moods,” she explains. “You have to use your emotions to create like the Creator."
Her work is usually a blend of chaos and order, just like life. There is always a wild element, such as visual texture as well as elements of synthesis in pattern or shape.
In colour, Fin loves to juxtapose rich red browns with cold blue shots, or offset taupe swathes with dark chocolate shadows. She prefers a simple synthesised palate. One can often say “earthy” to describe her choices.
Her work usually has a recognisable character of a good finish and lustrous lacquer.
Further than that, you can expect almost anything.
She has been very successful and is sought after.
Mount Maunganui based, Fin Moore has a studio near the beach, where she has worked ever since coming to New Zealand from Africa in 2001. She is an enthusiastic student of art, with a love of the aesthetic of “ethnic” and weaving her personal memories of the rich tapestry of Africa into the clean green of New Zealand.
Her background in Africa was in the movie & advertising business, where she was often working behind the scenes in the scenic, design or props department. She worked on many feature films that were made in Southern Africa in those days.
She has two children and is kept very busy, while still contributing to the world of art and the walls of her patrons.
She first burst onto the NZ art scene with a Bethlehem College exhibition in about 2002, where she sold about ten paintings. Since then she has sold work on many group shows all around New Zealand, including Auckland and Wellington.
Her work is typically mixed media, using found objects, rope, string, paper, shells, wire, driftwood and even metal into her artworks. She loves the three dimensions, and likes her work to have a thickness and a texture to it, so that it can be a tactile as well as a visual experience. She combines materials with skill and artistry, so that the artwork is both a visual treat and a strong item that will last for many decades to come.
The size of her artworks vary from tiny to absolutely huge. She won the “Doors of hope” competition with a large artwork on a large door. There are extremely large corporate artworks in various businesses around Tauranga.
Her favourite subject in the past was the human figure. However, as she explains, “The world has changed, and I have changed.” So now she concentrates on landscape, the sea, fantasy & ethnic abstraction.
As a person of faith, she lives her life according to strict moral parameters. She imbues her work with the same love with which she embraces life’s challenges. At any one time, she has at least 20 artworks on the go.
“You have to harness your moods,” she explains. “You have to use your emotions to create like the Creator."
Her work is usually a blend of chaos and order, just like life. There is always a wild element, such as visual texture as well as elements of synthesis in pattern or shape.
In colour, Fin loves to juxtapose rich red browns with cold blue shots, or offset taupe swathes with dark chocolate shadows. She prefers a simple synthesised palate. One can often say “earthy” to describe her choices.
Her work usually has a recognisable character of a good finish and lustrous lacquer.
Further than that, you can expect almost anything.
She has been very successful and is sought after.
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