Ross Moore

I was educated at Moseley School of Art in Birmingham from the age of eleven although I knew I wanted to paint from the age of seven.
I went to Bretton Hall to do my degree and that was what drew (and kept) me in Yorkshire. I have run a theatre company, taught special needs and learned West African drumming in Ghana and Senegal, but I always painted. Twenty years ago I decided that I wanted to devote all of my time to painting. I have a studio at the top of our house with commanding views down the beautiful Holme Valley just shy of Holmfirth, Yorkshire.
My subjects range from local landscapes to those from Europe and Africa, places I have been to and enjoyed. I also paint still lifes, animals, trees and figures.
I try to find a balance between what I see and what I paint using inks which give great depth of colour. The initial
idea or image may be a landscape view but once the first mark is made, it becomes at best a balance and at times a struggle between retaining some truth to the subject and pushing the painted image to new ground.
I use Diamine, Dr. Martins, Liquitex and Rohrer Klingner inks-emulsion, shellac or water based as well as watercolour. The vibrancy of the inks is complemented by their great subtlety. I...

Moseley school of art, Birmingham 1969-75
Wolverhampton Polytechnic 1975-76
Bretton Hall College 1976-79

Bretton Hall College-1979
Batley School of Art & Design-1980
Tulley House Museum, Carlisle-1994
The Mill Arts Centre, Oxfordshire 2001
GCL Holmfirth-2011
Dadabar Sheffield 2012
Willow Tree Gallery Holmfirth 2012
Clocktower Sheffield 2012
Holmfirth Vineyard 2013
Dewsbury Museum 2014
Joe Cornish Gallery 2014
The White Room (York) 2014
Pax (Sheffield) 2019

Group Shows
Willow Tree (Holmfirth)
Huddersfield Art Gallery (Gallery 6)
Purple Gallery (Birmingham)
Calder Gallery.
Blossom Street Gallery (York)
Magnetic North (Halifax)
Pieces in private collections in the U.S., Australasia and
Europe.
Private and organisational commissions including
Kuretake UK