Acrylic Painting

Libby Janet Moore

Libby Moore is a semi-surrealist painter and print-maker living and working on Wallumedegal land, in North-Western Sydney.rn

Artist Profile

Libby Moore is a semi-surrealist painter and print-maker living and working on Wallumedegal land, in North-Western Sydney.

Libby Moore’s current focus is on the female form which is often represented in her work by voluptuous sculptural objects, in particular coloured glassware and ceramics, . She explores the themes of human connection, maternity and domesticity and much of her work has a focus on the woman as a role model. Although Libby’s art practice predominantly involves painting, she recently graduated from the National Art School with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in print. She has been a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Greenway Art Prize, Blacktown City Art Prize, Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize and the Basil Sellers Art Prize. In 2023 Libby won the Georges River Art Prize (acquisitive) and the Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award in the Hornsby Art Prize.

Artist Interview

What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?

I usually work with acrylic paint and lino print both of which allow me to have a large degree of control with the outcomes. Although acrylic paint is fast drying and leaves little room for mistakes and alterations, it can be painted over and there is little toxicity in it.

How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?

I select things or people I feel a strong connection with. Whether it be a human sitter or still life, having a rapport or personal ties to the subject matter makes them much more relevant and desirable to depict on canvas. I've accumulated a lot of glassware and ceramics over the years, which has been given to me, belonged to my mother, grandmother or great aunt. Naturally I like what's in my collection and the objects remain a joy to paint whether as accompaniments to a portrait or as the focal points in a still life painting.

Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?

My studio is in our house so I always feel connected to what's going on with my family while I'm making work. Our Bordoodle, George, has a bed in my studio so he comes and goes all day keeping any eye on me, and all the family members. Apart from the easel and a big table, the most important things in the room are two multi-layered sets of blue metal drawers on wheels which hold a lot of my art materials and stationery and help give people (and me) the impression I’m super organised.

Libby Janet Moore

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