Dance Floor
2014
Oil on linen
60 x 50 1/4"

Kudzu
2009
Charcoal on paper
22 1/2 x 30 1/4"

John Moore (b. 1941, St. Louis) is an American contemporary realist painter whose work explores studio interiors, urban architecture and in his most celebrated work, the post-industrial landscape. While his paintings evoke a sense of realism, Moore’s masterful surfaces upon close inspection do not concede to the rigid glossy façade of photorealism, instead maintaining a uniquely felt touch. Using a variety of detailed brushwork, the surfaces are built up in luminous layers of contrasting hues.

The scenes presented in his work further subvert true realism, though based off of en plein air sketches, photographs and observational study in his studio. Moore reimagines each perspective by combining disparate elements from his observations of various sites, re-rendering architecture and the landscape to suit his sophisticated compositions.