Laurel Moore at MooreThanArt

WELCOME TO THE ART SITE OF LAUREL MOORE

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Laurel Moore is a commission artist living in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She specializes in traditional and contemporary paintings using oil on canvas. If you are looking for a beautiful portrait painting of your husband, wife, child or pet, or a creative modern painting- Laurel's paintings would perfectly suit your needs.

Laurel likes to take time to photograph the person/pet in a relaxed setting, and talk about what kind of portrait is desired. Colours, size and where you would like to hang your painting, all play an part in the finished artwork. For example, if your wife is a keen gardener, elements of her garden can be brought into the background of the portrait. It's really all about YOUR choice. And what a beautiful gift that would make!

Using oil on canvas takes time to dry, and can take up to 3 months due to the drying time. But, of course, all good things are worth the wait :)...........
Please contact Laurel directly at questions@moorethanart.com to discuss your ideas and budget. Currently Laurel is focusing her art on United Arab Emirates and not shipping to intenational destinations. Most paintings are wrapped and delivered to you by hand by the artist, or they can be delivered via courier.

Laurel is currently working on the illustrations for a children's book. She has also been asked to create some animation characters for 'Maya International' the famous animation/software company.
Since the adoption of her two rescue dogs (December 2009) from Strays Of Abu Dhabi she has become very involved in helping to raise funds for this great non-profit charity run by local volunteers. This group straysofabudhabi.com care and rehome animals found on the streets of Abu Dhabi. They also go into schools and educate youngsters about the work they do. See GULF NEWS newspaper article, search under 'Laurel Moore'
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/animal-rights-advocates-plan-to-build-sanctuary-1.558035
Laurel is currently organizing the exhibition of 51 International exhibiting and emerging artists in The Millenium Hotel, Abu Dhabi. Each painting has been donated by each artists for a grand art auction (April 2010) If you would like more information on this please contact Laurel questions@moorethanart.com Laurel is also donating her racehorse painting seen on this page.
Laurel is currently exhibiting and selling some of her original artwork (until Jan 2nd 2010) at the Abu Dhabi Art Festival, in Capital Park, behind the Millenium Hotel.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Laurel Moore is a Certified Listed British Artist. She obtained her Teaching Degree at the University of Portsmouth, England, with a specialism in 'The Arts' and 'Art History' in 1988.

Laurel Moore is married and lives with her husband in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She comes from a family of artists. Her uncle John Cooke was one of the original artist model makers on the British series "Thunderbirds" in the 1960's, which still has a cult-following today. He then continued his illustrious career as an artist for the British Natural History Museum, in London. Her other uncle works as a composer in Vancouver, Canada, and her cousin is a successful ceramics artist.
As a child, Laurel sang with a choir at the Albert Hall in London and learnt to play the piano, accordion, and later alto and tenor saxophone. Whilst studying for her teaching degree in the 1980's her art lecture commented that " he didn't know what to do with someone with so much talent". Whilst busking (singing blues and playing tenor saxophone) she was talent-scouted by the manager of the Holiday Inn hotel chain to play a regular gig with her blues band.

'Settling down and having a family allowed me to concentrate on my art. My initial move from England to Switzerland in 2000, with its stunning mountains and valleys, was a great inspiration to my artistic soul. It allowed me to explore and paint new and exciting landscapes/cityscapes.

'My aim as an artist, is to breathe life into a scene or a portrait, so that it has a real 'presence', or 'life of its own' in the room - which draws people in.'

'My family, painting, singing, saxing, song-writing - my inner life - all fills my life with joy. And everyday I try to be the best that I can be'.

'Each painting is for me a huge challenge to try and find that 'magic wand' in my paint-brush - that's makes me feel like I have brought something to life on the canvas. If, indeed, I am doing a dog portrait - I hope one day to hear it bark :)' ...........Laurel Moore.