Adam Moore

These paintings are both a celebration of color and a study of the way that patterns and disruptions can distort and transform our senses. Color can have a profound effect on us and can take our imagination on a journey through space and time, often to places unknown. I've always dreamed in vivid color, and this series is inspired by lucid dreams or visions that my mind creates when I'm drifting off to sleep. As humans, we tend to crave order and structure. I like to abstract these constructs by beginning with a system of shapes and colors, and then carefully and deliberately changing and distorting these patterns to create an entirely new visual experience, one that can often seem like a moving jigsaw puzzle or an intricate tapestry. The colors and shapes are used as building blocks, or tiny 'particles', which interlock, contrast, and complement each other. 

 

Adam was born and raised in Omaha Nebraska. He briefly studied fashion at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and jewelry design and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is the author of the book "Fancy Tails: Stories from the Lap of Luxury" which he also illustrated. Adam recently returned to Omaha where he has focused on his first love of painting, in which he is self taught.