jd moore in conversation
with curatorial associate emily edwards
What inspires your work?
The language of the human figure is my main source of inspiration right now. How the skin, muscles, fat, bones, hair, joints, posture etc... of individuals interact with light, color, and fabrics. I search for the model's story within this interaction if I don't already have a narrative I wish to tell.
Has living in Dallas influenced your work in any way?
I am not quite sure how the city itself has influenced my work. I am sure that it has, but I haven't quite placed my finger on the how yet. However, the people I am surrounded by influence my work greatly. One of my priorities is to collaborate with local creatives. The fashion designers, sculptors, photographers and models living within Dallas are represented in most of my recent work.
What are you currently working on?
I am currently working on a series called MŪDE. The only cohesiveness this series has at the moment is it's purpose and general development. I am studying various human figures by taking photos with controlled lighting. I then edit and crop the photos to focus on distinct, and sometimes obscure parts of the body. My primary goal for this series is simply to study composition, and improve my technical painting skills. I would like to eventually create separate sub-series and intentionally focus on specific themes to show periodically.
about jd moore
JD Moore was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and has been painting since 2013. Moore competed a tattoo apprenticeship at Last Angels Tattoo, Dallas, under senior tattoo artist, Gerald Garcia, in 2013. He continues to work at Last Angels Tattoo.
Moore's art works feature narrative driven oil/acrylic portraiture influenced by the renaissance, neo-classicism, and realism art historical periods. In 2017, he expanded is insights and work with figurative painting in the February issue of The Plano Profile Magazine and then later on Austere.com, following a two week residency in Oquevaux, France. In August of 2018, Moore completed a month long residency at La Macina di San Cresci in Tuscany, Italy, where he studied fresco painting under artist, Emanuele Capozza. In late 2019, JD Moore was commissioned by the Deep Ellum Foundation and later by the Thanks-Giving Foundation to complete his first two public murals in Dallas.