Alan Moore

Alan Moore was born in Montgomery, Alabama and grew up the son of an Air Force officer.  The Moores traveled all over the States and in Europe.  In his teens, Alan’s family moved to the Panhandle of Florida, where his father retired from military service.  

As a child and teen, Alan’s favorite classes in school were art, drafting, and shop.  In his younger years, it was not rare for Alan to commandeer trash and other objects laying around the house to construct upcycled sculptures and other forms of practical art.  He has always loved working with his hands. 

Alan’s southern folk art had its early beginnings over 30 years ago as a high school art assignment.  His art teacher introduced the class to different primitive artists in history and had them create several pieces of their own.  That same year, Alan was introduced to Jasper Jones and fell in love with his work.  Alan’s first two works were watercolor on rice paper and acrylic on recycled peg board. 

Alan attended the University of Florida after high school and studied construction management.  Alan put aside any serious focus on art for more than 10 years as he studied, married Lori, and started a family.

During their 23 years of marriage, Lori and Alan have moved back and forth between Florida and Colorado.  During a 2004 summer long stay in Estes Park, Colorado, Alan, inspired by his surroundings and a longing to create again, broke his 10-year lull from art and staring creating again.  After that summer in the mountains, Alan experienced a revival of sorts and began, like many great southern folk artist before him, painting on anything he put his hands on: weathered woods, rusty metal, old furniture, etc.  Recycled, salvaged, and upcycled materials have been Alan’s medium from his childhood, and has matured into his own style of southern folk and outsider art.

Over the last 10 years, Alan’s folk art has evolved from painted work to almost paintless works, using a wide variety of salvaged materials: 100 year old pianos, roof metals, vintage bottle caps, steel soda cans, river-sunk driftwoods, antiques, farm equipment, and so much more.

Over the last decade Alan has involved the Moore children in his art world.  His daughters, Isabella (21) and Emma (19), have gone from helpers at art festivals and in the studio to budding artists selling their own art across the nation.  The girls also teach recycled art classes to kids and adults.  Isabella and Emma are now fully engaged in what the Moores call “The Moore Family Folk Art.”  Alan’s boys, Aidan (16), Liam (14), and Kian (11), are great helpers and are starting to dabble in the folk art world.

The Moores strive to promote family-based creativity and environmental stewardship through art classes, exhibits, festivals, and speaking engagements.

 

Available Works

7 items

Rainbow Fish

$895

19 x 50" / Bottlecaps, Vintage 1970s Soda Cans, Salvaged Woods / The Moore's work as a family to make bright, colorful, upcycled, folk art from bottlecap, vintage soda/beer cans, and salvaged woods...

Can Fox

$375

Vintage soda can, salvaged wood / 20 x 25"

Soda Can Hummingbird

$450

28 x 21 Vintage soda cans, Salvaged Wood

Bottlecap Bison (Large)

$895

28 x 36" / Salvage wood, vintage bottle caps

Bottlecap Snapper

$325

17 x 29" / Bottlecaps, Vintage Soda Cans, Salvaged Woods / The Moore's work as a family to make bright, colorful, upcycled, folk art from bottlecap, vintage soda/beer cans, and salvaged woods. This...

Snowflake Trout

$300

14 x 35" / Bottlecaps, Vintage Soda Cans, Salvaged Woods / The Moore's work as a family to make bright, colorful, upcycled, folk art from bottlecap, vintage soda/beer cans, and salvaged woods. This...

Bottlecap Octopus

$2,200

45 x 38.5 / Bottlecaps, Vintage 1970s Soda Cans, Salvaged WoodsThis Octopus is made form over 1000 vintage soda bottle caps from the 1970s and 1980s. The background is made from over 150 different ...