Cat Moore Printmaker
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About Cat Moore Printmaker

Current shows, exhibitions and bio

 
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Hi, I’m Cat.

I’m a self taught linocut printmaker, newly arrived in Orkney after several years living and working in the hills of Northumberland.

You will find me, sketchbook in hand, perching on the hillsides and capturing what I love about the landscape: the look and the feel of the place, the undulations of the hills, the understanding which can only come from long hours of observation, and a deep sense of belonging.

Most of my work is based on the world around me, though I have been known to stray into folklore. I’m a keen storyteller (and listener) and this makes its way into all of my prints: from capturing the feeling of the wind through a series of undulating lines, to making marks to recreate the sense of lightness as you emerge from a forest into the open air.

For me, printmaking is an ongoing discussion between the immediacy of an image, and the way it is expressed through line, marks, colour and composition. I am always learning, always surprising myself, and in love with the whole great big adventure of it all.

I hope you enjoy it too.

 
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Thursday 29th November 2018

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Printed. Thanks so much for all the love you guys have shown my naked young lady chasing a salmon. She’s now been made good using leftover ink on remaining scraps of Zerkall paper. I think I’ve got 10 decent copies to become my offering f
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One (or two) of those moments when things just don’t quite go right. I’ve been trying to play along at home with @matpringle’s #folksongfebruary challenge since the beginning. Most days I don’t manage to fit in any time at a
Between High Walls Edition of 10 Hand pulled using oil based ink on Japanese Hosho paper Wandering through the concrete remnants of the watchtowers, searchlights, stores and gun emplacements left here in the aftermath on the Second World War is one
Gathering Stormclouds Edition of 50 Oil based ink on Japanese Hosho paper The solid concrete lookout tower at the top of one antler of our island, looking out to sea through lidless eyes since 1940. These buildings fascinate me: their permanence, e
It’s time to play printmaker’s Spot the Difference, as I fettle this print towards the finish line. I’m going carefully now, trying to channel my inner Clifford Webb (who’s mark making I adore) and desperate not to make any ma
I don’t quite have the energy to start mixing inks today. It’ll come tomorrow, after a better sleep and once the children have gone to school. It’s a hangover from their toddling days but I’m always apprehensive about having r
It’s been a broken week but in between cancelled boats, delayed school runs, a big birthday (not mine) and some important family time, I’ve been working on a new print. I hate to curse the process but it’s coming together really qui