Artists Down Under – August 2019

CAROLINE JULIA MOORE INTERVIEW

Trish Hoskin

DOWN UNDER

art ists

Australia and New Zealand

This month we have a very special and talented lady who has agreed to tell us more about herself. Most of our Awake and Kaizen group would be very

familiar with Caroline, but she is far more talented and involved with the art scene and promoting herself than we may have realised.

I asked Caroline to give us an overview of how she started and where her artistic life has taken her. Sit back and have a great read below.

Overview:

I grew up in Kingston-Upon-Thames in UK and moved to South East London in 1991 when I studied Psychology at Goldsmiths. I spent many years

researching cognitive neuropsychology using functional imaging. In 2003 I moved to West Dorset where I now live with my 3 children and 4 cats.

I first started using Photoshop in the Summer of 2014. My work primarily involved using stock images. Since 2016, most of my work has incorporated

my own photography. My more recent work has developed a stylized, cinematic, photo-realistic look. I also like to do more experimental, conceptual

photography-based work in black and white. I aim for my work to evoke an emotive reaction. Over the last few months I have been creating moving

images from my digital art.

I am currently a self-employed digital artist. I have been lucky enough to work for Sebastian Michaels on numerous courses, and Andrei Tallent on Shift

Art. Part of my work with Sebastian Michaels involved working with the software company, AutoFX. I have freelanced for Corel and my artwork has been

featured in their advertising campaigns for Particleshop. I have also worked for musicians, such as The Gravity Drive and Starsha Lee, providing artwork.

I work as a co-editor for Gallery Of Refined Art, which is a facebook publication: https://www.facebook.com/galleryrefinedart/.

My work has been published internationally. Publications include Photoshop Creative, Digital Photographer, Somerset Digital Studio, Dorset Artist, Dark

Beauty, Living The Photoartistic Life.

I have had numerous exhibitions of my work in Bridport, Beaminster and Weymouth (in Dorset, UK). My work was selected to be displayed by Artisan

Colour for their promotional material. One of my images, printed by Artisan Colour, is currently exhibited in a gallery in Asheville

(see https://www.facebook.com/PhotoshopArtistry/photos/a.149983125193964/532334733625466/?type=3&theater).

I also produce Photoshop resources; many of these are hand painted. The resources have been used for course content (including courses by Sebastian

Michaels and Susan Tuttle) and are sold via ShiftArt and my etsy shop (https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CarolineJuliaMoore).

I provide stock images of Models every month for Kaizen but am also working with Shift Art to provide sets of images for the shop.