Ian Moore born in 1969, studied at John Hampden Grammar School, Bucks College of Higher Education and Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design. On completion of the Graphic Design course he had work accepted in four major national illustration competitions.
Over the last fourteen years he has been commissioned by various publications including Elle, Vogue, New Internationalist, The Telegraph and Financial Times. His paintings have also featured in many design projects, advertising campaigns and book covers.
In 1996 his work was awarded Bronze in the best use of illustration category at the Direct Marketing Association Awards.
Since leaving college Ian has exhibited widely in group shows, but in the last three years, it is the personal paintings that have dominated his time and attention.
Much of the work has arisen from the story of Tottington, a village in Norfolk where his family originally came from. The village was taken over by the War Department for troop training purposes in 1942, with a promise that it would be returned, it never was.
The story of Tottington has lead to work based around village life, the families who were re-located, and the mock buildings that are used to this day for battle training.
