Artist profile
Peta
Moore
My art is inspired by the people and places in the bush. I like to paint loosely and gesturally to create a sense of freedom and to evoke that same feeling of freedom for the viewer as when I am in the bush.
Peta Moore is an abstract artist based on the Northern Tablelands of NSW. She is known for her vibrant landscapes depicting rural Australia. After completing a Diploma of Visual Arts through Sunshine Coast TAFE she developed a voice for exploring the colours and forms of rural landscapes through loose gestural mark making using thick layering of paint.
Her work delves deeper into the lasting impact the rural landscapes have on her and she aims to illicit an emotional response from the viewer and leave a lasting impression on them too.
Peta Moore’s work has been exhibited most recently in a solo exhibition at Get Framed Armidale and in a group exhibition at the Inverell Art Gallery. Her work won the TAFE Sunshine Coast Art Award for all students enrolled in art and she has won several prizes at the Aspects Art Show in Goondiwindi Qld.
Artist Career Highlights
- Selection in the New Horizons - Emerging Voices in the Landscape residency program with the New England Regional Gallery (NERAM). Five artists were chose from Regional NSW to be mentored by artist Angus Nivison for ten months and to exhibit alongside his retrospective in October 2026.
- Selection as a finalist in The Collective 2026 at Inverell Art Gallery and then to have three out of four of my works acquired by sponsors before the opening.
- Solo show at Get Framed Armidale featuring a body of work I created around time spent in the Northern Territory.
Artist Interview
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
My process begins with observation and immersion in the landscape. This usually involves walking in the landscape for quite some time followed by smaller scale sketching. By doing this I am learning the lay of the landscape. As I simplify the compositions back in the studio, I allow memory and intuition to take over. The mark making becomes gestural and free.
Tell us a bit about your story and how you came to be an artist
I have always felt compelled to be creative and always painted as a hobby until I decided to study art at TAFE and then began my art business. My art business includes teaching art at high school and art therapy to NDIS clients and of course my own abstract landscape painting practice using mixed media.
