Doug in his element, scavenging one person's trash, at the Really Really Free Market, in Santa Cruz, California, January, 2015
Myself, Arthur Ganson, and Rick Caruso. This was taken once upon a great time when I had the tremendous privilege of having Mr. Ganson teach me how to TIG weld with aluminum. 2009
Santa Cruz, February 2016. This is a billboard for the big trailer. My lovely feline assistant Pig helped.
Hello. I'm Doug Moore. This is my bicycle trailer/#TheWattYacht/art/sculpture/all things, "cool" website. It's my effort to showcase the things that I choose to spend my time concentrating on. If you'd like to know more about any of the things you're reading/seeing/experiencing (if you're having a hallucinatory episode/medical emergency please abandon your computer screen and seek medical attention), drop me an email, or heck, give me a call. I'll probably let you go to voicemail if I don't recognize your number. Leave me a message and if it's a nice one I'll probably get back to you.
My "Art": A Brief Introspection
Friends, potential employers, multiverse-at-large: Here it is. Sort of. This is but a fraction of slapdash documentation of various works of mine, which are in no particular order. These images are all just kind of mashed together. The trouble is I have a tendency to get sick of looking at my own works, so I tend to get rid of them. Sculptures take up space. As do two-dimensional works. Being the thrifty, traveling fellow that I am, it's not been convenient/sensible for me to retain all of my works over the years. Kinetic sculptures don't necessarily photograph very well. I give works to friends. It's therapeutic for me. These days my works tend to primarily manifest as hasty sketches. I try to only draw something I can finish in one sitting. Let's face it: It's hard. It's really hard to make work and then sell it, and make a living that way. It's time consuming to create well-crafted, detailed, two-dimensional works.
I'd like to take this opportunity to pat myself on the back and tell you that I am a magnificent illustrator and sculptor when I put my mind to it. When someone is ready to put up the money/compensation, I am happy to put in the time and energy.
I am influenced by/currently most rapt with (also in no particular order):
Julianne Swartz Dan Will Arthur Ganson Robert Crumb Tom Robbins Maurits Cornelius Escher Hieronymus Bosch David Byrne (music fills my soul, gives it shape) Banksy Lizzee Solomon
. . . and countless other writers, musicians, activists, illustrators, painters, sculptors, and interactive kinetic sculptors who I sadly don't have the names of or am failing to call to mind at this moment. I also admire artisans who have produced incredible works and have received no credit or recognition. I like work that explores science. I adore humor. My work also tends to take a political slant.
Again, this is just a small snippet of a vast, varied portfolio. In a perfect world I'd have a great picture of every piece of work, and I'd have each sketchbook immaculately tucked away in some drawer somewhere. The reality is that life is fleeting and I plan on enjoying it as much as I can. Works will come and go, and one day I'll eventually leave it all behind.
If you'd like for me to make some artwork for you, or if you'd like to buy something you see (if I still have it), I think you know what to do.
Thanks for reading. Now here's some pictures.
Oh right, and that one time that I drew on a switchbox in Somerville, Mass. http://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/artists-support-bicycling-by-painting-switch-boxes
OH! And if you like fanciful "artist's statements" I now have one of those, too: