The Moore Family Folk Art – Catch! – A Three State Junk Art Tour

Alan and his daughters Isabella (age 13) and Emma (age 11) have been creating their iconic bottle cap fish for their junk art tour they call “Catch!” – inspired by their two home states of Florida and Colorado.

Recently the Moore’s went “paintless” in their folk art bringing all the color to their work through the medium of vintage soda/beer cans and bottle caps.  The Moore’s new palette includes over 4000 soda and beer cans to choose from, all dating back to the 1960s and 1970s.

Their studio also boasts of having over 60,000 neatly organized bottle caps-vintage and modern, domestic and international.  It is not rare for Alan or one of the girls to make a fish with caps and cans from Germany, Russia, Canada, Thailand, S. Korea, the US and several other countries.

Alan, who began making upcycled art as a child, began involving his children in his art world five years ago.  Isabella and Emma have gone from helpers at art festivals and in the studio to budding artists selling their own art across the country.  The girls also teach recycled art classes to kids their own age.  Isabella and Emma are now fully engaged in what the Moores call “The Moore Family Folk Art.”  Alan’s boys, Aidan (8), Liam (6), and Kian (3), are great helpers and are starting to dabble in the folk art world.

The tour’s final stop will be at The Tomato Head in Knoxville, Tennessee.  The Tomato Head owner Mahasti Vafaie found the Moore’s folk art bottle cap fish online and reached out last year about the fall 2014 exhibit.  The Moore’s art will be on display in Market Square until October 4, then it will move to 7240 Kingston Pike  from October 7 to November 3.

You can find all about the Moore’s art at:  www.floridafolkart.com and www.coloradofolkart.com