Stephen Moore is an artist known for the color and light quality in his paintings. He was taught by Eleanor Seng and has been painting about twenty years. He has traveled and painted extensively in Europe. Painting interests also include coastal and other North Carolina scenes with an emphasis on local color. Though primarily a landscape painter schooled in plein air techniques, he is also interested in portrait, figurative, and still-life genres. His work is held in private and corporate collections around the world.