Jacque Moran

Born 1926 Died 2014 Cornwall

Jacqueline Lenore Moran lived in St Ives within the circle of well known artists, including Sven Berlin. For long periods Jacque suffered from ill health and spent many months in a sanatorium in Penzance for treatment of her breathing difficulties. After pioneering lung surgery she recovered and returned to St Ives where she met Victor Bramley in 1959. A year later they married and not long after moved to the quiet village of Nancledra where she spent the rest of her life.

Jacque and Victor became interested in esotericism in the late 1960s experimenting with ouija boards, divination and automatism. Jacque started with automatic writing, receiving messages and made a few drawings in 1970 of which two are exhibited in the Tranceducers show, the first time any of her work has been exhibited. Unlike Victor, Jacque didn’t pursue mark making as an avenue for her esotericism, instead preferring to record her visions which she said would transfer to Victor’s Mandala series by telepathic communication between them.

After they separated, Jacque returned to drawing in the 1990s and as she became more reclusive, her drawing was a constant companion. She also developed a new language system in order to communicate with another realm. Victor remained a part of her life until they both died in 2014. He would supply her with art materials, but didn’t see the extent of her drawing until after her death.

Many hundreds of her late drawings in boxes of notebooks have recently been donated to the Whitworth Gallery who care for the famous Musgrave-Kinley collection of outsider art.

Selected Exhibitions
2025 ~ Tranceducers: Art of Visionaries, Mediums and Automatists