Location: United States
Mary Murphy was born in south central Ohio and has a BS degree in the College of Education from The Ohio State University and an MA degree from Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa.
She began her art career by studying at The University Of Maryland College Park and continued her studies with Linda Pflug in Fort Myers, FL. Murphy has also studied with Cassandra James, Instructor at Ringling School of Art & Design, in Texas, Montana, Mexico and North Carolina. On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, she has studied with John Losonczy, Mary Ekroos, Scott Yeager, Kevin Fitzgerald, Camille Przewodek and Nancy Tankersley. In Pennsylvania, she has studied with Susan Nicholas Gebhart.
Murphy is a member of/or has shown in the following:
2011 Worcester County Arts Council, Berlin, MD,
2010 Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Princess Anne Days, Princess Anne, MD, Managerie Gallery, Matlacha, FL, Ocean City Library Solo Show, Ocean City, MD, Ocean City Library Group Show, Ocean City, MD, Cathedral Square Gallery, Mobile, AL, Globe Restaurant, Berlin, MD, Spring Fest at Ocean City, MD, Sea Star Gallery, featured artist, Matlacha, FL
2009 Foyer Gallery Solo Show at the Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD, Atrium Gallery, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, Water's Edge Gallery, Berlin, MD, Ocean City Library, Ocean City, MD, Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MD, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2008 Art League of Ocean City, Ocean City, MD, Artiques Art & Antiques, Snow Hill, MD
2007 A Step Above Gallery, Berlin, MD
As a young child, I lived on a small farm that had a wooded area in a rear corner. I loved the play of the light on the grass, the leaves and trunks of trees, and on the nearby shrubs. When I began painting en plein air, that love for nature came back to me. I love doing hand painted, colorful, somewhat abstract, contemporary oil paintings because the colors are bright and fun. I use oil colors for my paintings because the colors will not fade and allow me to create beautiful original colors that are able to capture the emotion of the landscape and transfer it to the canvas for you to experience and enjoy. I take my easel to a location - the park, the ocean, the mountains, or the field - and set up and paint in the sun, wind, rain, and insects. In the words of the poet, "no matter whether you have sunburn, bug bites, lost your brush, or spilled your paint, you've still had a good day."
Randell Research Center is an abstract original hand painted landscape oil painting 36" x 36" x 3/4" with painted canvas wrapped around the edges. It was created en plein air (French for "open air") and captures the emotions of nature and brings them to you for your enjoyment. The painting is playful, somewhat abstract and contemporary in style, with expressionism overtones.
It was painted at the Randell Research Center on Pine Island, just off the coast of Fort Myers, FL. The Randell Research Center studies the life and times of the Caloosa Indians who controlled most of southern Florida for over 1000 years and the Center works closely with the University of FL.
Turtle Island III is an original hand painted abstract landscape oil painting 30" x 30" x 3/4" with painted canvas wrapped around the edges. It was created en plein air (French for "open air") and captures the emotions of nature and brings them to you for your enjoyment. It was painted in Pemberton Park, Salisbury, MD, and shows a tree on a small island surrounded by water from the Wicomico River.
Old Soldiers is an original hand painted abstract landscape oil painting 30" x 30" x 3/4" with painted canvas wrapped around the edges. It was created en plein air (French for "open air") and captures the emotions of nature and brings them to you for your enjoyment. The painting is playful, somewhat abstract and contemporary in style, with expressionism overtones.
The painting is of 3 old trees which have lost many branches, but have survived storms and had many years of providing shade for owners of the home and nests for birds. These trees are in the yard of a house on the Bivalve Wharf Road in Bivalve, MD, on the MD Eastern Shore.
“Randell Research Center”
“Turtle Island III”
“Old Soldiers”
