2017 - 2019
The Journey itself is the Whole: Paintings as Passageways
Thresholds take you from one place to another, the thematic thread of the portal or circular vantage point can be imagined as a telescope, microscope, periscope or binoculars, all are framing devices that act as a threshold from one realm to another. This exhibition, which was partially made during the pandemic quarantine, is a departure from Murphy’s BioArt and a return to her seminal interest in plein air painting. This shift is in response to feeling isolated while craving the solitude that artists need in order to create and the desire for fresh air and life affirming green during quarantine. The circle is symbolic of the cycle of life with no beginning and no end that reveals the resilience of life, of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Love is Love
36" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
Exit
36" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
Cabin in the Woods
30" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Cabin by the Lake
30" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Cabin in the Woods Study
6" x 6"
Gouache on Panel
Small Cabin
20" x 20"
Oil on Canvas
Portal Garden
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
Edgeland I, Looking Out
40" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Edgeland II, Looking In
40" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
2019
The World is Always More Than I Can See
46" x 38"
Oil on Canvas
G House
20" x 20"
Oil on Canvas
2020
Sunset Pollinator
40" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Tulip Fields
20" x 20"
Oil on Canvas
Blue Birds
30" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Hydrangeas
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
2019
Moss I
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
2019
Moss Colony 2
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
2019
Moss Colony 3
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
2019
Cosmos Swarm
Snail Trail
10" x 10"
Acrylic on Panel
2019
A Stitch in Time
46" x 38"
Oil on Canvas