/ WORK AVAILABLE BY
Henry Murphy
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“My work is a byproduct of excursions small and large, to get out and see for myself. These paintings, little symbols pulled from my real life, are meant to be both biographical and universal, to give credit to the everyday and the fact of being there.”
Henry Murphy’s work takes inspiration from human interaction with the landscape, with painting serving as a daily discipline and a way of taking part in the world around him. Made en plein air, his quiet, contemplative and intimate works segment his observations and allow new perspectives on the ordinary. Focused around natural settings and inclusions, the selected paintings are each underpinned by a commitment to calm observation and careful thought. They allude to immersion in contemporary actualities, but they are neither a social critique nor a call to action; instead they are documents and interpretations of a transitional time in culture marked by confidence and doubt, excitement and trepidation. Murphy studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Biz 187, Larchmont, NY; and Spring Break Art Show in New York, NY.
Presentations:
︎ Paintings for the Bird Above My Head
Press:
︎ Two Coats of Paint
︎ Inquire
“My work is a byproduct of excursions small and large, to get out and see for myself. These paintings, little symbols pulled from my real life, are meant to be both biographical and universal, to give credit to the everyday and the fact of being there.”
Henry Murphy’s work takes inspiration from human interaction with the landscape, with painting serving as a daily discipline and a way of taking part in the world around him. Made en plein air, his quiet, contemplative and intimate works segment his observations and allow new perspectives on the ordinary. Focused around natural settings and inclusions, the selected paintings are each underpinned by a commitment to calm observation and careful thought. They allude to immersion in contemporary actualities, but they are neither a social critique nor a call to action; instead they are documents and interpretations of a transitional time in culture marked by confidence and doubt, excitement and trepidation. Murphy studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work has been featured in exhibitions at Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Biz 187, Larchmont, NY; and Spring Break Art Show in New York, NY.
Presentations:
︎ Paintings for the Bird Above My Head
Press:
︎ Two Coats of Paint