" Personal experience has instilled Murphy’s new large scale paintings
with an infectious sense of urgency. Murphy has developed her muscles as
a painter. Murphy mixes abstract expressionist bravado with the passion
found in great religious art from the Renaissance. Spectacular colors and
wiggling shapes are designed to grab people. Murphy’s painterly marks
are charged with an energy that is potentially volatile. If Murphy’s
goal is to make such a destructive force as fire look beautiful, she has
succeeded. On a deeper level, she ventures into real life experiences
that are juicy, from which she gains plenty of impetus for creative
action"
Jude Schweindenwein The Hartford Courant |