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Press Release, New York
An amber
striped horizon at dawn, the luminous space where sky and ocean are welded
nearly seamlessly together, the complex and sometimes vast fluctuations of
weather on the coast and at sea: these are the subjects of Fanzia Murphy's art.
Murphy was born in Trinidad, West Indies, an island celebrated for its
magnificent beaches. It is here that she developed a deep interest in the power
and ever-changing appearance of the ocean. Greatly inspired by the masters of
French Impressionism, Murphy paints in a style that captures the essence of
color and light in a landscape with fluid brushstrokes and a rich palette.
Acrylic paintings on canvas, Murphy's work reveals her intense love of the ocean
in all its various manifestations-cool and silvery under an overcast sky, or
fiery as the sun ascends from darkness, or transparent blue on a summer
afternoon. Murphy now lives in Ontario, Canada, where she continues to paint
tropical beaches, in addition to her local Muskoka landscapes. |