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A native of Norwood, Massachusetts, Jim Murphy was born May 25, 1947. Encouraged by his parents, he absorbed himself with drawing as a child, and as a young man studied at Massachusetts College of Art. He graduated in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with emphasis on painting and illustration. He has studied with Lynn Peterfreund, Jamie Young, and Craig Srebnik. A longtime practitioner of watercolor, Murphy returned to working in oils at the urging of his wife, Diane, when the couple visited Cape Breton in 1997. A trail runner, he often scouts out remote areas on foot and returns with canvas and paint to record his emotional and spiritual relationship with the natural world. He has found his most stimulating and satisfying painting experiences in the wooded or coastal areas of Cape Cod and Maine and especially in the hill towns around his home in Ashfield, Massachusetts.
“Jim Murphy’s painterly realism shows the influence of Hopper’s simplicity and structure, with the color and brushwork of American Impressionists. Working in plein air from Connecticut to Nova Scotia, he interprets his native New England in all of its seasons.” |
