Artist’s Statement
The soft blue-grey distance and colours of the Australian landscape and atmosphere challenge me to create artwork that conveys Australia’s unique light. A land of extreme contrasts, I also aspire to share its harsh colourful beauty and it's history. I enjoy creating works that show space and distance. My work is traditional in style using oil on board or canvas. I also enjoy creating florals and beach scenes in pastel, and working with graphite or pen to create detailed works.
Biography
Alison is passionate about painting people and places. Experienced in a variety of media, early works were commissions of buildings and rural subjects, often highly detailed using graphite or pen. She was awarded the Australia Day Cultural Award for Mundubbera Shire for services to Art, and won multiple prizes in the Region for her artworks. Subjects now include landscapes, florals and beach scenes using oils or soft pastels.
Her work has been acquired by Shire and City Councils, Government Departments as well as by private collectors nationally. She has been selected as an exhibiting finalist in the Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular since 2013, and an Exhibiting Finalist in the Lethbridge Landscape Prize in 2021 and 2022. Represented by Wide Bay Gallery.Influences
Australian Artists John Wilson, whose atmospheric paintings portray the Australian Landscape in all of it's moods . Warwick Fuller, The Heidelberg School, Australian impressionists, Lyn Diefenbach.
Exhibitions
Group Exibitions:
Maryborough Warehouse Gallery
Kingaroy Shire Gallery
Wondai Shire Gallery
Trevenan House Gallery New FarmWebsite
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Alison Murphy
Aarons Pass
50 x 75 x 4 cm Oil on board $1,150.00
Alison Murphy
Gums by the Waterhole
45 x 60 x 3 cm Oil on board $1,100.00