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Maureen Murray
USA
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“My expressionistic oil paintings of wildflowers come to life through spontaneous, bold brushstrokes and a soft, dreamy focus.”
Maureen Murray creates expressive canvases and lyrical abstract compositions that are profound meditations on the ephemeral splendor of the natural world. Her abstract compositions are inspired by a deep reverence for the natural world, capturing wild flora's ethereal beauty and intricacies.
Spring | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
A burst of white wildflowers unfurls across the canvas in this expressionistic painting. Spontaneous brushstrokes capture their movement, while splashes of green and pink hint at the surrounding meadow. The background, a soft blur of color, draws focus to the central floral dance while fluid brushstrokes in a palette of delicate pastels create a dreamlike serenity. The ephemeral quality of the blooms invites contemplation, a gentle reminder of nature's fleeting beauty.
The floral elements and other natural forms, rendered in soft and muted shades, are often infused with lush purples, pinks, or greens as they entwine and gently blend into their surroundings. Her fluid use of color creates many delicate, translucent layers as each painting becomes a self-contained world.
Petals | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
Soft whites, muted blues, gentle pinks, and subtle yellows create an ethereal palette in this abstract depiction of wild flora. Delicate petal structures and graceful, flowing forms dance across the canvas in an expressionistic arrangement. Spontaneous, painterly brushstrokes blur the lines between dream and reality, weaving a scene of tranquility and gentle movement.
The paintings are not only reflections of Murray's upbringing amidst the rustic beauty of rural Rhode Island. They are subtle yet powerful expressions of the transient nature and nuances of the wild flora and landscapes where New England's forests meet the open Atlantic Ocean.
“The soft blending and mingling of pigments into harmonious palettes in my compositions evoke an overwhelming sense of serenity and calmness within the viewers.”
Compelled to portray this ever-evolving environment, Maureen’s paintings evoke a sense of deep contemplation and heightened spiritual understanding of a person’s complex, unbreakable interconnectedness with the perpetual cycles of the natural world, inviting the viewer to experience the multi-layered emotional richness of her work.
Ice Storm | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
This lyrical abstract painting blends vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. The blues, whites, and hints of pinks and yellows create a soothing palette as colors and shapes meld together to suggest various floral elements. The interplay of color and dynamic brushstrokes gives the impression of movement, with the forms and patterns interacting to create a vibrant and contemplative effect, inviting viewers to explore the subtle details and energetic expression throughout the painting.
This lyrical abstract painting blends vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. The blues, whites, and hints of pinks and yellows create a soothing palette as colors and shapes meld together to suggest various floral elements. The interplay of color and dynamic brushstrokes gives the impression of movement, with the forms and patterns interacting to create a vibrant and contemplative effect, inviting viewers to explore the subtle details and energetic expression throughout the painting.
This expressionistic painting of wildflowers features a variety of delicate blossoms, predominantly in shades of pink and white, with touches of cool green, blue, and grey. The flowers are set against a light, muted background, while the brushwork is loose and flowing, creating a soft, ethereal quality. Light and shadow add depth to the composition, giving the flowers a sense of three-dimensionality. The painting exudes a serene atmosphere despite its portentous title.
Beneath the Ice | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
Her unique approach, characterized by loose, fluid gestures and a harmonious palette, directly reflects nature's gentle hues — the muted mineral blues, serene mossy greys, and delicate wildflower pastels. These colors mirror her transcendent spiritual bond with the surrounding woodlands, rolling meadows, expansive skies, seas, and the eternal changing of the seasons.
“While my artistic process is influenced by my immediate surroundings, it is a deeply personal and emotional journey that reveres the rhythms of the environment itself.”
“The ghostly, diaphanous floral imagery hints at the fragility yet resilient tenacity inherent within all of nature, inspiring my works with a dynamic, fluid energy that resonates with my viewer.”
Murray's evocative artworks are not merely visual representations; they capture those fleeting yet indelible moments suspended eternally in time — visceral memories, the transient sensations of being immersed and genuinely present within a particular place in nature's nurturing embrace.
Rhododendron | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
Delicate, soft, and spontaneous brushstrokes create this painting of wild rhododendron. Central to the composition is a cluster of pink blooms, each with subtle touches of yellow and red at their centers, surrounded by green leaves painted with a loose, abstract technique. The background is awash with pastel hues that blend seamlessly into each other, enhancing the dreamy and ethereal quality of the painting. The fluid brushstrokes contribute to the overall expressionistic style of the painting.
Her use of white spaces enhances the sense of radiant light and airy, ethereal transcendence, causing the overall compositions to feel dreamlike, almost otherworldly. While undoubtedly celebrating the serene beauty of the natural world, Murray's paintings are also imbued with a subtly portentous feeling, a delicate whisper of the bittersweet yet inevitable transience and impermanence inherent within all ecological wonders over vast stretches of time.
This is an abstract scene painted with fluid brushstrokes of pastel colors. The composition has a cascading motion, with shades of blue, green, and white blending to define forms of wild flora. Subtle hints of brown and yellow reveal a delicate wing-like shape in the upper part of the painting. The lower part is richer in blues and greens, giving the impression of dripping elements. The painting evokes a sense of movement and fluidity with a visually dynamic effect like a gentle flutter.
Wing | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
This is an abstract scene painted with fluid brushstrokes of pastel colors. The composition has a cascading motion, with shades of blue, green, and white blending to define forms of wild flora. Subtle hints of brown and yellow reveal a delicate wing-like shape in the upper part of the painting. The lower part is richer in blues and greens, giving the impression of dripping elements. The painting evokes a sense of movement and fluidity with a visually dynamic effect like a gentle flutter.
The true strengths of Murray's oeuvre lie in her innate ability to convey remarkably complex emotions and an innate sense of movement and vitality through her nuanced mastery of color, organic form, and dexterous brushwork. The delicate, diaphanous atmospheric drippings and melting effects lend the works an intriguing additional layer of conceptual depth, suggesting the ever-present specter of the passage of time or even providing the viewer a glimpse into a dreamlike state.
This abstract painting renders the signature common blue violet of Rhode Island with dynamic and fluid brushstrokes. The palette primarily comprises soft purples, whites, and greens to create loosely arranged flowers, with petals and leaves harmoniously blending. There is a sense of movement and flow, with drips of paint adding a textured, almost ethereal quality. The painting exudes a sense of delicate beauty and captures the essence of flowers through its expressionistic style.
Violets | Oil
$1,500
12 X 12
“The delicate, atmospheric dripping effects intrinsically infuse the pieces with gentle movement and an undertone of melancholy in my work.”
The Purple Forest | Oil
$1,000
12 X 12
Swirls of lavender and rose evoke a feeling of exhilaration, like leaves dancing on a crisp autumn day in the forest. This abstract painting’s bold and spontaneous brushstrokes capture the movement of the wind in a dynamic and expressionistic composition, while flecks of white suggest the scattered remnants of summer.
Through her artworks, Murray extends an open invitation to the viewer to not just observe but to pause amidst the ceaseless, frenzied deluge of modern life, to reconnect with the restorative beauty of the natural world, and find much-needed spiritual solace in our intimate yet nuanced place amid this planet's vibrant, intricate tapestry of life. She continues to evolve her moving, cathartic body of work, creating lyrical visual elegies that gently yet insistently remind us of our collective responsibility as impermanent yet uniquely privileged custodians of the Earth's precious ecosystems and the ever-changing natural world.
This energetic expressionistic painting features a profusion of white wildflowers swirling against a night sky, as dynamic brushstrokes capture a moonlit meadow's fleeting beauty.
Lunar Light | Acrylic
$1,200
12 X 12
Murray holds a BA from Connecticut College and an MAT from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and museums across the United States, reflecting the pastoral beauty of her native Rhode Island, where she currently lives, and continues to create transcendent works that elevate the eternal dialogue between humanity and the natural world.
Night |Acrylic
$1,000
6 X 6
Dark and vibrant light hues contrast to give this dynamic abstract composition, a night scene in the forest, a sense of depth and movement. Fluid brushstrokes of interspersed bright pops of yellow and white loosely defined shapes that resemble flowers and lit fireflies evoke a vibrant and energetic atmosphere.
“I capture the fleeting yet enduring essence of blossoming flora through expressive, abstracted techniques, symbolizing nature's perpetual cycles of fragile yet tenacious beauty over the eons. “
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