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Keith Linwood Stover - Curator
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The Cyber Art Show
"Bringing the Museum to You"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“I am inspired by my own travels. Places and people offer me new scenarios and feelings to pour into my painting. Europe, USA, Asia, all cultures suggest diversity, to which I want to be the eye witness. On the other hand, art is a lens that translates the outside world for me to understand it and connect to humanity.
My way to achieve this is either paint on location, or take notes and draw sketches when I travel. I strive to work by memory, which requires a deeper observation; I select only what really reso-nates within. If I use my own photos I draw an edited version of the subject. Then I decide my own color arrangement, according to my mood and pre-mix a limited number of colors on my palette. At this point the brushwork should be (or at least appear) the easiest and most effortless. In other words, the painting should paint itself!
Ultimately I want the viewer to get lost in a timeless story. It's my highest reward. And a bet every single time.”
Gallery #667B
May 17, 2018
Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist
Orlagh M. Murphy (Born 1964)
 Orlagh Murphy - A Little Bit of Sunshine Through the Hedge |  Orlagh Murphy - On the Bog Road |  Orlagh Murphy - Frosty Morning |
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 Orlagh Murphy - Hedgerow |  Orlagh Murphy |  Orlagh Murphy - Summer, Boreen |
 Orlagh Murphy - Farm Track |  Orlagh Murphy - A Gap in the Hedgerow |  Orlagh Murphy - Late Autumn Road |
 Orlagh Murphy - Autumn on the Bog Road |  Orlagh Murphy - Autumn Road |  Orlagh Murphy - The Stick Shed |
- Image of the Day -
"A Little Bit of Sunshine Through the Hedge"
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Feature Artist Bio
By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by Irish painter
Orlagh M. Murphy (born 1964 in County Cavan, Ireland).
Orlagh M Murphy studied Visual Communication Design in DIT, Dublin, Ireland and went on to work as a decorative artist for architects and interior designers creating one-off murals and decorative works for just over twenty years. During these years she received and completed commissions for projects in the US, Japan, the UK, Italy and Ireland.
In 2010 Orlagh decided to concentrate on her own studio-based practise concentrating on landscape painting and drawing her subject matter from her immediate surroundings and from holiday locations, especially in the west of Ireland. In 2015 Orlagh took part in Art in the Open, the largest en plein air festival in Europe and was hooked from then on to working in this tradition. She also picked up a silver award at this festival and a bronze two years later.
Living in a very rural area allows for immediate access to her subject matter and much of her work comes from within a 4-to-6 kilometre area surrounding her home and studio following her walks with her dog, Coco. Her favourite time of the day is the very early morning when the light is at its best for adding atmosphere and depth to some of the simplest subjects.
Orlagh’s work is found in private collections in the USA, Canada, Singapore, Australia, UK, France and Ireland.
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Greenacres Gallery - Open submission
Art in the Open Festival, Wexford
Solas Summer Exhibition
Boyle Arts Festival
2016
Greenacres Gallery - Open submission
Art in the Open Festival, Wexford
Solas Summer Exhibition
Boyle Arts Festival
2015
Art In The Open - Wexford En Plein Air Festival
Eigse Arts Festival:' From Where We Once Lived & Learned'
Solo Exhibition
'Still Lives' Solas Gallery Joint Solo
2014
Boyle Art Festival - Group exhibition.
Eigse Arts Festival - Group exhibition - Co Carlow
Solas Gallery Ballinamore - Co Leitrim. Group exhibitions Spring & Summer
2013
Different Perspectives - Rianta Art Group exhibition, Co Cavan
'Fragments From Home' - Solo exhibition in the Birr Arts & Theatre Co Offally
‘Forgotten Homes and Hinterlands' - Joint solo at Solas Gallery, Ballinamore
2012
Rianta Art Exhibition - Cavan Fleadh
'Bah Humbug' Charles Dickens Bicentenary - Cavan County
Museum
Solas Gallery Christmas Exhibition
2011
Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show - Dublin
2011-12 '1f Offally. t Sq' The Clinton Centre - Co Fermanagh
2011-12 'Common Ground' 'Teatime' and 'Collage - Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
Awards
Bronze award - Art in the Open - Wexford 2017
Silver Award - Art in the Open - Wexford 2015
Susan Hill Perpetual Trophy - Boyle Arts Festival 2014
Professional Development award - Cavan Arts Office 2013
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
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