PHOTOREALISM

LIBERTY BLUE

Oil on Canvas - 30" x 30'

IN BACK OF THE ATHENEUM 1

Oil on Canvas - 30" x 30" In collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC

CENTRE IVY

Oil on Linen - 40" x 40"

LYON VINE

Oil on Canvas - 24" x 24"

MULBERRY IVY

Oil on Canvas - 30" x 30"

SPRING STREET

Oil on Canvas - 12 x 12"

NORTH LIBERTY HITCHING POST

Oil on Canvas - 30" x 30"

ATHENEUM ELEVATION

Oil on Canvas - 34" x 50"

Orange Stoop

Oil on Canvas - 30" x 40"

Working for the most part on fine-grained Belgian linen, George Murphy typically “confronts” the viewer with closeup renditions of architectural subject matter in direct sunlight. His compositions are bold and essentially abstract, while, at the same time, offering a wealth of closely observed detail. Organic forms of shadow and shrubbery are frequently contrasted with more geometric, structural components in such a way as to achieve an elegant balance between the formal and the lyrical.