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From the Seashore and Other Stories
April 18 @ 09:00 - April 25 @ 17:00
An exhibition of watercolours – By Maria Murphy
A collection of watercolours inspired by the flotsam and jetsam found on the foreshore, exploring how discarded manmade objects become part of the natural landscape. As well as a selection of more traditional landscapes
Friday 18th April to Friday 25th April in the Visitor Centre, Johnstown Castle Estate.
About the artist
“My name is Maria Murphy, I’m a watercolour landscape artist from the model county of Wexford. I grew up in the countryside of Wexford and spent my time exploring the nooks and crannies of the wild scenes that were on my doorstep. As I’ve grown older, I have continued these adventures as an artist and am rarely without my camera and sketchbook to capture the beauty around me.
From childhood I’ve had a keen interest in painting and drawing. I’ve explored many mediums, but watercolour is the one that caught and held my interest and captured my heart. I’m self-taught as an artist and have been using watercolours for over twenty years. I feel that watercolour allows me to accurately capture the subjects that most interest me like old, dilapidated buildings and the intricacies of the rocky seashore.
The seashore in particular is the subject on which many of my paintings are based exploring the tiny hidden world between the rocks. Plus the relationship between the discarded manmade items and the natural pebbles, driftwood and shells. I am fascinated by the impact that we as humans impact on the landscape that surrounds us.”