Biography: Collin Murphy, Ph.D., is a visual artist living in Portland, Oregon, who creates abstract paintings developed from a variety of media. A retired Research Cell Biologist at the University of California, she has wide-ranging interests in the arts and is a serious piano student. A prolific mixed-media painter, she has exhibited frequently in Oregon and California, held an Artist’s Residency at Yosemite National Park, has been in 8 exhibits at the Yosemite Museum and has work in the Museum’s permanent collection. More than 100 of her paintings are in private collections in the United States and abroad.
Artist’s Statement: In my former life I was an experimental scientist studying cells and tissues, where precision and measurements were important parameters. Now, experimentation has taken on a different meaning as I explore new applications of paint and painted surfaces. I am transfixed by the infinite possibilities of interactions among diverse media. My images are inspired by nature, music, and by amazing accidents! I welcome the unexpected reactions that occur as paint and color move over, around, into, and between surfaces of differing compositions and textures. Websites: CollinMurphyArt.com & PDX-WAM.com
Collin Murphy joined Fine Art America on January 23rd, 2016.
