Even from a very early age, Keith Murray was enthralled by the idea of things bigger and more enduring than himself and his place in the universe. He saw a beautiful, contrasting, authentic drama of life playing with purpose all around him and was compelled to tell that truth in picture form to anyone who would listen. He didn't have long to wait for his audience. Murray began oil painting at age ten, and by the time he was in his early teens, he was doing portrait commissions. The challenge of capturing that elusive life quality of his subject on the canvas became his...more
