THE ARTIST

Angela Murray is a contemporary Irish painter and permanent Artist In Residence at DCCH.  She has had a successful career within interiors and works from her Studio daily accepting commissions and working on bespoke project paintings. The Studio, which is based on the First Floor of Design Centre East, has further work on display. 

 

‘My work is inspired and informed by both landscape, seascape and interiors. The expansive landscape of my native Ireland, is a constant source of inspiration. I prefer to paint on linen which acts as a perfect backdrop to much of the light and colour I’m attempting to capture and adds an organic quality to the paintings. ​My process is sensitive and intuitive, layering paint then scraping back to reveal lost areas of of patina, and showing the works journey. The brush moves quickly to capture sweeping skies or draped interior backgrounds and gestural mark-making captures floral arrangements and seascapes, sometimes merging both. ​Many of the pieces incorporate gold leaf and cold wax, as I build up surfaces. Most important of all, is the use of colour in complex and unexpected ways. I like to use hues of one colour, building out ever more vivid layers of pure pigment interspersed with washes and this is incredibly important in keeping an authenticity to the subject I’m representing.’