MARTIN MURPHY "Sleeping Soldier"

72 x 48 inches

Oil on canvas

2025

MARTIN MURPHY IS REPRESENTED BY THE ELAINE FLECK GALLERY

I’ve had the urge to create from an early age. It’s all I know. My father used to say I was in the  imagination business. My oil paintings are large in scale with a traditional feel. My focus is on realism and  figures but occasionally I paint still life and koi. 

BIOGRAPHY  

Martin Murphy’s award winning career has been a mix of oil painting, visual effects for film, and as a  performer in theatre. After studying Editorial Illustration at the Ontario College of Art Martin put his art  on hold to perform across Canada in such productions as Cats, The Stratford Festival, and Phantom of  the Opera while painting portrait commissions in his spare time. Once retired from theatre Martin moved  to California to work for LucasFilm's Industrial Light and Magic for over 14 years as a digital artist and  supervisor working on such films as Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, and Jurassic World. Martin  returned to Canada in 2017 to work two more years in visual effects before focusing full-time on his  own art. Martin paints full-time out of British Columbia and Ontario concentrating on the human figure.  His style can be described as a mix of contemporary and traditional realism focusing on anatomy and  drama. 

MEMBERSHIPS  

Martin is an Elected Member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) and an Exhibiting Member of the  Federation of Canadian Artists.