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Collin Murphy "Nocturne" |
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BIO
Education and Professional Activities: Ph.D. in Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 1966 Postdoctoral Studies, Dept. of Genetics, UC Berkeley 1970-74 Lecturer, Cell Biology, San Francisco State University, 1974-76 Research Cell Biologist, University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Ophthalmology, 1977-97 President, El Cerrito Art Association, 2000, 2001 Art Training Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, 1948-58 Betty Saarni, Watercolorist, Berkeley, CA, 1997-present Ann Baldwin, Abstract Painter, San Rafael, CA, 1997-present Dana Prescott, painter, Rome, Italy, 2000, 2001 Robert Burridge, painter, Mendocino, CA, 2001 Exhibits and Awards Group Shows: El Cerrito Art Association Annual Group Show, Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, 1999, 2000, 2002; Second Place, Watercolor, 2001 Yosemite Renaissance Competition, 2002, Selected for show announcement image) One-Person Shows: Kensington Cobbler, Kensington, 2000 El Cerrito Community Center,2000 2001 Christopher's Cafe, Berkeley,2001 Berkeley Travel Company, Berkeley, 2001 Collin Murphy's paintings are in private collections in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio and Oregon. Artist's Statement Ideas come to me in dreams or at the edge of sleep. When I start to put these on paper or canvas, they usually take on a life of their own, evolving as the hands move across the work, sometimes surprising me by becoming the antithesis of the original thought. Organic motifs in my paintings often reflect my experience as an electron microscopist and cell biologist. I am most moved by nature's beauties as well as by its terrors and the musical ideas others have developed on these themes. COMMENTS This mask symbolizes the romance and pathos of Chopin's piano music, particularly evident in the Nocturne series. Collaged onto the surface are images of the Delacroix portraits of Chopin and of his lover, the writer George Sand (Madam Deduvant), and of Nocturne scores. Although Chopin had expressed a wish to die in George Sand's arms, the couple had been estranged for two years prior to his death and there was no deathbed reconciliation. I have placed the lovers on opposite sides of the mask to symbolized their separation. The mask represents my impression of beauty, love, melancholy, and death implied by the Nocturnes. |
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