Courtney Murphy: Sonata

Paintings

Exhibition Dates: February 25 - March 25, 2023

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 25, 3-5pm

Skidmore Contemporary Art 

Courtney Murphy’s dramatic and elegant paintings of women are rendered with exceptional technical skill. She smoothly applies her oil paint upon canvases that depict intimate snapshots of women adorned in billowing fabrics. The figures occupy the space with a kinetic energy, and the rich colors and warm, soft lighting imbue her images dramatically. The rhythmic movement within Murphy’s paintings culminates in her depiction of the figures’ textiles, which she compares to “flowing water” for the way that they “shine and move in waves over the figure.”