Steve Murray Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Based in the north west of England, and self-taught.

Can the act of painting take us beyond ourselves? Using acrylics on canvas whilst experimenting with textiles and new paint technologies, otherness becomes a reference point in an age when identity is being more fully explored. This initiates a search through abstraction towards both the familiar and the unknown, and therefore towards a more universal exploration of our condition.

My work embraces chaos; creating and destroying, understanding and rejecting. Whilst that which is visible has transformative potential, it may also be a straightjacket from which to escape, as with the self-imposed limitations of our beliefs. The act of painting therefore becomes indivisible from living, building on the past to create a future.

Artwork

Patches for an urban soul, Acrylic and textiles on canvas, 2023

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Stile, Acrylic and textiles on canvas, 2023

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Resting Rocks, 2023

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Interior 13, Acrylic on canvas, 2021

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Landscape 6, Acrylic on canvas, 2020

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Interior 9, Acrylic on canvas, 2021

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Headland, Acrylic on canvas, 2020

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AbstractExperimentalFeminismFigurativeIdentityLandscape