Steve Murray Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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
Interior 6, 2021
Landscape 8, 2020
Harbour, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Cityscape 4, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Headland, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Woodland, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Interior 9, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Landscape 6, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Home office, Acrylic and reflective paint on canvas, 2021
Tower blocks, Acrylic and reflective paint on canvas, 2021
Interior 20, Acrylic and reflective paint on canvas, 2021
Cityscape with viaduct, Acrylic and reflective paint on canvas, 2021
Home, Acrylic and reflective paint on canvas, 2021
Office, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Interior 13, Acrylic on canvas, 2021