Nigel Murray Artist
Paintings
Drawings
Biography
Nigel Murray is a London based artist whose work is rooted in a deep love of drawing, especially from direct observation. This leads to a constant search for evocative shapes, patterns and colours that capture a sense of place or mood. Figurative, semi-abstract and abstract approaches are explored in response to the Cornish coast, The Cranborne Chase in Wiltshire and the wooded areas and pathways of South West London.
Trained at Harrow School of Art and with an Art History degree fom Camberwell, Nigel has worked as an illusrator, teacher and artist and is happy to discuss commissions and tutoring. He had work exhibited at The New English Art Club and The Pastel Society at The Mall Galleries in London, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Sydney Cooper Gallery in Canterbury. Regular visits to Cornwall and Wiltshire provide material for future work.
Nigel was one of the artists on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2023 from Blackpool Pleasure Beach, broadcast on Febuary 1st 2023. You can watch the episode by following this link:
https://vimeo.com/787891508 Password: st0ryvault ( 0 the number )
Nigel exhbited in the summer of 2023 at Fisherton Mill Gallery in Salisbury. The exhibition was entitled "A Sense of Place" and featured painting, drawings and prints in and around The Cranborne Chase.
Nigel won The Diana Armfield RA. Prize for Observational Drawing 2024 organized by Arts Richmond.The winning drawing "Back Garden" is in the Drawings section above.
Nigel will be taking part in Wandsworth Artists' Open House on the 5th and 6th of October 2024 from 11am to 6pm. he will be exhibitng his Art at Putney Methodist Church, Gwendolen Avenue, London, SW15 6SN
Contact Nigel at: nigelmurrayart@tiscali.co.uk