Elaine Murphy is an internationally collected artist. Her work has been widely collected in USA, Europe, Mexico and South America. She is a native of Dublin, Ireland, and lives in Beautiful Naples, Florida. She grew up in a show business family, her father, Mike Murphy, being one of Ireland’s most respected radio and television hosts.
Elaine trained as a fashion illustrator and studied fine art at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland.
Over the past thirty years, Elaine has expanded her creative pursuits from fashion to jewelry design to abstract and figurative art.
In 2000 Elaine moved to Palm Desert, California, where she had the opportunity to work with renowned abstract artist, Gerome Gastaldi at his studio. She then focused on her fine art large format figurative and abstract paintings. A collector once described her painting style as “loose and fluid, with emotional overtones conveyed by elegant lines. The combination of abstraction and bold figurative lines conspire to make her expressions on canvas truly unique.”
She is a committed animal lover and a supporter of animal protection focused charities.
GALLERIES
Naples, Florida – Shaw Gallery, 761 5th Avenue South
New York – Galleria Fine Arts
