KATTY MCMURRAY

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"Katty’s landscapes and seascapes are deceptively simple and serenely evocative". "Cool blue-greys and earthy shades infuse her work, even close to home she gives a fresh perspective" - ‘The Latest’, Brighton

Katty McMurray was born in London in 1970. After graduating from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 she moved to Brighton where she paints from her seafront studio. Over the last decade she has exhibited widely throughout the UK, with a series of successful solo shows in the past few years.  She continues to exhibit with the Fairfax Gallery where her paintings have acquired a huge following.

Always a passionate traveller she draws inspiration from her travels to places such as Zanzibar, China, India and Italy. Many parts of England and Scotland have also been her subjects. Katty’s work stems from her love of drawing. While away on location, she spends her time sketching; quickly and often using a single line, she records her immediate impressions of a place. On returning to her studio, these drawings are used as a base for her larger paintings in oil on canvas, keeping the strong lines and using colours to recreate the atmosphere of the particular place.

Katty's work has been published as limited edition prints by Artizan Editions and CCA Galleries and in 1999 she was selected to be the Brighton Festival Poster artist. She has been commissioned for a painting on the Cunard Cruise Liner the ‘Queen Victoria’, and recently a series of paintings for ‘Harbour Way’ apartments by Bryant Homes.

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