TC Murphy
Yellow Bird, Newgrange Series - Gouache on Paper
T.C. Murphy was born in Walkinstown, County Dublin in
1953. He went to school in Drimnagh Castle which he left at the age of
16 to take up an apprenticeship in the jewellery trade with Irish
Diamond Jewellers. After four years he became restless and travelled to
Denmark. Here he worked initially as a cutler, then became a forester
and even spent some time labouring in a steelworks. It was during this
period that T.C. began to paint.
He
subsequently moved to Christiana, an experimental commune south of
Copenhagen, where he devoted himself to his art. He spent four years in
the artists' colony and sensing a Celtic impulse coming through his
work, he returned to Ireland in 1988 to get closer to his roots.
Transported from Denmark, with
backing from the Apollo Gallery, T.C. Murphy's work is now a showcase
of promising talent, and has already proved itself a springboard to
fame. He has participated in many group exhibitions since his return to
Ireland, alongside solo shows including a one-man sell-out exhibition at the Apollo Gallery. T.C.'s work was also recently showcased in the popular NBC show "Lipstick Jungle" (from the makers of Sex and the City).
His
palette is especially uncultivated, though no innocent artist would
have chosen such psychedelic greens, reds and violent purples. His
influences are numerous, which is not an amateur characteristic; they
have been selected by sophistication. The Danish artist Asgen Jorn and
Edward Munch have been a major influence, and inspiration also comes
from the Cobra School of North European painting. Newgrange, an Irish heritage site, is a particular influence in T.C.'s work; this can be seen in his use of both curvilinear symbols (circles, spirals, arcs, dots in circles) and rectilinear symbols (radials, parallel lines, chevrons). All of which are found carved in the Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange.
His spiky manner of painting, his colours, Murphy's celebratory images of
the cosmos and interest in the subconscious guarantee a vibrant
canvas. It is partly an artistic revenge on an Irish art world dominated by dull greens and murky browns.
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TC Murphy
Bird of PardiseGouache on Paper, Framed39cm x 56cm (15.5" x 22") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird of PardiseGouache on Paper, Framed34.5cm x 53cm (20.5" x 13.5") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
BirdsGouache on Paper, Framed34.5cm x 53cm (20.5" x 13.5") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bru na Boinne, NewgrangeGouache on Paper, Framed34.5cm x 53cm (20.5" x 13.5") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Summertime, NewgrangeGouache on Paper, Framed34.5cm x 53cm (20.5" x 13.5") |
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TC Murphy
MaskGouache on Paper, Framed34.5cm x 53cm (20.5" x 13.5") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird and FishAcrylic on card, Framed38cm x 49cm (15" x 19") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Self PortraitAcrylic on card, Framed36cm x 54cm (14" x 21") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
CatAcrylic on card, Framed36cm x 54cm (14" x 21") |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird of Paradise SeriesAcrylic on Paper, Framed55.5cm x 75cm (22" x 29") |
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€490.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird of ParadiseGouache on Paper, Framed54cm x 36cm |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Salmon ok KnowledgeGouache on Paper, Framed54cm x 36cm |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird of ParadiseAcrylic on Paper, Framed36cm x 55cm |
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€290.00 |
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TC Murphy
Bird of ParadiseAcrylic on Paper, Framed54.5cm x 75cm (21.5" x 29.5") |
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€490.00 |
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