The Artist:  Nancy Murphy

 Nancy Murphy’s first interest was in drawing and watercolour which she studied at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.

After immigrating to Canada in 1946 as a war bride, she studied metalwork at Toronto Central Tech under renowned Canadian metal craftsman Andrew Fussell.  She also learned enameling on copper at Instituto Allende in San Miguel, Mexico.  Nancy demonstrated at the Canadian  National Exhibition and taught metalwork classes at Georgetown High School. One of her alternative passions was photography for which she has several certificates and numerous awards.

Once retired, she focused her attention on painting in acrylics and quickly showed a fondness to oils. She has attended many classes and conventions to learn and develop her style and technique.  All her work now is specifically in oils.  In 2006 at the Heart of Ohio Tole Convention, she won Best in Show in the non-professional landscape category.

In 2007 she won first and second place in two out of three professional categories.  She is a member of the St. Catharines Art Association and has had the opportunity to display her work at their events.  She recently had shows at the Kennedy Gallery in St. Catharines and the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Arts Centre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.  Her paintings cover a wide spectrum from landscapes, portraits to flowers and animals.