My wife Nastja and I (and some balloons). Being ‘arty’.
Welcome! I am so excited to share this special collection of my paintings with you. I hope they put a smile on your face and you feel they’re a little bit of wonderful.
I started my first painting in 2001. I was living in New Zealand and had an empty apartment. I thought it would be an interesting challenge to create a painting for my wall. I invested in an easel, some paints and a whole lot of soap (oil paints get everywhere!)
6 months later I had my first painting. From that point on I tried to create at least one painting a year.
My paintings have been described as Norman Rockwell meets Dr Seuss with Disney Princesses. I’m proud to be mentioned in the same sentence with those amazing Visionaries.
Please enjoy this site and all the inspiring things I’ve collected. If you want to know more about me, please visit MikeLMurphy.com.
Stay inspired,
Come Fly With Me… This was my first painting ever! I was working on Lord of the Rings in New Zealand and had a really big apartment on the top of a building in downtown Wellington. The entire apartment was glass (which sounds great until you realize it’s freezing in winter, and boiling in summer. I did not renew my lease). The kitchen had ‘real walls’ which were very empty.
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