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SOLD OUT!Oil on Canvas 40cm x 40cm SOLD This painting is a contemplation of the pull of one place from another. In Mayo, you can’t but be conscious of all the people who left their home there to make lives elsewhere. Poverty and hard times made their mark on the populous and this is – to my mind - imbued in the landscape. A stillness but also a sense of constant unfolding. There is a beauty to it that makes me think again of nature as perpetual motion. -
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SOLD OUT!Oil on Canvas 20cm x 20cm SOLD - **Now Available In Limited Edition Print** HERE. From my ‘Land of Plenty’ collection, ‘Across the sea to the Skelligs’ was painted following a residency at Cill Rialaig in Kerry. Situated on Bolus Head – Ireland’s most south-westerly point, the residency is set in a famine village that looks out at the Skelligs – the early Christian monastic islands. The rugged sea seemed to span a mystical journey of centuries and yet I felt connected by instinct and some sort of magic thread to this ancient other world. -
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SOLD OUT!Mixed media on board 29cm x 20cm SOLD **Now Available In Limited Edition Print** HERE -
SOLD OUT!Fair Winds & Following Seas Mixed media on canvas 120cm x 100cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!From my ‘Ballads to the Bog’ series, ‘Blanket Bog’ was painted during my first painting residency at Cill Rialaig Artists’ Retreat in Kerry. I went with the intention of painting the sea but was completely overwhelmed by the bogs and spent all my time painting there. It was glorious. I love the abundance of our bogs, their ever-changing colours and the fact they are a living, breathing thing. Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm SOLD **Limited Edition Archival Prints Available** -
SOLD OUT!This painting captures my interpretation of the way rain and mist move across the bogs in Kerry – seemingly unifying to occupy the scene. There are 'soft' days in Kerry, when the rain is a slight drizzle, merely doing it's job of re-hydrating the earth. This was painted on one of those days. Oil on board 29cm x 20cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!'Kerry Gold' goes somewhere to explaining the affection I have for the 'Kingdom'. Time spent there is a gift and on a sunny day it feels as though the beaches are imbued with gold. Oil on board 25cm x 13cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!When I first started painting in Kerry, I was fascinated by the bog and asked some local people where was best to paint the bog. They sent me to “Lough na Rabba .. where the geese go boggin!". I understood why when I got there - it was VERY boggy! And very beautiful. Mixed media on board, 20cm x 15cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!So taken was I with the Kerry landscape in Spring bloom that I felt compelled to incorporate elements of the landscape to the piece. This piece was one of the first of my 'Ballads to the Bog' pieces made in Kerry in homage to the great Writer and Poet Michael Kirby. At the time, I was looking at the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer who incorporates elements into his giant constructions. The gorse was treated and preserved with varnish before being sewn into the painting - I feel it strikes a good balance between the elemental and abstraction. Mixed media on linen 50cm x 40cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!Once you 'aclimatise' there is something quite hynotic about the rain in Kerry. There is a softness to it. In this painting I tried to capture that gentleness. Oil on board 25cm x 15cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!I made this painting while on retreat in Kerry early last January. Being surrounded by sea, Ballinskelligs rarely see's snow, so it was a great pleasure to witness the smallest amount atop the boglands. Mixed media on board 40cm x 25cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!This painting was made in the bog at Emloughmore, just outside Ballinskelligs in Co. Kerry. I love the freedom of painting there, just dropping down in to the scene and trying to capture my impression of the lovely energy in that place. The Golden Cut Away Bog was painted on a sunny January day when it felt as though it was all before us. Oil on board 15cm x 25cm SOLD -
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SOLD OUT!When I first visited Carrowmore Lake it was in a deluge. The rain was incessant and it was as if there had been an evacuation. The rain teemed and solitude seemed it's constant companion. Nestled next to a bog and not far from Ballycroy National Park, and close to Erris beo - it is one of the most Irish landscapes you could hope to witness. The rain makes it all the more moody. I have seen it in sunshine and it is equally enchanting then too. Oil on Canvas 40cm x 40cm in Slip Frame -
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SOLD OUT!Visiting the Burren for the first time in 2016 was a wonder! The sheer elemental beauty of the landscape is unlike anywhere else I have visited. It looks and feels completely different – sort of, like landing on mars but with lots and lots of life and lichen! I was blessed to spend time working in the landscape while the wildflowers were in season. It was completely invigorating to see all sorts of plants bloom in crevices, between rocks and in the most unlikely places. Nature persists! Oil on paper 70cm x 50cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!Dun Briste, a significant stack of land was sliced clean off Downpatrick Head hundreds of years ago. Folklore has it, that it was our own St. Patick who separated the land with his crozier in consternation with a non-believer who was slow to sign up. Regardless of the tall tales, the sight of that stack of land in the midst of the wild sea and contemplating the gap between the landmasses can't but move a body. The vastness of the scene is humbling but also an opportunity - a jumping off point - in which to make your own departure, your own interpretation of the landscape and life. Oil on Canvas 45cm x 35cm in Slip Frame -
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SOLD OUT!Fair Winds & Following Seas Mixed media on canvas 120cm x 100cm SOLD -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 120cm X 100cm SOLD From my ‘Land of Plenty’ collection, ‘On the Beach, Ballinskelligs’ was painted on a freezing cold but bright day – on my hands and knees on Reen Pier – the departure point for ancient Skellig Michael. It was my very first large painting. I was on my first painting retreat in Cill Rialaig, having recently returned to live in Ireland, following 15 years overseas. That trip and this painting marked a turning point – a shift into truly appreciating the spirit, abundance and latent beauty of my own country. ** NOW Available as a Limited Edition Archival Print ** -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 100cm x 75cm I was fortunate to work from a nature sanctuary on the shore of Lough Carra for 5 months in 2014. It was a magical time of contemplation and exploration. Of all the lakes, Carra is to me, the most captivating. Its unique turquoise colour (caused by the light reflecting on its marl base) is both invigorating and enchanting. It is unlike any other place in Ireland. Steeped in history, there is an energetic, enigmatic pull about this place. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 100cm x 70cm SOLD From ‘The Outliers’ collection, which marks ten years painting in Ireland, ‘On Solid Ground’ is a painting that is a reflection on and a distillation of 10 years of residencies and time out painting in Ireland. It was painted in my studio but brings together an amalgam of places that have bolstered, sustained and influenced my painting practice. In his book ‘The Outliers’, Malcolm Gladwell asserts that it takes 10,000 hours practise to master a skill. Some time during the past decade in Ireland, I have crossed over that threshold which has delivered me to this solid ground. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 100cm x 70cm SOLD Painted in a series of breathy layers, ‘A Second Coming – In Ciarraí’ was made while on residency in Cill Rialaig, in Kerry. It commemorates the life of a friend. My residency was in January when the world seemed slowly to begin again. From high up on Bolus Head during those short, moist days, I wondered how do we distinguish time and mark out days. Indeed, how do we capture the essence of a life – but in breaths. And so this painting was made slowly in lots of very loose layers. I wanted to paint like breath on glass – similar to the way weather, hovering between sea and sky, makes a ghostly impression over The Skelligs. The painting became a sum of it’s parts – lots of light layers which, when combined attempt to capture the essence of light and a life. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 120cm x 100cm SOLD The Outliers is the culmination of 10 years painting here in Ireland. It is from my first studio collection, that is –the first collection I have made from my studio rather than in response to a particular residency. It’s a reflection of 10 years of residencies and time out painting in Ireland, an amalgam of places I’ve painted – and a sort of hybrid of influences. By definition, an outlier is ‘is an observation point that is distant from other observations’. I like to think of the outliers as an outcrop of mythical islands just beyond my imagination – a sort of painting odyssey – a sort of unreachable destination I am happily propelling myself towards and constantly striving to capture. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40" x 30" (i.e. 102cm x 76cm) Ready to hang in slip frame Valentia Island - as a location - had a pivotal and pioneering role in transatlantic communications. I find walking alone the shoreline and swimming very inspiring - it so often translates into my work. While I find abundance in the waves, it makes me think Marconi must have had a magic, marvelous mind to see so much potential beyond those waves. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 125cm x 112cm This large painting happened immediately after I had taken a short holiday in Rosslare last Summer. It was such a lovely little holiday - I had spent most of my childhood Summers in Wexford - so doing the 'borough' beach walk every morning felt - in someways like re-enchanting a long, held connection. -
SOLD OUT!Oil & Cold Wax on Canvas 120cm x 100cm in slip frame ready to hang This painting was made in many, many layers. I started it in my early explorations of cold wax and returned to it - adding layers and experience - over years. The crosshatching motion of the work over time gave depth and seemed to embody the experience of the painting. It isn't specifically about any place but is something of a journey-man painting - as it takes the essence of my experiences over several artists' residences across choppy lakes and along moody shorelines. Although the palette is dark it is ultimately an uplifting piece - signaling home in the midst of a torrent. We are never forever, truly lost, we can always re calibrate, chart out course and navigate our way towards a sense of home. -
SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 124cm x 112cm In slip frame, ready to hang. SOLD You have to keep your wits about you in the sea. Sinking or swimming are ultimate options. As a very recent - and occasional - sea swimmer, I love the immediacy of immersion. It's impossible to feel wishy washy about the sensations. 0.5 seconds after immersion you are fully alive - senses accelerated, at absoute optimum. Although I am in possession of a rambly mind - and prone to projecting forwards or harking backwards, I am a fan of being in in the moment. Sea swimming helps me be 'all in' and be fully alive one moment at a time. -
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SOLD OUT!'Wonderland'
Oil On Canvas: 160cm x 160cm In Slip Frame Ready To Hang To be full of future – dreams, plans, schemes and such – is a lovely, latent kind of energy. That’s how I felt when making this painting. As a rookie artist I painted in a traditional context – working out in the landscape, making paintings in response to place. As my practice deepened, the response has become more intuitive. I’ve learned to trust myself and the work, and to understand (to paraphrase the late, great Mary Oliver) ‘My work is loving the world…, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished’. Composition has taken on a more vital, vibrant quality – rather than thinking in terms of foreground, lines, proportions etc, making paintings now feels like composing music. It is beyond looking and seeing and involves a sort of deep cellular listening – to hear, but mostly feel the rhythm of nature. My paintings are made with oils in many layers. Creating this big painting was a joy. Pregnant with possibility, it was in and of itself a wonderland. With every layer it seemed to unfold, evolve and reveal itself to me. Often painting feels like magic - a particular kind of alchemy. It fills me with wonder and a special energy – an illumination radiating from the inside out. -
SOLD OUT!Flume
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SOLD OUT!'From Valentia' (Above us only Sky)
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SOLD OUT!'In West Clare' (We are Eternal)
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SOLD OUT!Threshold
Oil On Canvas: 150cm sq €9,250.00 In Slip Frame Ready To Hang‘Threshold’ marked the beginning of so much newness for me.
After years (and years!) of treading water and often struggling to keep afloat, my painting practice and by association my life, suddenly and almost imperceptibly hit a growth spurt.
Making my largest paintings coincided with finally finding a building that would be my home and house my studio and showroom. Built pre-1900, ‘Threshold’ was created as part of an exhibition to honour the space and all that had gone before and was yet to be.
Poet and philosopher John O’Donoghue wrote beautifully of change and emergence. I loved his notion to ‘ bless the space between us’ as I felt it marked that special time between the past and the future.
“The rhythm of emergence is a gradual slow beat always inching its way forward; change remains faithful to itself until the new unfolds in the full confidence of true arrival”
I have realised life is never linear and change is as constant as the tide. Even in trying times, we must believe in perpetual motion.
Forward is always a direction. Our evolution is illuminated by blessings and possibility, but you must believe in possibility (often things you can’t yet see, but can just about feel!).
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SOLD OUT!‘Tis (All before us)'
Oil on Canvas,
180cm x 120cm
‘Tis – the west of Ireland abbreviation of ‘it is’ is a term I love to hear. The softness of it fills me with affection.
‘Tis was also the title of Frank McCourt’s second memoir. Following on from his best-selling ‘Angela’s Ashes’which portrayed the bleakness of Ireland in the earlier half of the last century.
While we still enjoy significant rain fall, Ireland of today is vibrant. In spite of challenges economic and social, we are as a people – I feel, forward looking. And our landscape is abundant – it holds and inspires us all.
‘Tis’– this painting, is about looking forward. It was made in many, many layers and gave its own set of challenges. When composing a painting, I am not looking for likeness but sensation – the feeling of coming home or being home. Place is important but not in a geo map specific way. I am creating sense of place.
Just as happiness is never truly a thing but more a feeling. I am endeavouring to evoke that feeling when you round the Irish coastline and the views, as Seamus Heaney so beautifully set the scene in his poem Postscript “.. catch the heart off guard and blow it open”.
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E Learning Art Experience
Give the gift of art this Christmas to yourself or someone who has always wanted to learn to Paint! My much in demand and super successful Abstracting the Landscape Painting Workshop is now available for the first time as an online e-course. Taught in 4 modules (which you can study at your own pace, any time from any where!), this Click & Play E-course brings together the very best lessons from many years of painting and teaching experience. Abstracting the Landscape is suitable for absolute beginners but also those with a little or a lot of experience. It teaches participants how to abstract elements of the landscape and create their own painterly response. Through a series of fun and stimulating exercises, you will learn how to use a variety of tools and mediums and to approach painting in a fresh and creative manner while tapping into and developing your own intuitive painting style.Self Learning Abstracting The Landscape -
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Thanks so much for ALL YOUR SUPPORT** COMPETITION NOW CLOSED!
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First Prize:
The Sun Also Rises
Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm Ready to hang in slip frame RRP: €695Second Prize:
Skylarkin' by the Shoreline
Limited Edition Print (Medium size) RRP: €22510 Prizes in Total:
8 X Bundle Packs
Each bundle (RRP €55 each) includes: A Gift Box of Art Cards, A set of Notelets and a copy of my book HOME!Yours for €10! Buy a Raffle Ticket Below.
Please help me to treat the Mercy Nursing Staff. ***TICKET SALES UPATE** 13th April 2020: Thank you all SO much, we have already sold 500 tickets - that's €5,000 going directly to the Mercy Hospital Nurses. Please keep spreading the word. Please note: Winner(s!) will be announced following close of COVID restrictions. I'll update here re: additional prizes xx You are ALL heroes!My studio is located alongside the Mercy Hospital here in Cork city.As a close neighbour I see the sheer kindness and absolute professionalism of the hospital staff on a daily basis. I also see how hard they work and how much they genuinely care for us.Like many of you, since this Covid-19 Crisis began, I have wanted to do something to demonstrate my support for the Nursing Staff who are working so hard and so selflessly to keep us all alive.I will ensure the support we can offer collectively - the proceeds of this raffle - goes directly to the nurses for them to spend as they wish.I understand other fundraisers are taking care of their food needs etc, so I’m keen this money will go directly to the nurses to use as a treat - in whatever way makes their life easier / better - be that hand creams for all, or foot spas in the common rooms.Please trust I will make sure every cent raised from this raffle will be of direct benefit to The Mercy Nursing Staff.Prize Winners will be announced on Monday 18th May 2020Following discussions with Nurse Representatives and The Mercy Hospital Trust, it was decided to allow the Raffle to roll until Covid-19 restrictions are lifted and we can safely meet to conduct the raffle. Thanks so much for your ongoing support.Please take a second to sign up to my email list below (or in the checkout) to receive updates AND get 10% OFF everything on site as a warm, extra large, big grip of a welcoming HUG!Please do share this raffle with your friends and anyone else you think might be interested.If you have any queries please contact me at: cora@coramurphy.comGood luck, lean ar aghaidh and thanks!
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SOLD OUT!**VERY Limited Stock**
I am delighted to introduce my first EVER Calendar. The 2024 Calendar brings together some of my best loved oil paintings including work from the Kerry Gaeltacht, the Mayo Lakes and the Wild Atlantic Way. The Calendar is designed as an accompaniment to your best year yet. It lists important days, significant lunar events (including Mercury in the Microwave!) and ALL the Bank Holidays. It also prompts you to enjoy every season – whether taking a sea swim, a stroll through crunchy leaves or your first mulled wine of the season. Size: A3 (297 x 420 mm) Shipping Worldwide. This calendar has been designed with love and intention. We hope it bears witness to your best year yet. And when the year is over you can cut out and keep the artworks forever.
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SOLD OUT!Home the first book about my work celebrates ten years of painting in Ireland.
Over 52 pages, Home brings together paintings from my Contemporary Painting Collections, created in response to the Irish landscape. The book also includes a short introductory essay about each of the key themes, 21 images from the collections and a foreword by Bridget Flannery.Book Specifications:
Foreword by Bridget Flannery A short introductory essay on each collection Limited edition of 1,000 copies All copies signed €5.00 from the sale of each book goes to The Simon Community to help fight homelessness 100% Irish! Created, photographed, designed, printed and bound on the Island of Ireland.All books are signed. If you would like a specific dedication please indicate that in the 'Notes' section by clicking 'Ship to a different address'.
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Since time began, or since I started printing Art Cards, I always created mixed boxes of Art Cards i.e. a combination of square and rectangle shaped cards. Having carried out some research it seems LOTS of you wanted a set of square cards and so I am DELIGHTED to launch my New Art Card Collection Gift Pack. From the classics to my most recent paintings, this brand new collection brings together 10 of your favorite Paintings in one Art Card Gift . All 10 cards are square (145mm sq). Blank for your own message they come with 10 envelopes. Each card is of the highest quality print and illustrates a contemporary landscape painting from my collected body of work. I have included the story of how the painting came to being –on the reverse of each card - for you and your recipients to enjoy. All cards are blank on the inside for your own message and are suitable for every sentiment. Highly finished and presented with matching envelopes, each Gift Pack can be personalized with a note (please just let me know your preferred greeting in the ‘Order Notes’ section in the final stages of the checkout!). As with all my product, cards can be Shipped Worldwide. Thank you for your support! Contemporary Landscapes from Ireland Art Postcard Gift Box €25 - that's 10 cards for €20.00 (RRP €2.95 each). Postage & packaging: €3.95 in Ireland and €5.95 worldwide
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Your Threshold Box was created to share joy and blessings and to illuminate the possibility of life's thresholds. It brings together 10 artworks from Cora Murphy's Home Collection. Al paintings were made with love in Ireland. each one is a gift for you to enjoy, frame or send on with blessings of your own. Taking inspiration from the sea, the sky and the mystery of life in between, Cora explores our connection with the natural world and our place in it. Her paintings are an intuitive response to the elemental, each artwork evoking a sense of belonging and home. Highly finished and presented with matching envelopes, each Gift Pack can be personalized with a note (please just let me know your preferred greeting in the ‘Order Notes’ section in the final stages of the checkout!). As with all my product, cards can be Shipped Worldwide. Thank you for your support! Contemporary Landscapes from Ireland Art Postcard Gift Box €25 - that's 10 cards for €20.00 (RRP €2.95 each). Postage & packaging: €3.95 in Ireland and €5.95 worldwide
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Beannacht Box: The Classic Collection
10 Art Cards & Envelopes in a wonderful Gift Box. The Beannacht Box was created to share joy and blessings. It brings together 10 artworks from Cora Murphy’s Classic Collection. All paintings were made with love in Ireland. Each one is a gift for you to enjoy, frame or send on with blessings of your own. The Beannacht Box contains 10 Art Cards & Envelopes (blank for your own message). My paintings are an intuitive response to the elemental, each artwork evoking a sense of belonging and home. Each card is of the highest quality print and illustrates a contemporary landscape painting from my collected body of work. The story of the painting is on the reverse of each card. Beannacht Boxes are available to purchase in bundles (choose from drop-down options) and can be Shipped Worldwide. Postage & packaging: €3.95 in Ireland and €5.95 worldwide -
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Get a Book, Postcards AND an Art Card Gift Set all together now for €49.That’s:
- A Gift Box of Art Cards (€20) – 10 cards & envelopes per set - choose either NEW Sea Paintings OR Regular Art Cards** Please make a note in the checkout
- My book HOME (€20)
- A Gift Box of Art Postcards (€15)– 12 cards & envelopes per set
Contemporary Irish Landscape Painting
