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    • Solo Show Josh Rhodes
    • Winter Season
    • Le Salon
    • RED
    • celebrating woman artists
    • emerging
    • Pop Up.. the artwork of Ty fawley
    • Soft and Hard of 3d
    • inbetween by Romulo Martinez
    • GUNS in USA 2020
      • Didi AlKassih
    • Solo Show | Keith Miller
    • art en blanc 2020
    • art en blanc 2019
    • eye of the lens
    • RED 2019
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    • Art en Blanc 2018
    • NORTH
    • students@work2018
    • Eye of the Lens 2017
    • Targets and Tangents
    • Art Fair
    • forty @ 100
    • RED 2018
    • Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa’s solo show
    • 50yrs of Art and Love
    • Envision Arts Project | Aptitude
    • TIME | Peggy Nichols Collection Art and Love
    • Art en Blanc 2017
    • Chet Tucker | the journey
    • through the eye of lens 2016
    • Tom Freeman|Solo Show
    • RED | 2017
    • PIECES of PIECES
    • Out Of My Mind
    • RED2020
    • Debra Helmburger Photography
    • Botanicals
    • Conduit
    • the heArt project
    • RED 2016
    • 101x101
    • Five In One
    • artseen tour frisco 2015
    • IDENTITY
    • Ecology
    • PLAY
    • BLUE
    • asher d feehan
    • me myself and I
    • artist exhibited in me myself i
    • celebrating women artists
    • Denise Lion | Solo Show
    • CoLoR
    • me myself and i
    • artseen artists studio tour
    • CityScapes
    • artists and works CityScapes
    • art for art sake
    • consignment form for art for art sake
    • emerging
    • festival of trees
    • festival of trees
    • identity and cast 2013
    • North Texas Printmakers Guild
    • Looking Around - Solo Show of Misty Oliver Foster
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    • Originals
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      • Sharonza Penson
      • Terry Parshall
      • Trish Poupard
    • water
    • Celebration Night
    • BLUE 2020
    • Festival of Trees
    • MIX Art Exhibition 2021
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      • Suad Bejtovic
      • Kenneth Harrison
      • Christer Hiort
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Maegan Kirschner
      • John Lightle
      • Brandi Mieger
      • Christine Miller
      • Cheryl Parshall
      • Any Santos
  • Who We Are
    • contact | friends
  • Present Show 10-24th Feb RED
  • Upcoming Shows 2023
    • RED
    • one artist gallery
    • L'Fleur de Art
  • art workshops@thegallery8680
    • Learn basics of Still Life with award winning artist Lucy Tolkunova.
  • Previous Shows
    • Ekaterina Denisova
    • All for One | One for All
    • Milessa Murphy Stewart
    • Le Salon 2022
      • Le Salon#2 Award Winners
    • Soft and Hard of 3D
    • Trois Colors 2022
    • L'Fleur de Art
    • me myself and i 2022
    • Lucy Tolkunova
    • Jodie Beck
    • Solo Show Josh Rhodes
    • Winter Season
    • Le Salon
    • RED
    • celebrating woman artists
    • emerging
    • Pop Up.. the artwork of Ty fawley
    • Soft and Hard of 3d
    • inbetween by Romulo Martinez
    • GUNS in USA 2020
      • Didi AlKassih
    • Solo Show | Keith Miller
    • art en blanc 2020
    • art en blanc 2019
    • eye of the lens
    • RED 2019
    • BLUE 2019
    • Art en Blanc 2018
    • NORTH
    • students@work2018
    • Eye of the Lens 2017
    • Targets and Tangents
    • Art Fair
    • forty @ 100
    • RED 2018
    • Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa’s solo show
    • 50yrs of Art and Love
    • Envision Arts Project | Aptitude
    • TIME | Peggy Nichols Collection Art and Love
    • Art en Blanc 2017
    • Chet Tucker | the journey
    • through the eye of lens 2016
    • Tom Freeman|Solo Show
    • RED | 2017
    • PIECES of PIECES
    • Out Of My Mind
    • RED2020
    • Debra Helmburger Photography
    • Botanicals
    • Conduit
    • the heArt project
    • RED 2016
    • 101x101
    • Five In One
    • artseen tour frisco 2015
    • IDENTITY
    • Ecology
    • PLAY
    • BLUE
    • asher d feehan
    • me myself and I
    • artist exhibited in me myself i
    • celebrating women artists
    • Denise Lion | Solo Show
    • CoLoR
    • me myself and i
    • artseen artists studio tour
    • CityScapes
    • artists and works CityScapes
    • art for art sake
    • consignment form for art for art sake
    • emerging
    • festival of trees
    • festival of trees
    • identity and cast 2013
    • North Texas Printmakers Guild
    • Looking Around - Solo Show of Misty Oliver Foster
    • LOUNGE
    • LOUNGE
    • me myself and i
    • misty oliver - foster
    • Originals
    • PLACE
    • RED
    • RED
    • six
    • SPRING-thePersian New Year
    • water
    • Trois Colors
    • Earth Day
    • Melange of Color
      • Andrea Lamarsaude
      • Anindita Dasgupta
      • Bev Calton
      • Cynthia Coldren
      • Kathleen Mekailek
      • Kathy Mackey
      • Lavanya Challa
      • Madhupriya Srinivasan
      • Matt Chenet
      • Milessa Murphy Stewart
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Romulo Martinez
      • Sharonza Penson
      • Terry Parshall
      • Trish Poupard
    • water
    • Celebration Night
    • BLUE 2020
    • Festival of Trees
    • MIX Art Exhibition 2021
    • The Mix Exhibition The Gallery 8680
    • Photography 2020
      • Suad Bejtovic
      • Kenneth Harrison
      • Christer Hiort
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Maegan Kirschner
      • John Lightle
      • Brandi Mieger
      • Christine Miller
      • Cheryl Parshall
      • Any Santos
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​Milessa Murphy . . . “Capturing the Imagination.”
One of the great paradoxes in life is the difference between what is real and what is imagined, because our reality is skewed by our experience and perception. This overly complex combination is what inspires my artwork. As a modern-impressionist, I may not be concerned with painting the details of realism, but I am turned on by the meaning behind the colors, brushstrokes, and representation of light. I find this allows the imagination to interpret my content.  My art is based on observation, life’s recollections, and the imagination. This is what makes it so magical. I like to think that when I paint outdoors, I am channeling the work of some of the great Impressionist painters like Monet or Van Gogh and when I am in my studio, I can let my imagination run wild like Picasso.  My imaginative pieces are dreamlike, and they take bits of reality and morph into a happier, surreal story. With a twist of my brush or
an unexpected color, I am able to take an otherwise realistic painting and make it other-worldly. There are humorous aspects to this process that make these pieces joyous, and each imaginative piece increases the happiness in my life and hopefully the lives of
those who witness it.  Whether painting in my studio or outdoors, my artwork will capture.
your imagination. It will allow you to put yourself into a storyline of your own making. The reality of life is only as real as the people who are there to witness it. My artwork, on the other hand, allows for a reality that is drawn from the imagination and includes the emotional aspects of experience that make events larger than life.  This is true whether they are meant to be factual or fictional.  Rest assured the materials I use are archival and professional grade.  The authentic emotion and commitment I give to each painting to see it to its completion leaves each piece representing a portion of artistic soul. As I continue to grow and change with each passing day, my artwork grows and changes with me. I believe as an artist I should never stop learning and working on my craft.
 
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  • Who We Are
    • contact | friends
  • Present Show 10-24th Feb RED
  • Upcoming Shows 2023
    • RED
    • one artist gallery
    • L'Fleur de Art
  • art workshops@thegallery8680
    • Learn basics of Still Life with award winning artist Lucy Tolkunova.
  • Previous Shows
    • Ekaterina Denisova
    • All for One | One for All
    • Milessa Murphy Stewart
    • Le Salon 2022
      • Le Salon#2 Award Winners
    • Soft and Hard of 3D
    • Trois Colors 2022
    • L'Fleur de Art
    • me myself and i 2022
    • Lucy Tolkunova
    • Jodie Beck
    • Solo Show Josh Rhodes
    • Winter Season
    • Le Salon
    • RED
    • celebrating woman artists
    • emerging
    • Pop Up.. the artwork of Ty fawley
    • Soft and Hard of 3d
    • inbetween by Romulo Martinez
    • GUNS in USA 2020
      • Didi AlKassih
    • Solo Show | Keith Miller
    • art en blanc 2020
    • art en blanc 2019
    • eye of the lens
    • RED 2019
    • BLUE 2019
    • Art en Blanc 2018
    • NORTH
    • students@work2018
    • Eye of the Lens 2017
    • Targets and Tangents
    • Art Fair
    • forty @ 100
    • RED 2018
    • Olivia Ogren-Hrejsa’s solo show
    • 50yrs of Art and Love
    • Envision Arts Project | Aptitude
    • TIME | Peggy Nichols Collection Art and Love
    • Art en Blanc 2017
    • Chet Tucker | the journey
    • through the eye of lens 2016
    • Tom Freeman|Solo Show
    • RED | 2017
    • PIECES of PIECES
    • Out Of My Mind
    • RED2020
    • Debra Helmburger Photography
    • Botanicals
    • Conduit
    • the heArt project
    • RED 2016
    • 101x101
    • Five In One
    • artseen tour frisco 2015
    • IDENTITY
    • Ecology
    • PLAY
    • BLUE
    • asher d feehan
    • me myself and I
    • artist exhibited in me myself i
    • celebrating women artists
    • Denise Lion | Solo Show
    • CoLoR
    • me myself and i
    • artseen artists studio tour
    • CityScapes
    • artists and works CityScapes
    • art for art sake
    • consignment form for art for art sake
    • emerging
    • festival of trees
    • festival of trees
    • identity and cast 2013
    • North Texas Printmakers Guild
    • Looking Around - Solo Show of Misty Oliver Foster
    • LOUNGE
    • LOUNGE
    • me myself and i
    • misty oliver - foster
    • Originals
    • PLACE
    • RED
    • RED
    • six
    • SPRING-thePersian New Year
    • water
    • Trois Colors
    • Earth Day
    • Melange of Color
      • Andrea Lamarsaude
      • Anindita Dasgupta
      • Bev Calton
      • Cynthia Coldren
      • Kathleen Mekailek
      • Kathy Mackey
      • Lavanya Challa
      • Madhupriya Srinivasan
      • Matt Chenet
      • Milessa Murphy Stewart
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Romulo Martinez
      • Sharonza Penson
      • Terry Parshall
      • Trish Poupard
    • water
    • Celebration Night
    • BLUE 2020
    • Festival of Trees
    • MIX Art Exhibition 2021
    • The Mix Exhibition The Gallery 8680
    • Photography 2020
      • Suad Bejtovic
      • Kenneth Harrison
      • Christer Hiort
      • Patty Lebed Hess
      • Maegan Kirschner
      • John Lightle
      • Brandi Mieger
      • Christine Miller
      • Cheryl Parshall
      • Any Santos