Welcome to my website!
I work mostly in oils, but I sometimes use water colours or pastels, which you can see by browsing the website.
Featured Products
New Pastel Paintings
Still life with flowers in pewter vessel
A Summer's Day
This is an original piece of artwork and it is painted using oils on birch board, and it is signed by the artist. The size dimensions are 48" x 24" ( cm). The setting is pastoral, based in the Wicklow Mountains with which I am familiar.
ABOUT
HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!
I work mainly with oil paints, but I do also pastel paintings and occasionally water colours. I am mostly self-taught as an artist, but I have taken some great art tutorials with artists such as Stuart Davies and with David Dunlop, whose artisticbrilliance is outstanding.
I am a retired academic psychologist and I taught at doctoral level at the Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth (Maynooth University). I specialised in behavioural psychology, and I have published many (>50) scientific papers. I also worked as a practitioner with children with autism spectrum disorder, which was hard at times, but extremely rewarding.
I did some oil paintings when I was young, but then I believed that talent was mostly genetic, and I didn't feel confident enough. Having been a psychologist who specialised in learning, I know that it is possible, though not always easy, to learn with effort. I think I have some innate artistic creativity, and during my academic career this was manifested in the beautiful garden I created at home. I have always felt passionate about the beauty of nature, landscapes and flowers, which I love, and have planted in abundance.
Actually I love Vera Kavura's artwork in which she beautifully paints flowers of Ukraine using pastels.
Anyway, I really hope you might browse my online shop, and that you will like some of my paintings. Please also see my Youtube channel where I am starting to create videos teaching oil painting and pastel painting for beginners.
Carol
CarolMurphyArtwork
Carol Murphy
Professor
HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE!
I work mainly with oil paints, but I do also pastel paintings and occasionally water colours. I am mostly self-taught as an artist, but I have taken some great art tutorials with artists such as Stuart Davies and with David Dunlop, whose artisticbrilliance is outstanding.
I am a retired academic psychologist and I taught at doctoral level at the Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland Maynooth (Maynooth University). I specialised in behavioural psychology, and I have published many (>50) scientific papers. I also worked as a practitioner with children with autism spectrum disorder, which was hard at times, but extremely rewarding.
I did some oil paintings when I was young, but then I believed that talent was mostly genetic, and I didn't feel confident enough. Having been a psychologist who specialised in learning, I know that it is possible, though not always easy, to learn with effort. I think I have some innate artistic creativity, and during my academic career this was manifested in the beautiful garden I created at home. I have always felt passionate about the beauty of nature, landscapes and flowers, which I love, and have planted in abundance.
Actually I love Vera Kavura's artwork in which she beautifully paints flowers of Ukraine using pastels.
Anyway, I really hope you might browse my online shop, and that you will like some of my paintings. Please also see my Youtube channel (htpps://Youtube.com/CarolMurphy) where I am starting to create videos teaching oil painting and pastel painting for beginners.
Carol
CarolMurphyArtwork
