<div>Julie Bowers Murphy is best known for her lonely, cinematic figurative paintings and </div>
<div>soft-edged landscapes. Her work as a painterly realist references bygone eras in an effort to preserve quiet, introspective moments.</div>
<div>"I have always had some sort of connection to the sea. The smell of it, the feel of it, the calm and the fury...<br><br>My work is heavily inspired by living by the water and the beautiful light it reflects. I split my time between the former fishing village of Norwalk, Connecticut and the artist colony of Provincetown, Massachusetts.<br><br>I find myself often exploring the lives of those who are dependent upon the sea for work: the longshoremen, the lighthouse keepers, the lobstermen, the sailors, the salts. What is it that drives one to work on the oceans? The power of the ocean--the solitude, the loneliness, yet also the camaraderie, and endless possibility of finding new worlds and escaping others...the sea provides the perfect tension for a never-ending story for my work."</div>
I have always had some sort of connection to the sea. The smell of it, the feel of it, the calm and the fury...
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