J. DAVID MURPHY B.A. (Hons.), M.Sc., J.D.
J. David Murphy was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada in 1948. He obtained a B.A. (Hons.) and law degree (J.D.) from the University of Toronto, and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics (University of London). He was a partner at a prestigious international law firm based in Toronto. From 1989 to 1996 he was a law professor at the University of Hong Kong. From 1996 to 2000 he was a high court judge in the Cayman Islands. He retired in 2000 to live in Europe, and moved back to Barrie, Ontario in 2013.
Mr. Murphy has been painting since the early 1970’s, but arrived at his current status as a respected artist by an unusual route. Inspired by the famous early 20th century Canadian school of post-impressionist landscape painters, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, he started experimenting with oils as a diversion while a law student. During his time practicing commercial litigation in Toronto in the 1980’s he led a “secret life” taking art classes at night from noted teachers in various institutions in Toronto including Danforth Technical School, the Cedar Ridge Art Centre, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, and showing his work in collective exhibitions.
Canadian Wilderness Landscapes
Autumn Marsh
Rockies Scene
Sunset
Winter in Rainbow Country (No.2)
Spring Ice – LaCloche Hills
Beaver Pond
Boggy Lake (No.3)
Spring – Bay of Islands
Urbanscapes
Chartres Reflections
Banca Giuratale – Victoria, Gozo
Grand Canal from the Rialto (No. 2)
Temples in Xian, China
Triq il-Majjistral, Vittoriosa
In the Bar of the Lion Inn, Winchcombe
Golden Prague
Canals of Venice
Abstracts
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Coral Reef
IMG_4071
Treble Clef
Bird of Paradise
Cerulean
Grotto
Masonry
Portraits & Life Studies
Girl with beautiful hair (Marion)
Model
Self-portrait (No. 2)
Torso
Temptress
Torso (No. 2)
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