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Winter Sunset

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This is the time of year when we bring evergreens into the house, honoring the green we’ve lost with the change of season. We love the smell of evergreens, pine scent wafting around in our closed houses. I love that.

But I also love the deciduous trees, standing bare out in the cold, magnificent sculptures that tower around us. They speak of loss. They are stripped bare in the coldest, darkest part of the year. They also hold promise, all the colors of spring, all the air we breathe, all the shade we crave in summer — all will be resurrected from these stark giants as the planet turns closer to the sun.

I’ve been sketching and have now started painting these winter trees.

Winter Sunset by Joy Murray, 10×8″

What do you think?

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It’s Never Too Late

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Though many with disabilities, and who have gone through transitions with age, find ourselves alone, love still remains a priority in many of our hearts. I’ve known several people who found a life partner in their 70s and 80s. I painted this to celebrate that love that can transcend physical problems, age, and social disapproval. Loneliness can be a part of one’s life no matter your age or abilities, even if you’re in a relationship. Still…

It was never too late… by Joy Murray, 20×24″, 2022

As we get closer to the opening of the Opulent Mobility art show in LA, in which 2 of my paintings will be shown, I’ll post my paintings that celebrate physical diversity and our dreams and fantasies. You can follow Opulent Mobility on Facebook and Instagram. It’s going to be at a physical gallery, the Makery, but also online. Here’s the schedule:

Other artists include: A. Laura Brody, Kat Chudy, Julie Forbush, Patricia Fortlage, Bronte Grimm, Ash Hagerstrand, Austin Lubetkin, Ellen Mansfield, Monica Marks, Lisa Merida-Paytes, Tom Peters, Elizabeth Rajchart, Priya Ray, Abigail Stockinger, Emily Tironi, Celeste Tooth, and Rachel Ungerer.

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Thanks for reading my blog. Feel free to share it, if you’d like.

This blog is brought to you by the generosity of people who support me on Patreon , buy my art, and who support me in so many different ways. 

If you’d like to make a one time donation, you can do so at paypal

Cards and prints of some of my art is available on Redbubble.  Also T-shirts and stickers and other odds and ends. When you click an image, in the lower right hand corner you’ll find a link to all the various products that these are printed on. If you have any trouble finding what you’re looking for, let me know. joyzmailbox@gmail.com 

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If you find a typo, let me know, and I’ll send you a postcard.

Flying Dream 2019

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As we get closer to the opening of the Opulent Mobility art show in LA, in which 2 of my paintings will be shown, I’ll post my paintings that celebrate physical diversity and our dreams and fantasies.

Flying Dreams by Joy Murray 2019, 20×24″, acrylic paint and ink

You can follow Opulent Mobility on Facebook and Instagram. It’s going to be at a physical gallery, the Makery, but also online. Here’s the schedule:

Other artists include: A. Laura Brody, Kat Chudy, Julie Forbush, Patricia Fortlage, Bronte Grimm, Ash Hagerstrand, Austin Lubetkin, Ellen Mansfield, Monica Marks, Lisa Merida-Paytes, Tom Peters, Elizabeth Rajchart, Priya Ray, Abigail Stockinger, Emily Tironi, Celeste Tooth, and Rachel Ungerer.

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Thanks for reading my blog. Feel free to share it, if you’d like.

This blog is brought to you by the generosity of people who support me on Patreon , buy my art, and who support me in so many different ways. 

If you’d like to make a one time donation, you can do so at paypal

Cards and prints of some of my art is available on Redbubble.  Also T-shirts and stickers and other odds and ends. When you click an image, in the lower right hand corner you’ll find a link to all the various products that these are printed on. If you have any trouble finding what you’re looking for, let me know. joyzmailbox@gmail.com 

You can subscribe to this blog by email in the link below this post.

If you find a typo, let me know, and I’ll send you a postcard.

Happy Thanksgiving 2023

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I am so grateful to you for reading my blog and letting me know when my art touches you.

I hope your Thanksgiving brings delight or peace or both. If you have strife in your family, I hope you’re able to transform it into a funny, tragic or weird story. Because, bullies aside, that’s what we all are – funny, tragic, weird, but often wonderful creatures, doing our best to make it in an incredibly confusing world.

Love and light to you.

Joy