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Painting is my form of expression about life around me. The endless number of materials available to use is challenging. Ideas are nonstop; time does not allow all of them to be expressed. Painting is my way of describing our present day culture in all its many different forms. My love is abstraction and impressionism, through which I try to create the intangible. I paint both the physical and the psychological, I love colour, texture and constant experimentation.
I am a mother of five children and my continuing theme "Save the Family" is inspired by my strong feelings for the need to keep a cohesive family unit. I believe that the family is the most important element in our lives. Through my artwork I wish to encourage people to become aware of the importance of love, the responsibility of marriage, pregnancy and bringing up children, security, the ability to interact with others, the importance of education, commitment and the acceptance of death. I also address the not so pleasant side of family life such as vices, rape, divorce and death. My desire is to communicate the knowledge of how we need to start with our family unit and continue into wider communities, the city, our country, and last but not least, the world.
I have also had the pleasure of collaborating with Courtney Smith, a choreographer/dancer and Karen Lewis, a poet. You can see Courtney's work on the video and Karen's poetry in my galleries.
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London introduced me to the best of the arts and is where I acquired my love for the arts. Being surrounded with endless museums and galleries I was able to learn and appreciate different styles and techniques.
In Canada I learned one of the most important lessons in life, the value of friendship, I went through some very hard times in Canada, and my friends stuck beside me through thick and thin and I will never forget their loyalty and support.
It was in Brazil that the vivacious colours and the zest for living, that are the hallmark of Brazilian painters, captivated me. There I got to know some of the artists and learned about their techniques and their use of colour. I was greatly influenced by Portinari, Di Cavalcante, Mabe and Fukushima.
In 1993 I moved to the States and began painting seriously. I studied at the Sarasota County Technical Institute, the Ringling School of Art and the Triad Art Educational Program under the direction of Kevin Costello. Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock and William de Kooning are the artists who most influenced me in the States.
I am basically a self taught artist and have taken art still life, figure drawing and abstract painting courses which have influenced me since moving to the United States.
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ART LEAGUE OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND
2003 - "Tropicale", month of April.
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF MANATEE COUNTY
2003 - "Save the Family", month of June.
UNITY CHURCH, SARASOTA, FLORIDA - 2007 "Life's Experiences", month of April.
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"ANTINOMY OF WAR" (The paradox of waging war in order to prevent it) a collaboration of visual art by Sonia Adam Murray and Choreography and Dance by Courtney Smith
March 2, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Location: Sonia Adam Murray's studio
ARTTRACK - FIRST PLACE
December 29, 2003 through January 7, 2004 First place, artist of the week on the Arttrack top 10. I have also been listed on the top 10 at Arttrack several times over the years.
"ANTINOMY OF WAR" (The paradox of waging war in order to prevent it) a collaboration of visual art by Sonia Adam Murray and Choreography and Dance by Courtney Smith
March 2, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Location: Sonia Adam Murray's studio
Featured artist in the Sarasota Home & Design Magazine's February 2008 issue. Their website link is:
http://www.ingagepublication.com/publications/HDSARASOTAMAR503S/
The art;icle will be on their website for 1 year
TWO PERSON SHOW
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER, SARASOTA, FLORIDA
1999 - "Save the Family" July/September.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Art Center of Sarasota, Florida
ArTarget of Sarasota, Florida
Venice Art Center, Venice, Florida
Art Center of Bradenton, Bradenton, Florida
Art League of Manatee, Bradenton Florida
City Hall, Bradenton, Florida
WCA - Women Contemporary Artists
EXHIBITIONS
The Oaks Golf & Country Club,
Osprey, Florida
Art Center of Manatee, Bradenton, Florida
ArTarget, Sarasota, Florida
The Arts Council of Manatee County, Bradenton, Florida
Florida Cancer Specialists, Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota Artists Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
The Wellness Center, Sarasota, Florida
One of 30 artists chosen to decorate a birdhouse for the Sarasota Opera Silent Auction, "The Language of Birds Youth Opera Benefit". 2004
Chairs for Charity
Sarasota Westfield Southgate Mall and auctioned in Wyndham Harbor Island in Tampa
September 2004/February 2005
A project to benefit
The Outdoor Arts Foundation and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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| Home & Design Magazine Sarasota Featured artist in their February 2008 issue |
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