Marisa Murrow

California artist Marisa Murrow finds inspiration in what otherwise would go unseen and unused at her studio in Westwood Village, Los Angeles. Looking into a jungle of fragments: stems without flowers, petals and buds separated from what once held them together, these paintings take shape through careful observation and omission of the obvious. Murrow incorporates elements from her work as a floral designer, rendering an intimate view of the materials that fall to the floor as she creates.Torn newspaper, rubber bands, bent stems and broken flowers become their own sort of deconstructed arrangement.Wet-on-wet brushstrokes of oil paint carefully describe her intimate connection with the flowers. Straddling the line between abstraction and representation, the artist presents us with a delightful take on our traditional understanding of Still Life painting.

Rhode Island School of Design BFA

Murrow has exhibited her work at the Laguna Art Museum, California Heritage Museum, the McLean Gallery, Malibu, Schomberg Gallery, Santa Monica, LA Design Center, LACMA Rental Gallery,The Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles,The Red House Gallery,The Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, Gallery 825,Topo Ranch,The Rose Cafe,Venice, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, San Diego Art Institute, Project Angel Food Art Auction, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes Art Center,The Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, the McNish Gallery at Oxnard College and the Brand Library Art Galleries, City of Glendale.