Idris Murphy

32 The Australian painter, Ken Whisson who has lived in Italy for many years, said one of the things which appealed to him was that he could be an outsider, a foreigner with an insight into a culture not always examined or seen from the inside. In a review of ‘Edgelands’, a title for a joint exhibition in Edinburgh in 2014 by myself and Scottish artist Paul Martin; Gregor Sloss was able to enter into a similar analogy. I have received permission to republish the review in Australia. I consider it particularly persuasive (from an outsider) in considering my own paintings and the context they may be seen in and understood. Idris Murphy. Treescape Lord Howe 2017 acrylic on board 35 x 40 cm