Carolyn Murphy

Student Paintings (leave comments for Carolyn at the end of her gallery)

Carolyn is a graduate of Beginning Art.
"Tilted Silo"
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  • Paula R:  This is a beautiful painting, Carolyn. I love the sunset behind the barn. Stunning!
  • Sandie I:  Carolyn this is gorgeous! Love the sunset!
"Shaker Privy at Canterbury Village"
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  • Judy K:  Lovely. Nice composition and technique. All of your paintings are beautiful.
  • Quinci S:  What a great subject and you've depicted it so beautifully! :-)
  • Viswa V:  The trees are rendered beautifully.
  • Wendy S:  This is really beautiful Carolyn! The shades of green, the grass, and the shed are so well executed. I’m in awe.
  • Kathy Boh:  Carolyn, what a great composition. The trees are fantastic. A beautifully rendered bucolic scene.
"Flowers"
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  • Kathy Boh:  Another beautiful painting. Gorgeous colors.
  • Ellen C:  Just a great composition. And look at the colors!
  • Sandie I:  Beautiful!
"Watercolor Flower"
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  • Judy K:  Lovely flower. Congratulations!
  • Quinci S:  Beautiful! This looks like one of those professionally rendered botanical illustrations. Delicate and precise.
  • Darlene S:  Yay watercolor! Layering, patience more layering more patience with a beautiful result!
  • Wendy S:  Carolyn, your watercolor flower is simply divine!!!
  • Nel L:  This is gorgeous, Carolyn. You seem to have acquired the knack for watercolor painting.
  • Sandie I:  Carolyn your flower is just perfect! So realistic! Looks like you can just reach over and pick it up!
​"Ames Farm"
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  • Wendy S:  Carolyn, Ames Farm (your first Painting) is both beautiful and peaceful. The sunset with the empty chairs seem to make a statement of solitude at the end of a busy day on the water.
  • Viswa V:  Stunning contrast. Beautifully moody and light.
  • Chris S:  Wow, Carolyn , your paintings are just so realistic and beautiful. I love this one and all the others!!!
"Watercolor Still Life"
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  • Wendy S:  Carolyn what beautiful watercolors. You amaze me, always branching out, and challenging yourself. Also, "The Nap" is exquisite. I bet your family was thrilled!!!
  • Paula R:  Beautiful watercolors, Carolyn. I love the poppy especially. Great job on the Nap, too!
  • Nel L:  Excellent try at watercolors, Carolyn. They are both lovely paintings!
"Watercolor Red Poppy"
  • Ellen C:  Watercolor looks so daunting. Really lovely Carolyn.
"The Nap"
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  • Susan F:  Very nice, Carolyn. The contrasting colors in this one work so well. Great subject matter, too.
  • Ellen C:  Really nicely done.
  • Sandie I:  Carolyn, awesome painting!
"Sebastian Inlet"
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  • Joan G:  Beautiful job I just love the sky in the tree absolutely beautiful!
  • Susan F:  Nice, Carolyn! The driftwood is such a cool focal point.
  • Nel L:  This is such a lovely painting....so peaceful and calming. Love it!
  • Wendy S:  Carolyn, Sebastian Inlet is stunning and inviting! The driftwood is so precise I can feel the texture, and the sand!!!
  • Paula R:  Wonderful painting, Carolyn. It’s such an inviting scene. I want to sit on the driftwood and listen to the waves.
"Shore Birds"
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  • Amy W:  So adorable, Carolyn! Great job!
  • Sandie I:  Absolutely beautiful Carolyn!
  • Ellen C:  I can only imagine that this was a challenge. Well done!
  • Wendy S:  Carolyn what a beautiful painting! The continuity in the Diptych creates such a peaceful feeling.
  • Ken L:  Great job on these gulls and the beach scene Carolyn. A favorite scene from my youth. Just waiting for me to throw a chip to them.
  • Kathy Boh:  Carolyn, your shore birds are beautiful. I love the two paintings completing the picture. So creative.
  • Paula R:  Great job with these little cuties, Carolyn.
"Island Monarch"
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  • Sandie I:  Just beautiful!
  • Ellen C:  Carolyn, Your monarch is beautiful and so vivid. Such a nice job.
  • Amy W:  Oh my goodness, I love this! Your colors are gorgeous and the grass is awesome, not to mention the butterfly - looks like I could just pick it up. Great job.
  • Chris S:  No words but simply beautiful!
  • Debbie D:  Your Butterfly is just gorgeous! And the grass is so rich and vivid! Congratulations!
  • Quinci S:  I don't know which I love more, the grass or the butterfly! Fabulous job on both!
  • Nel L:  Nice job....the grass is so beautifully textured!
  • Kathy Boh:  Carolyn, your pictures always amaze me. You are very talented, and you pick the best subjects to paint.
"Vero Beach Storm"
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  • Darlene S:  Just beautiful!
  • Chris S:  This is such a mood setter for a beautiful beach scene and sky. Love it.
  • Aditi V:  Absolutely gorgeous—just wow!!
  • Wendy:  Beautiful Carolyn! I love the colors and the feel of the foamy water.
  • Kathy Boh:  Carolyn, your latest beach painting is so peaceful. I love the mood it reflects. And your black eyed susan is gorgeous. Great work.
  • Amy W:  Gorgeous!
  • Sandie I:  Love it! So serene!
  • Denise K:  Makes me want to wet my toes! Just lovely!
"Black Eyed Susan"
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  • Amy W:  Carolyn - that flower is gorgeous! Great job! And I know how difficult painting flowers can be.
  • Susan F:  So pretty, Carolyn. A nice summer painting!
  • Chris S:  This beautiful painting is so realistic! I could pick that flower right now!
  • Denise K:  I just love your flower! It looks ready to be picked from the garden.
  • Ellen C:  Your black-eyed susan looks wonderful Carolyn. Great job!
"Vase Face and Stuff Around My House"
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  • Kathy Boh:  Stunning, Carolyn. Each piece is perfect.
  • ​Amy W:  Beautiful! I love it.
  • Debbie:  What a beautiful still life Carolyn! Such a creative combination and your rendering is just lovely! Designing a still life like this is not easy to do effectively!
  • Nel L:  Wonderful still life, Carolyn. The orange is amazing!!!
  • Ellen C:  A beautiful job Carolyn.
"Vero Beach at Jaycee Park"
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  • Wendy S:  Carolyn you captured every aspect of the sea, sand, and sky. I love the variation of the waves coming to shore.
  • Nel L:  Carolyn, this is so dramatic and stunning...the birds add an element of calm. Nice work!
  • Susan F:  I really love this one. You really captured those foamy waves. And those cute little sanderlings - my faves.
  • Paula R:  This is a beautiful painting, Carolyn. Great waves!
  • Roni D:  Your painting is spot on! Lovely! I've been there, right there visiting relatives.
  • Ellen C:  Such a great job Carolyn. You should be proud!
"Egret"
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  • Wendy S:  Carolyn your egret is beautiful! You paint with such precision. I love the eye. I hope your egret gets lucky!!!
  • Kathy Boh:  Carolyn, another beautiful painting. Florida is inspiring you! Can't wait to see the next one.
  • Nel L:  Carolyn, this is stunning. Really nice composition and execution. Love it.
  • Ellen C:  Such a nice job Carolyn. And I love the way you've set up your canvas.​
  • Denise K:  Your Egret is quite awesome! It was fun watching him hatch!
  • Paula R:  Awesome painting, Carolyn. Love the detail.
"Vero Beach"
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  • Denise K:  I am ready to walk over that bridge! Love this one!
  • Kathy Boh:  Wow. Your details are spot on. Very realistic. The wood, grasses and the sky are beautiful. I love it.
  • Smitha V:  Beautiful!! All the paintings have a great variation in the contrast & have life..very natural..waiting to see more.
  • Wendy S:  Carolyn Vero beach is so beautiful! I wish you could photo shop me into your painting. Amazing detail with the wood and grasses.
  • Amy W:  Beautiful! I can almost hear the ocean in your last several paintings.
  • Susan F:  So nice and inviting. Love the color of the water. Way to go, Carolyn!
  • Ellen C:  Really nice Carolyn. Your affinity for water really shows.
  • Mel F:  Vero Beach - It was so great to see the progress of this painting as it went along. The variation in the sky is just so beautiful. I'm ready to go there! Great job!
  • Roni D:  Carolyn, that bridge calls me to walk the beach!
"Heron"
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  • ​Susan F:  I think your egret has its eye on that bass. Both look great. Nice work, Carolyn!
  • Kathy Boh:  That's beautiful Carolyn. You are very talented. Lovely.
  • Paula R:  Well done, Carolyn. Your paintings look like Audobon’s!
  • Sarah C:  wow, those are both beautiful paintings. I love the variations of color on the fish, and that egret looks so regal!
  • Ellen C:  So nice Carolyn. Perfect for your new home!
  • Denise K:  Carolyn, love both paintings; so lifelike! Great work!
  "Fish"​
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  • Amy W:  Wow, Carolyn, that is fantastic! Nice job! Can't wait to see what is next!​
  • Kathy Boh:  Your fish is so detailed and I love the background. Beautiful.
"Still Life"
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  • From Amy W:  Beautiful job, Carolyn! Congratulations!
  • From Judy K:  Great job!
  • From Paula R:  Congratulations on your first painting, Carolyn! Great shadowing.

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