Murdoch Art Studio and school
Classes, workshops, and full time study toward mastery of charcoal and oil painting. John Murdoch creates oil paintings on wood and canvas using gold leaf. His subjects include but aren't limited to: still life, portraits, landscapes and angels.
Holicong Pennsylvania

Oil and gold leaf
These paintings are a combination of oil on canvas or wood with real gold leaf. I use the gold leaf primarily because I love how it shines. It doesn't look like anything else. Whatever angle and whatever light you look at it from the color and the reflect

Angels
Most of these images are from my imagination. For years I have been collecting images from my imagination of all sorts of creatures, angels, demons and so forth. They weren't making their way into my regular body of stills-lifes and portraits so I had to

Portraits
These are portraits that were either done as commission or for fun. They are completed in either red conti (red chalk), or charcoal on paper, or oil on canvas or wood.

Figures
The figures in these galleries are academic studies in charcoal, red chalk, and oil paint. They are all from the live model and many were completed as I instructed at the open model drawing and painting sessions at the school.

Student works
My students often do amazing work. Look for more in the near future.

Prints Available