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

Sentinels

Oil painting with gold leaf on wood, original size 16 x 20". This is an allegory about divine protection. The sunflowers are giant spiritual guardians, the bees are messengers from the heavens, the gold leaf is absolute purity, the dragonflies are people like us and the flowers and organic material in the front are what we create. So in the painting the bees are bringing in news that the guardians let through to the happy dragonflies playing in the flowers.