Margie Murray
is a storyteller and artist in Residence at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. She works in oil, watercolor, pastel, ceramics and mixed media. As a teacher of young students, Margie has been an advocate of children’s learning and development. Conveying feeling through imaginary of nature has been a life-long passion, that she has imparted through her teachings in sketching and mixed media techniques. Margie is also a member of SCBWI, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
SPARKING A LOVE OF READING, ONE LITTLE BEAR AT A TIME
Family has always been a source of inspiration behind Margie’s artwork.
Featured: Margie’s parents and sons, Sean and Patrick.
Testimonials
“The quality and diversity of Margie Murray's art - from delicate botanical watercolors to dramatic oil paintings - illustrates her artistic intelligence and intriguing imagination.
David and Chip Selby
“Margie Murray sees with a true artist's eye and her breathtaking nature paintings and still lifes translate those visions for the rest of us. She paints with an integrity and fervor and her work captures an ecstasy in the natural world that recalls the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.”
Denise Hamilton
Edgar finalist, author of Eve Diamond Series & The Last Embrace
Editor, Los Angeles Noir
Margie is an Artist Member of the California Art Club, Master Artist in Residence at Studio Channel Islands in Historic Old Town Camarillo where she is represented by the Blackboard Gallery and a board member of the Pastel Society of Southern California, American Women Artists, and a member of the Buenaventura Art Association in Ventura, California.