John Murdoch - Murdoch Art / Gold Light Studios

John Murdoch has devoted decades to the study and teaching of representational painting and drawing. He produces both traditional portraiture and still life paintings with an otherworldly edge, often using hand-ground paints and gold leaf on wood panel or canvas.

Murdochs's artistic lineage traces back directly, student to teacher, to Empire-era genius Jacques Louis David. Today, he teaches using the same rigorous French "atelier" system of training that has been passed down through the centuries. His training includes The American Academy of Art in Chicago (on scholarship) and Atelier LeSueur in Minnesota. He won the John and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship while finishing his studies at the School of Representational Art in Chicago.

His work has been shown in the US and Europe, including shows at the Ellarslie Museum in Trenton, NJ; The Lancaster Museum of Art, PA; The Ernst Museum in Budapest, and at Mercer County College, NJ. His work has been featured in American Artist Magazine, International Artist Magazine, The New York Times, The Intelligencer, The Times, and other publications. He is currently represented by Gallery Piquel in New Hope, PA.

John founded and teaches at Gold Light Atelier, in Bucks County PA, where he passes down the apprentice-style training of the masters.

Murdoch Art / Gold Light Studios

512 Scott Road
Perkasie, PA
18944
(267) 221-6046

info@murdochart.com
www.murdochart.com
www.goldlightstudios.com