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If you are interested in purchasing my artwork, or have any questions you would like to ask, please get in touch. I am always happy to email you back so don't be shy!
Enquires from galleries interested in stocking my work are always welcomed, as are opportunities to exhibit in NZ and abroad.
My work is currently available at the following places:
- Direct from this website
- At selected shows at The New Zealand Academy of Fine Art (Wellington)
- The Artists Room Fine Art Gallery (Dunedin)
Jonette Murray
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Frequently Asked Questions
Please email me at jonette.murray@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
If you have seen a painting you are interested in online, please email me and we can take things from there. You are welcome to ask questions about a piece, with no commitment to buy. For paintings I am selling direct through my website, I accept PayPal payments as well as credit card payments via the PayPal app both nationally and internationally, or by direct deposit within N.Z. Shipping will need to be calculated and full payment is required before posting the item to you. Paintings are sent by tracked courier, and are well packaged to ensure their safety. Alternatively, for paintings that are exhibiting at galleries, these may be purchased directly from the gallery.
Yes! Payment plans can be arranged to suit your budget. Payment must be made in full including shipping before the item will be shipped.
Unfortunately at this point I am not available for commissions.
I sell my paintings unframed (unless otherwise stated) as framing needs to reflect your personal tastes and decor, and is best chosen by you. However, I am able to organize framing on your behalf if this is preferable to you at the time of purchase. The paintings do not need to be behind glass, simply framed as they are. The usual cost for framing in the most common sizes I paint in is usually between $150-$300, and is a wise investment in protecting your artwork.
I have exhibited and sold paintings proffessionally for 25 years, but have been pursuing art since I was a child.
No.
I usually work directly from life in my studio, but occasionally work with a photo reference if I am unable to work from life. Each painting composition is carefully set up in my studio. Once I am happy with my concept I begin sketching the outline in oil paint directly on the prepared panel paying close attention to the form. I draw and paint all my artworks freehand, without the use of AI, tracing off photographs, grids, or projectors.
Next I begin to lay down some colour, trying to accurately capture what I am painting, paying close attention to the form, shadows, colour and feel of the element. If I am working in traditional realism, I will work in layers, allowing each layer to dry before beginning on the next session. This method takes several days or weeks to complete a piece. Working in this way allows for the building up of form, and creates a painting that is rich in colour and depth. The more specific details of the method I use,is a mix of several classical techniques and my own experimentation (my secret sauce) that I have developed over the 25 years I have been painting.
If I am working Alla Prima, I tend to work more thickly with the paint and work intensely, often without breaks until the piece is complete. This allows the painting to have energy and vitality, with brush marks that map how the painting was created. This method is all about confidence. I have to have to know exactly what I want to achieve in each stroke, and lay it down as it needs to be, rather than reworking it again and again.
I usually work on aluminum composite panels which are an excellent bend resistant, archivable substrate. Occasionally I work on wooden boards, and canvas when I trial different painting techniques. All my paintings are allowed to dry before being cleaned and varnished for their protection.
While it is important to note that disabled people don't owe anyone their diagnosis, I am sharing mine because I feel it is such a dominant part of my life, and therefore part of my artistic identity. I was born with a genetic condition called hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - a collagen disorder that affects every area in the body where collagen is found. For me, this causes a host of symptoms including daily joint dislocations and injuries, digestive problems, dysautonomia, hernias, eye problems, chronic fatigue, neuropathy, severely unstable pelvis, and crippling chronic joint pain.
As part of this condition I also have a progressive severe rotational scoliosis (spinal deformity), with multiple bulging discs, spinal cord compressions, arthritis, dural ectasia , which all stem from the connective tissue disorder. While I am able to walk in curtain situations, I was prescribed a power wheelchair to help increase my quality of life by reducing injury, pain and debilitation, and to try to reduce the rapid deterioration of my joints.