Wednesday, January 12, 2005

CATHOLIC GIRLS

"THE CATHOLIC GIRLS" 


by Bill Murphy




Emblem of the Universal

Search for Sophia

In the desert of Sodom.

Distant lights beckon

The flower girls of virginity

Oh, Holy Pope!

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A Picture

CHAMPOUX - 2005 68"x46"

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Beginnings

I began painting as a child. If you have modeled clay or "painted-by-the-numbers" then you should know what this is about. In my early teens, I completed my first oil painting. Within weeks, I had received an unsolicited offer to purchase that first painting. Can you imagine? The would-be buyer was full of praise for this, my first work. So much so, I was compelled to confess that I had copied a painting that had graced the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine. It was not my original. Immediately, the buyer reduced her offer by two-thirds. Well... the second offer I declined and the piece remained with me. Since then, it has vanished like so many other things and people. Nonetheless, some value was gained. I learned two things: that my paintings might sell and that originality is more valuable than imitation, by at least 200 per cent. Today, I use computer graphics programs to produce nearly all of my images.