Abraham Murley

Willow

Year 2022
Medium Ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions 38.5 x 28.5 cm
Nominated by Jagdeep Raina

About the work

My work on paper is an ongoing open archive of drawing and writing. This piece was begun from life in the weeks following my daughter’s (Willow) birth. I was thinking of her all the time. I continued working on it from memory in the months following.

Date and country of birth

1975, CA

Career Highlights

“Artists who write”, Reading at Camden Art Centre, London, UK (2023);

Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for The Arts (2021);

Visual Art Fellowship, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, USA (2021);

London Summer Intensive, Slade + Camden Art Centre (2018);

Milton Avery Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Centre, Provincetown, MA, USA (2016/17).