Dancing with Sea Lions
The Dancing With Sea Lions project began as a fundraiser for the 20th Anniversary of the Florence Events Center. The volunteers of the Florence Arts, Culture, and Entertainment nonprofit group (previously known as the Friends of the FEC) headed up this project in conjunction with the Florence Events Center Staff. Twenty life size sea lion sculptures were each painted by a different artist. All of them were displayed with their sponsors along the Oregon Coast till October of 2016, when they were then purchased by businesses and individuals. Fifteen of them are still publicly displayed in Florence and near by coastal locations. See our 'Where are they now' map for their current locations, and check our blog for updates. Share your Dancing Sea Lion pics with us and we'll add them to our Gallery of images.
Judy Murphy
Project Name: Splash Like No One Is Watching
What inspires artist Judy Murphy? “JOY! The spark of imagination brought to life in the characters full of life - full of love. Laying down inhibitions to be all you are created to be.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
A life long creator, Murphy says she’s been creaing as long as she can remember. Creating something first in her imagination, then she projected her imagination into whatever medium was at hand. For many years she worked in floral design, with beads, fabrics, painting on canvas. But it didn’t stop there, she worked with paper, wood, and finally on walls. What ever she did, for Murphy bringing something into reality brought a great sense of satisfaction.
And JOY!.
Murphy says her design is created with one purpose – to bring joy and put a smile on faces. Each character in Splash Like No One Is Watching has a personality in its freedom to express its uniqueness.
Through out her project Murphy used high quality acrylic paints by Liquitex, with a high lightfastness rating.
