Laura Angilee Murray
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"Drawing, printmaking and painting allow my hand the freedom that my words were not allowed to express. As a woman, I was taught to be demure, graceful and charming…all things I fought vehemently, much to my mother’s dismay. Words were never what they meant on the surface, but had many hidden meanings. My work reflects the concept of layering meanings both literally and figuratively."

"Laura's work is a response to and a celebration of situation and location and how these things can affect the way one views the world.
She uses the figure as a metaphor for humankind and the sadness and beauty of living. "

The Boxer, Graphite on paper, 18"x24"

White Skirt (Quinceañera), Mixed Media on Masonite, 24"x24"

"Laura Angilee Murray grew up in the South, a fact she tried to run from, hide from others and deny. Embarrassed by the limited way some of her "people” looked at the rest of the world she felt that she would be associated with the bigotry, “family values” and prejudice that were around her. Following in the footsteps of great Southern contemporary writers like Dorothy Allison, Laura's burden is a responsibility to answer to the things that she was taught. Laura believes it necessary to create images that respond the questions that the world around her refused to answer: questions about ethnicity, gender, sexuality and god."

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Laura Angilee Murray
Paintings Drawings Studio Prints Resume Classes Blogs