ARTery Interview with Murray Ince

Murray William Cole Ince Murray was born in Newport in 1957. Murray became a furniture maker and designer and therefore was always drawing. Murray took up painting seriously in the early 1990’s, In 1997 he did a teaching qualification and an A level in Art and Design. Murray loves to teach people to draw and paint and has tutored classes at the Isle of Wight College and takes students for private tuition in his home studio, demonstrates for art groups and currently tutors The 5 Bells and ‘John Finch Art Groups’ on the Isle of Wight. He was until recently a ‘Leader’ for HF Holidays, running painting and drawing holidays all over Britain as well as other painting holidays in Britain, France and Italy and now works for the world famous ‘ALPHA’ holidays. Murray’s first love is landscape painting in Winsor and Newton’s ‘Artisan’ water-mixable oils and has written a book titled ‘Landscape Painting In ‘Artisan’ Water-Mixable Oils’. He is a product ambassador for Winsor and Newton and regularly writes ‘How To’ paint articles for ‘Leisure Painter’. Murray is the founder member of the ‘Society of painters in Water-Mixable Oils’, regularly exhibits on the Isle of Wight and in southern England and has paintings in private and public collections all over the world. He always has a painting on the go and says “I am never stuck for ideas or inspiration and always have at least a dozen paintings waiting to be done, the next painting is always just around the corner and who knows, maybe one day a masterpiece”! Most of all though Murray enjoys teaching showing students that painting can be a lot less daunting than they imagine, he says “to witness the enthusiasm in creating a piece of art that they are proud of is simply magical”!

What do you call ART?

To my mind art is the result of a creative process conveying an individuals feeling and response to any given subject, either real or imaginary with the aim of capturing the essence, spirit and mood of the subject.

Why are you an ARTIST?

I always wanted to capture the beauty of fleeting moments in the natural world that surrounds us, the elegance of the shape of a tree, flower, face, building, reflection or any of the other things that artists through history have brought to life on canvas, paper or in stone.

What is the message you bring to ART?

Look around you with awe at the beauty of the world, what nature or man has created and preserve it for generations to come.

Finish the Sentence

Art is a weapon against ... monotony, complacency and ugliness in the world.

Art standards are set by ... artists, the art establishment and the discerning collector.

If there was a Nobel Prize for Art, the criteria would be ...a creation or body of work that lifts the spirits or has a profound effect on the viewer.

Favourite artist of all time ...John Constable

Favourite quote about art ... "'Painting is a collection of a series of corrections" Helen van Wyk

Best way for getting out of an art block ... Look around you there is inspiration everywhere!

Tomorrow’s art will be ... my masterpiece!

Best advice to a young artist ... Draw as much as possible and keep drawing and painting doing it

Best place to display art ... Anywhere people can see it.

Art isn’t finished until ... you put your signature on it.

Learn more using the link below!

https://www.spwmo.org.uk/murray-ince/#

https://murrayince.com/

Email: hello@murrayince.com

You can find more of Murrays work, details of his holidays & workshops at www.murrayince.com and on the SPWMO web site https://www.spwmo.org.uk/