Ethan Murrow:
The Riparian Lovers
Winton Wächter Fine Art
Ethan Murrow
The Riparian Lovers
October 5 – November 27, 2021 Winston Wächter Fine Art 203 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109 Please contact gallery@winstonwachter.com to schedule an appointment Winston Wächter Fine Art is excited to announce our sixth solo exhibition with Ethan Murrow, and the first to feature both drawings and paintings. The Riparian Lovers is a whimsical turn inward to the Vermont farmlands of Murrow’s youth, where characters are invigorated with a childlike splendor from exploring wetlands, romancing the pastoral with unbounded glee. He asks us to keep in mind the sublime highs and lows of nature when we see figures knee-deep in the elements— how realistic is our romance with the land? The series is imbued with a thoughtful, subtle indulgence that tells us that we should revel at the sight of bees, berries, and bogs, so long as we also embrace the hardships and patience required to maintain a lifelong relationship with the natural world. As with his previous work, Murrow’s painted sceneries contain slight ripples in the fabric of our own reality, where flowering heads and exaggerated water tones inspire as much awe as the mountains and marshes. The ordinarily mundane is nowhere to be found. Everyone appears giddy with a complex appreciation for the earth and a drive to imagine anything. Ethan Murrow has been widely exhibited across the United States, and in France, Georgia, and Hong Kong. In addition to working on paper, Murrow creates largescale wall drawings which have been featured in museums and corporate collections, including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, FL, and Facebook Offices in Ireland. He is the recipient of multiple residencies and awards, including the Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship, Ireland, and Artist in Residence Fellowship, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Nebraska. Ethan Murrow is based in Boston, MA, where he is a professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University.
Cover: SOLD The Starting Point, High flow acrylic on board, 48 x 36 inches
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Curtains Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 42 x 42 inches Price: $25,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: The Cultivar Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 60 x 48 inches Price: $45,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Ardor Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 36 x 36 inches Price: $22,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Olfactory Marker Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 36 x 36 inches Price: $24,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Convene Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 41 x 60 inches Price: $28,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Clarion Call Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 48 x 48 inches SOLD
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Divvy Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 48 x 48 inches Price: $27,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: The Seedling Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 48 x 36 inches SOLD
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Olfactory Trail Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 36 x 36 inches Price: $24,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Posy Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on yupo Size: 96 x 58 inches Price: $32,000
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: The Vow Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 36 x 36 inches SOLD
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: Calling in the Birds Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 48 x 48 inches SOLD
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: The Eternal Optimist Year: 2021 Medium: Graphite on paper Size: 78 x 40 inches SOLD
Artist: Ethan Murrow Title: The Shepard Year: 2021 Medium: High flow acrylic on mounted board Size: 48 x 48 inches SOLD
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