Gradients of Growth

Deirdre Murphy, assistant teaching professor of art, was named the Lower Merion Conservancy’s inaugural Climate Action artist-in-residence.

This summer, Deirdre Murphy, assistant teaching professor of art, became the Lower Merion Conservancy’s inaugural Climate Action artist-in-residence. As part of her long-term residency, Murphy hosted “Gradients of Growth,” an exhibition that included three different mediums—painting, printmaking and sculpture—and focused on “ecological hope and environmental healing” at the Chimaera Gallery in Philadelphia.

Murphy’s paintings, inspired by tree hollows found during her residency, display a bird’s-eye view from within the cavities, while her print series was influenced by Lehigh’s Trembley Herbarium collection.

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