Recently I’ve been reviewing websites where artists can show their work online – there are suddenly many very good-looking sites where I can join, display my work, sell prints and posters, and even charge for original paintings. It’s all very easy to set up and manage, and more people actually see your work because these [...]

“Last Supper” 最後晚餐- 97×163cm- Oil on Canvas

Jesus is on the table, surrounded by modern dinner party guests happily munching on the savior’s flesh and raising their glasses. It is often forgotten that the heart of Christianity revolves around the ritual of eating and drinking Jesus Christ’s physical substance, which continues to be believed in [...]

“Final Markdown” 最後出清- 61×73cm- Oil on Canvas, 2003

Realistic electronic baby figure, sadly greets customers with a pleading look. Even with reduced price, this unwanted toy goes unclaimed.
最後出清－栩栩如生的機器嬰兒，悲傷地用一附懇求的表情迎接顧客。這玩具即使打了折，仍無人問津。
Oil on Canvas Surrealism Oil Painting by Derek Murphy www.derekmurphyart.com

“First Communion” 初領聖體- 50×61cm- Oil on Canvas, 2006

Two young acolytes are initiated into the faith; eager to please they meet parental expectations by pouring their budding emotional attentions onto the cross, which is presented by the (lecherous?) hands of an old priest. Although the ritual may be innocent, subconscious/repressed sexual tendencies are involved. This work [...]

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Christ struggling with his identity just before crucifixion.
36″x24″ Oil on Canvas

“Safe Sex” 安全”性”- 50×61cm- Oil on Canvas, 2004

Safe Sex – classic Eastern religion iconography, with added medical masks. The idea of sexual intimacy acting as a release into the bliss of divinity – death of self and birth of deity – is common in many religious traditions. When we selfishly seek to preserve our own [...]

A very early piece, c. 1998.

“Petra” 佩特拉- 51×71cm- Oil on Canvas, 2001

A pregnant nude in a bar with a perfect square belly; holding it like a gift. The technology of cloning and gene manipulation makes the construction of idealized offspring possible, but do we have the maturity for it?
在酒吧的懷孕裸女，肚子呈正方形。她把肚子像禮物般的抱在手裡。複製技術和基因改造的科技讓我們有可能創造出理想的子孫，但我們技術成熟了嗎？
Oil on Canvas Surrealism Oil Painting by Derek Murphy www.derekmurphyart.com

“On the Throne” 如廁- 61×73cm- Oil on Canvas, 2005

Eastern Deity on the toilet, contemplating the fragility of existence, clutching water bottle, thermometer and antibiotics. Framed by rolls of toilet paper.
如廁的東方神祇，手裡拿著水瓶、溫度計、抗生素，正冥想著存在的脆弱性。一捲捲的衛生紙圍繞著。
Oil on Canvas Surrealism Oil Painting by Derek Murphy www.derekmurphyart.com

“Masked” 罩面- 61×73cm- Oil on Canvas, 2001

Racial or cultural anonymity; mimicking to blend in, while bonded in a tight racial unit – the product of which may only be to serve the purposes of commercialism and production.
罩面－種族或文化匿名。同種族的物種緊密結合在一起，模仿出一種產品的結合，這種產品或許只是在滿足商業主義及生產的目的。
Oil on Canvas Surrealism Oil Painting by Derek Murphy www.derekmurphyart.com