Greg Murdock

Biography

Greg holds up the trapped paper during printing

Greg Murdock was born in Saskatoon,Saskatchewan in 1954. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from theUniversity of Saskatchewan in 1977, did a stint at the Instituto Allende in SanMiguel Allende, Mexico, and graduated from the Emily Carr College of Art andDesign in Vancouver in 1981. He has exhibited  regularly ever since.

His work can be found in numerous private,corporate and public collections in Canada and the United States including theVancouver Art Gallery, the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Musee d?art Contemporain,Montreal, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Artists for Kids Gallery inNorth Vancouver. Greg Murdock currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC.

Greg has made several prints at NewLeaf, and has also worked with Landfall Press in Chicago.

Prints

2 plate intaglio etching. Photo etching, a la poupee and surface roll.
Printed on BFK Rives, White.

Image Size: 23.5in x 12in

Paper Size: 29.5in x 18.5in

Edition of 30, 3 A/Ps

Price: $900.00

5 plate etching with hand colouring.
Printed on 300g BFK Rives 100% rag paper.

Image size: 22in x 35.5in

Paper size: 30in x 43.5in

Edition of 50, 5 A/Ps

Released April, 2005

Price: Sold out

3 plate etching, printed on 300g BFK Rives 100% rag paper.

Image size: 27.75in x 23.75in

Paper size: 33.75in x 29.75in

Released November, 2007.
Edition 30, 5 artist's proofs.
Price: $1400

2 plate etching, chine collé, hand colouring. Printed on 300g BFK Rives 100% rag paper.

Image size: 27.75in x 23.75in

Paper size 33.75 x 29.75"

Edition of 30, 5 artist's proofs.

Released November, 2007.

Price: $1400

Print Process and Production Photos

Greg scratches away on his key plate with a dental drill turned roulette

Greg and Katie summon shoreline ghosts in vivid colour

Proofing the surface roll with different colours

Rainbows of colour combinations used during proofing

Greg tests out different colours for proofing.

A pensive Greg, deep in thought about his plan of attack

Greg waives a burnisher with conviction as he makes colour decisions