butch’s sculpture practice came late in life as he searched for a meaningful form of expression and creativity while leaving behind a professional life as a pulmonologist. He was mentored by his long term friendship with Bonnie Baxter and Michel Beaudry, both recognized accomplished artists, giving him hints and encouraging him without dogma. Murphy’s life long partner, an always available critic, Corva, with her foundation in Art History,  continues to be a reliable resource and support. butch continues benefiting by the support of the members of Oval Table, an artist salon organized in 2017 and other collegial artists. Along with Corva, they formed in 2016 and continue to produce another stimulating organization, The Art Soirée Series, where 2 artists, from all creative venues, quarterly explore, in conversation with an interactive audience, their life of creativity, be it performance or visual arts.

Murphy first exhibited in 2016 at the Bluestem Gallery in Columbia, Missouri, followed by regional venues nearby. By 2021 the exhibitions spread to metro Kansas City and extending beyond.

With butch’s networking, he developed several ongoing venues for public display of his works in Mid Missouri, Kansas Flint Hills, the Kansas City metro area, De Soto, Kansas, South Carolina and Oklahoma. Although he has focused on horses for models, he explores other forms of pure abstraction. After opening his atelier in 2011, he has now completed greater than 60 equine abstractions(he's lost count) along with other three dimensional forms.








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