
Sara Murphy
Atlanta, GA
Sara Murphy is an Atlanta-based mixed media artist whose layered works combine ink drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and resin techniques to explore themes of nostalgia, mortality, memory, and cultural contradiction. An Emmy Award-winning producer and lifestyle writer before transitioning fully into visual art, Murphy brings a strong narrative sensibility to her carefully constructed compositions.
Working primarily with paper, resin, and wood panel surfaces, Murphy creates monochromatic and minimal color environments filled with intricate linework, archival portraiture, floral imagery, and fragmented commercial references. Her work frequently investigates the tension between natural and manufactured worlds, pairing delicate organic forms with urban landscapes, found imagery, and symbolic visual fragments.
Through detailed layering and restrained palettes, Murphy creates emotionally resonant works that examine contemporary culture through the lens of memory, impermanence, and psychological contrast. Her practice balances graphic precision with poetic ambiguity, inviting viewers into quiet spaces where beauty, decay, and cultural dissonance coexist.