About
"In many ways, losing part of my vision taught me how to see more clearly as an artist"
As a seventh-generation Texan, the land, light, and people of Texas are part of who I am and part of everything I paint. After an eye stroke changed my vision, I began to see the world in a completely different way — softer in some places, distorted in others, with colors and light that don’t behave the way they used to.
My paintings are not meant to be perfect representations of a scene, but honest representations of sight as I experience it now. They are about resilience, adaptation, and learning to see beauty in a new way. In many ways, losing part of my vision taught me how to see more clearly as an artist.
My paintings are not meant to be perfect representations of a scene, but honest representations of sight as I experience it now. They are about resilience, adaptation, and learning to see beauty in a new way. In many ways, losing part of my vision taught me how to see more clearly as an artist.
Jenny Murley and Family
Bio
Jenny Murley is an award-winning artist working exclusively by private commission, known for creating deeply personal, heirloom-quality works.Her early career was distinguished by top honors at the prestigious Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where she received Best in Show and Best in Grade in the late eighties. She later earned recognition for portrait excellence from the Art Institute of Houston and was admitted to the fine arts program at New York University—an early affirmation of her artistic distinction. Instead, She attended Sam Houston State University and graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree. Following an occipital vein occlusion affecting her right eye, her work underwent a profound evolution. What began as mastery in portraiture expanded into an exploration of perception itself.
She now focuses primarily on abstract florals and landscapes, rendered in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and colored pencil, translating altered vision into layered compositions of movement, light, and atmospheric depth.Her ongoing series, Eye Stroke, is both intimate and universal—an interpretation of the world as she experiences it. Rather than obscuring limitation, Murley transforms it into language: blurred peripheries become softness, distortion becomes rhythm, and interruption becomes beauty.Working selectively and exclusively by commission, she collaborates closely with collectors to create refined, bespoke works that are visually compelling and emotionally resonant—art designed not only to be seen, but to be felt, and to endure.