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Sleeping Briar pencil Study
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size 20 x 21" | study for major pencil original | Value $2850 Now $1595 | Value $2450 Now $1365 |
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This study was ordered by someone who fell in love with the large original of "Sleeping Briar". They are a long standing client they asked if Paul had any smaller sketches of her that he would part with. Paul went into his studio and sorted through the piles of sketches and paintings that we never see. These were only meant for his reference. He picked this one and took a short while to refine it so he would be happy that the public would see it. So here it is, Now available to anyone who has the heart big enough to take her home. The great patron who ordered her, had to change his plans for his cash, such is life. A bonus for you!
The Crossing - study
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paper giclee 50 s/n | 11" x 15" | $335 Reg. Pre-Order Price $145 | $295 Reg. Pre-Order Price $115 |
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shetland-pen-web-high-dpi-dec-17_5
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Milt's Blue Bird - color pencil
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450 | 14 x 14.5 | $145 | $145 MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"The clapboard shack belt buckled to the hillside - had a tired lean to it. Real blue smoke always chugged from the chimney. Each time I visited Milt’s home place; pleasantly - I was always greeted with a gun. However on one visit though, Milt greeted me standin in the doorway,. “This is my bluebird” he said,” aint she a bute. She’ll holer - ya she’ll holer real keen.” The bird he was holdin’ was a common black bird. I never did quite figger that one out.” -Paul Murray-
Kentucky Coal with Puppy & Cabin
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Original color pencil & pencil |
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frame size 17"w x 18"h | | $1525 | $1245 |
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Her big beautiful eyes bring you into her world. Paul’s intimate and powerful talent brings you so close to her, you could almost know what she is thinking and what she is doing or what is in her world. She lives in coal mining country deep in the woods of the Appalachian Mountains; the only girl in a long row of boys. She will break the tradition of five generations of coal miners. She’ll not be going down below with that deadly black dust. Her gentle, but knowing, look shows she is wide open to embrace the world and make a difference. She has great possibilities - non of which include the short life her forefathers have chosen." -Paul Murray- Lil' Kentucky Coal does her best to hang onto her puppy, while standing in front of her grandma's ol' cabin.
Lem Ownby - Elkmont's Blind Bee Keeper
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Born in 1889 in the Smoky Mountains, Lem Ownby became one of the region's most recognized figures. Sight-impaired from an early age, Lem spent his life logging, bear hunting, farming and tending his beehives. He welcomed the arrival of logging operations into the pristine wilderness but became an eyewitness to the devastation it brought to land, streams and wildlife. As the last leaseholder living within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lem became a legend, selling his honey and offering pearls of wisdom to hikers, writers and even the governor. Lem's principles remained solid, his opinions so unwavering that he once refused to entertain two Supreme Court justices. Enter the forest with author F. Carroll McMahan as he tells dramatic, fascinating and sometimes humorous stories of a man who lived truly on his own terms. - Elkmont's Uncle Lem Ownby: Sage of the Smokies (Natural History) Paperback – October 1, 2013
by F. Carroll McMahan

Kentucky Coal study Maxi paper Giclee
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This is the sketch done on location while lil one looked at Paul Murray as he sketched her. She did what most lil ones do, they that kept looking until she fell into a daze stare. Here she is leaning on a post in front of her Grandma's cabin. Enjoy this peak into a place where time stands still and hearts are uncomplicated with the modern world
Pencil study for Zoe' Full Mouth w cape
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Briar Patch study pencil
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Hide Away Pencil
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KY Coal color pencil study
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150 | 20"w x 15"h | $355 Pre Issue Price - time ltd Offer $ 195 | $335 Pre Issue Price - time ltd Offer $ 175 |
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Coming Soon Paul’s intimate and powerful talent brings you so close to her, you could almost know what she is thinking and what she is doing or what is in her world. She lives in coal mining country deep in the woods of the Appalachian Mountains; the only girl in a long row of boys. She will break the tradition of five generations of coal miners. She’ll not be going down below with that deadly black dust. Her gentle, but knowing, look shows she is wide open to embrace the world and make a difference.” -Paul Murray- She has great possibilities - non of which include the short life her forefathers have chosen.
Born In the Smokies Canvas Giclee'
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: The Johnson Family from Townsend is a traditional mountain family. They let Paul & KatiJane into their lives in the 80’s. This has let Paul share paintings of Lil’ Fannies’ Grandma “Fannie” and “Earnest", and has forged a great friendship, with many cherished memories. Here is Paul’s thoughts about Lil Fannie. “A place where beauty abounds, where innocence and wisdom are mixed like good cornmeal; a place where a window to the past still exists. L'il Fannie was born from a long line of mountain people. She shares the shyness and fierce pride of her forefathers. In a few isolated hills and hollows of east Tennessee, the window is still open." -Paul Murray-
Appalachia Canvas Giclee'
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Shine Still Mini (Levi Collins) Pastel
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"I'd build me a cabin if only I could, I'd make me a shine still deep in the wood, I'd get me a mule an' work 'em June ta May, reckin' you won't find me 'til judgement day." Levi was a coalminer, gristmiller and notorious moonshiner. Levi Collins of Cherry Bottom, TN."
Popcorn Sutton Original pencil and color pencil
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frame size 12" x 12" | | $1225 | $980 SOLD |
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Paul & I had met many a moonshiner over our 40+years research in the Appalachian's. We have never met such a gregarious character as Popcorn Sutten. Here is just a snipit about his life and death. A great remembrance of Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton from this weekend’s edition of the Wall Street Journal. Obituary Of Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, A Tennessee Moonshiner
March 22, 2009
A scrawny, long-bearded mountain man with a foul mouth and a passing acquaintance with copper tubing and kettles, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton seemed the embodiment of moonshiners of yore.
Brought up in rural Cocke County, Tenn., identified as one of four “moonshine capitals of the world” in the corn-whiskey history “Mountain Spirits,” Mr. Sutton learned the family trade from his father. The practice goes back to the Scots-Irish, who brought it to the New World, and it wasn’t illegal until after the Civil War, says Dan Pierce, chairman of the history department at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
“This is something that legitimately is an expression of the culture of this region,” Mr. Pierce says.
Like his forebears, Mr. Sutton had brushes with the law, and was first convicted of selling untaxed liquor in the early 1970s. He mostly kept out of trouble after that, though friends say his nickname came from an unfortunate encounter with a balky barroom popcorn machine. But he was well known as a distiller around his native Parrottsville.
He was a familiar figure at the Misty Mountain Ranch Bed & Breakfast in nearby Maggie Valley, N.C., wearing faded overalls and with a back stooped, he said, from decades of humping bags of sugar into the hills. He picked the banjo and serenaded guests on the inn’s porch. He helped decorate the $155-a-night Moonshiner suite at the inn with some still hardware.
Mr. Sutton put a modern spin on his vocation, appearing in documentaries and even penning an autobiography, “Me and My Likker.” Souvenir shops in Maggie Valley sold his video, “The Last Run of Likker I’ll Ever Make,” and even clocks with his image on them.
Other moonshiners have gone legit and cashed in; a former Nascar driver and moonshiner now offers Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon in Southern liquor stores. But Mr. Sutton insisted on earning a living the old-fashioned way, and in 2007, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives busted him with 850 gallons of moonshine, stored in an old school bus on his property.
He was convicted in 2008 and was due to report to prison Friday, his widow, Pam Sutton, told the Associated Press. Instead, facing the verdict and ill health, he was found dead by Ms. Sutton at the age of 62 on Monday, and authorities suspect carbon-monoxide poisoning, according to the AP. The Cocke County district attorney’s office said it is investigating the death.
Although Tennessee was once a hotbed of moonshine and federal “revenuers” pursued bootleggers through the hills, an attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Greeneville says he couldn’t remember the last federal prosecution of a moonshiner.
“Modern-day moonshining is the manufacture of methamphetamine,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg L. Sullivan says. “Tennessee is in the top five states nationally.”
Ms. Sutton discovered her husband in his green Ford Fairlane. “He called it his three-jug car,” she told the AP, “because he gave three jugs of liquor for it.”

lanterns-towards-study-email-adj-2017
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Santa
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Amish original pastel framed
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original | frame 13.5" x 13.5" | $1225 | $980 SOLD |
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Paul loves to travel Tennessee, and he loves the Amish. We visited the area in Lawrence County and had wonderful experiences seeing the old sector Amish ride in their buggies, their roadside markets and watching them planting in the fields. Paul would never take a picture of them, they don't permit it. But he couldn't help drawing this little girl. Her sweet image haunted him for many years and he did this from memory. I love the old world quality and use of light in it.
Joey with Cap pencil Original
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Original Pencil - Study for "Towards the Final Light" |
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frame size 19"w x 21"h | 9" x 11" | $1375 | $1100 |
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“He was always there on the farm working the horse and living among his secrets, shrouded in mystery. He wore old engineer caps and rumpled blue denim overalls. I’d marvel at his hair and beard, long, wispy and white. His face was weathered by the elements and deepened by the weight of his years.
Although they both died some years ago, I have not forgotten the many things about them that have enriched by life.”......... -Paul Murray-
Love your work
I visited your Gatlinburg gallery and met Joanna. Had a lovely visit and made a new friend. Looking forward to your new showing.
Thanks allot, we are in Canada at Paul’s home town. We are a feature at the Devonshire Mall with 2 locations. Its keeping us busy, but we love meeting all our patrons. Merry Christmas hope to see you soon. Kati-JaneM
Looking for a price on the 33 x 42 Red & Dolly.
Home Phone 519-974-6588
Cell 519-796-0708
Bob did you get the prices you wanted. I know we were emailing, I still haven’t got a photo of the unfinished original of”howeward” (with Donkey “Dolly” & Red & Wilma in the huge mtnscapte )that Paul is working on he saw me setting it up in photoshop and stoped me from putting it on facebook. I wll see what I can do for you still.
Kati-Jane M
What an unbelievable deal on Santa, and for a great cause too. Can’t wait to get mine!
When I saw this, I was taken back by the detail! It is a beauty in any of the forms! Again, Paul has done wonderful work!
I have a few pieces of Paul’s artwork that while beautiful, I would be interested in selling. I have 2 mini’s (Lidle Cumberland in pastels AND All Mine in pastels) – both are framed in very ornate frames. I also have 2 approx. 8×10 in size framed and signed (Almost Spring – Joey & Kiten AND Aunt Emily). Pictures available upon request. Any idea how I might go about locating an interested buyer? Or what price range these items might fall into? Thanks in advance!
Dear Jen,
The pieces you have don’t seem to be signed & numbered limited editions. As far as an investment, they don’t really have one. People can still purchase them at our store for the same price. Maybe you could see if you could sell them yourself for what you have in them or donate them to a charity and ask for a reserve bid to get your investment back. I hope this helps, we wish you our best. Thanks for helping keep a glimpse of the past alive. KJ Murray
Hello Katie-Jane…
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy Paul’s artwork. I first seen it when I lived in Windsor Ontario. I was in an art gallery on Tecumseh I think. I seen a framed print of the Clown faces. I should have bought it then but didn’t. Is it still available? Is Paul’s work still available in Canada? I now live in Hamilton are there galleries that carry his work near here? Appreciate the info.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Joan Elliott
My husband and I love the innocent and beautiful capturing of the children that Paul does. His work has bought us much pleasure. We just returned from another visit to his gallery in Gatlinburg and have two more treasures to frame and hang in our home. That makes us have eight of his pieces in our home. I especially love our little miss drawing.
Thanks for your talent and dedication to the world of art.
Ann
Hello little brother and sister. We love you both!!
—Keith & Renemary Leveille
Hi Katie, Just wanted you to know how much we miss you here in Tobermory. Absolutely love the painting “Awake Asleep” Will be ordering one later. Best wishes to you and Paul Carol
Thanks so much, I adore the people in Tobermory and miss you dearly, You all made it worth while. But it was sad to say when I drove away, My heart sang. I was finally from a few of the deeper & haunting bad memories there, know healing and happy. We would love to see you at any of our exhibits anytime.
Grand Rapids Michigan is supposed to be somethin else!! Sept 24 – Oct 9 We really need support there it is critical to our future.
Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for the thought and the note
Kati-Jane Murray 1-519-377-799
My sister and I were in Gatlinburg about 4 years ago staying at the Buckhorn Inn. We were making the artist loop when we ran upon this old house and an elderly lady was outside making lye soap. There was a sign out front that this was Paul’s place of business. We came on in and were made to feel right at home by Paul’s lovely wife. After looking around, we both fell in love with Lil Miss. My sister was able to buy the one that Paul drew himself but I was only able to afford an gilcee’ of it. Much to our surprise, Paul and Red walked in and Paul took our pictures that were framed to wrap them for us. Much to my surprise, when I opened mine Paul had not only written his name in gold on the glass on the front but he has also drawn a picture of the mountains on the back and had written “Some place in the Blue Ridge Mountains” on the back and signed his name. I am so proud of my picture even though it is not an original!! I also bought a small one of Red and he sat outside and signed it for me. God bless you all for making me feel so special!!! Paul, your work is amazing and I love it all!!! And thank you for the hospitality!!!
When will reproductions be available for ” Towards the Final Light.” Saw it in Grand Rapids MI and it touched my heart.
Marlene,
The prints of “Towards the final light” will be ready in spring. Do you want me to hold one for you at 40% off. You can order your favorite number as well.
I was in your gallery two weekends ago and I purchased two prints of pencil sketches. One was Milt Cox, Gunslinger and the other was John Profit with Ol’ Woman. I love your talent and work. I am interested in purchasing a print of another pencil/coal sketch of Kentucky Coal. I am curious what it would cost to have one shipped to Indianapolis, Indiana and what different size prints that you have? I look forward to your response.
Thanks, Dan Hogan
So sorry Dan di you get your notice on the website, due to linking error. Can I still help you. There is over 10 different ways to contact me and this one is lacking. Call me if I can get you any Kentucky Coal? 800-567-3220 Kati-Jane Murray
Kati, can’t wait for my new picture, The hideaway. I have loved Pauls pictures of the precious girls. I am so sorry we did not get there this year, hoping for next year. Will call and check to see when you are in Tenn next year. Have a Merry Christmas.
hi i have 3 special pieces that i bought in the early 80’s, wormwood 80 joseph quellette signed paul murray
,piemakers@with a little pie in corner piemakers 67,then 4 pictures in large frame of quelette brothers farming,standing at the old stove inside,both reading a letter,one balling hey and small pic of a old man signed 34-325 what are they worth i keep getting the run around
http://paulmurray.com/orderinquire/insurance-guide/
Dawn above is the link to our insurance guide that should help you find the values.
Thanks for letting us help.
KJ
Hi Katie
My daughter Lisa and I so enjoyed our visit with you. I’m going to have to add a room on to put all of my beautiful pictures of my sweet girls. I hope you are feeling better and sending you a big hug. Tell Paul hello from us. See you next year.