Joseph 'n Bells Oil
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Joseph 'n Bells Oil
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| 380 | 20" x 19 " Sold Framed | $1,695 | $1,495 |
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Joseph 'n Bells Oil
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| Original Canvas Giclée - Framed - One of a kind painting on each |
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| 150 | 38" x 36 " Sold Framed | $3,950 | $3,950 |
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Original Canvas Giclée: Each one is unique with extra one of a kind original painting done by the artist, must be sold framed. Due to this original work, allow extra time for delivery. All of these images are sold framed due to the original painting.
These are the few remaining images of Paul's special friendship with a centuries old pioneer family. Paul was one of a few invited into the inner sanctum of Joey's rustic life; spent together with siblings. There was a wisdom and yet an innocence, a cherished bond between them, their animals and God. Their every day a happy one; no matter what trials came their way. Enjoy this painting that took many years to come to fruition. The washes shown at the bottom are what starts the painting, the pencil sketch of the hands and the slow build up of layers. The layers or "glazing" of many different colors show the painstaking effort to create each color. There is much suffering by Paul to capture the soul and essence of Joey. Look up close to the overalls unfinished at the bottom. There is red, brown and purple stripes under the final blue we see. From reading books as a child, these techniques were all learned by Paul Murray, from the 16th century masters...Enjoy this painting in your home....it'll feel like your hiding an artist in the backroom and he's working on it just for you. Paul Murray
Joseph Pastel
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| 450 | 17"x20" | $125.00 | $95.00 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"Joseph lived with his nine brothers and sisters on the family homestead. They lived self sufficiently in their ramshackle log cabin, built by their father in the turn of the century." Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Range: $3,000.00 - $3,900.00
Little Dipper (set of two, small oil detail and large pencil)
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Zoe' would work in the small gardens on the farm with Betty, growing vegetables, herbs 'n such. She always kept an ice cold bucket of water in the shade. In this bucket was a well used dipper. I tried to capture the pure sparkling water, her well earned wrinkled hands and her always happy mood. But I ended up giving you a close up to her steady sweet demeaner."Publisher Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $500.00 - $850.00
Morning Wakeup finished detail Pastel
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| 450 | 13"x17" | $85 | $75 SOLD OUT MINI...$45 MAXI...$55 |
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"There were many days when I travelled to the farm at dawn to try to capture Joey in his world. I wanted the pieces to be simple & basic and the opportunity arrived on a drizzly, misty, winter morning in 1982. Joey was looking up at the clouds, so natural to the slow pace he kept. His hands showed strength not only from hard labour, but from the care he took in his work. The old workhorse, with burrs and braids in its mane, nudging Joey impatiently. They were a team, those two, both very slow & wise." PM Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $4,800.00 - $5,450.00
Morning Wakeup Study Watercolor
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| 1500 | 14.44"x11.5" | $85 | $75 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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Looking back through the window of Joseph Ouellett's world and reflecting on the essence of the bond created there, Murray finds a certain comfort that his paintings allow others the same gifts of knowledge given him by "Joey" , in the preservation of their history and in the rich, untouched tradition that persisted through a century of change." PM Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $450.00 - $650.00
Secrets Pastel
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| 325 | 12"x13" | $50 | $40 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"As Joey worked, he noticed a kitten playing under the horse, he picked it up, put it inside his old denim jacket. He turned towards me and he had a strange look in his eyes - of secrets, of hidden things." PM Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $4,600.00 - $5,850.00
Sleigh Bells - Joseph and Daniel Oil
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| 680 | 26" x 12" | $385 | $300 SOLD OUT MINI...$45 MAXI...$55 |
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"I remember how they would share the harness of the work mare, using her reins to guide her slowly through the pasture toward the warmth of the barn, and how they exuded an endearing shyness." PM “I remember how they would share the harness of the work mare using her reins to guide her slowly through the pasture toward the warmth of the barn beyond -“ . . . Sleigh Bells is a powerful part of The Last of the Legend Series a touching series that captures the few remaining images from Paul Murray’s boyhood friendship with this centuries old pioneering family.
Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Range: $4,800.00 - $5,800.00
The Final Piece Pastel
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" I always did my sketches of Joey in the morning and I would see him many times coming and going from the barn with a pail or lantern in his hand, walking hunched over. This winter day though, it was getting dark and I saw Joey coming out of the barn through the snow flurries. The animals seemed frozen there, profiling him in the cold, huddled together. I used to sketch Joey like this all the time. It was a typical scene on the farm. The day after Christmas in 1984, I was painting this final piece and my brother John walked in and told me Joey had passed away. I went to the funeral. I didn't go back to the painting until the holiday season was over. I just picked it up and took it to the attic where it remains to this day. A few years ago, I released this study for The Final Piece, but the original stays where it is, incomplete. I have quite a memory of this painting. It is mystical and I can feel Christmas and the peace and solitude it brings. Every now and again I work with the original and see the straw as it lays over the barn, the touch of evergreen in the background, all the bits of wood under the snow. The day he died, this is how his world looked. I knew that world so well." PM
~ SOLD OUT Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $600.00 - $950.00
Washboard Complaints - Zoé (with denim and pin) Watercolor
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| 680 | 21" x 25" | $355 | $325 LOW INVENTORY |
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"She wore crooked spectacles. Her white hair jutted askew from beneath her muddled & illustriously knitted hat...layers of mismatched clothes...yet, it was her sweet, gentle manner that always brought me tranquillity. A simple day that left great memories of a wonderful world lived in the past...never to be seen again. I miss my friend Zoé." PM
Winter Days Pastel
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| 285 | 17"x20" | $325 | $300 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"I wanted to sketch Joey waiting pleasantly for the warmth in the cold of winter. As I sketched, his sisters Betty and Zoé came in and sat next to him and they became a part of the portrait as well." PM ~ SOLD OUT Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: Range: $1,000.00 - $1,800.00
Wormwood Pastel
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| 500 | 17"x20" | $60 | $50 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"While I was sketching Joey, he was chewing a bitter weed called wormwood, that was prescribed for him by a doctor after he nearly died as a child from drinking bad water." PM
Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $4,200 - $4,900.00
Zoé Pastel
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| 325 | 13"x11" | $40 | $30 SOLD OUT MINI...$38.50 MAXI...$50 |
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"I loved her dirty glasses with their blue-grey film. Her looks were classic, because it was what she was , and it was real. It was exciting when people saw her portrait and wondered if she was Joey's sister."PM ~ ~ Publisher SOLD OUT. Some may be available from collectors. Call for availability! 1-800-567-3220 Selling Range: $2,400.00 - $2,900.00
I have a Daniel Oil (unframed) # 349. I would be willing to part with this art, as I have another in a frame. I really haven’t thought of a(ny) price yet but would, certainly, not refuse reasonable, “market value” offers. My preference, though, is to trade this print for a Sleigh Bells – Joseph and Daniel Oil. I had purchased Sleigh Bells a long time ago, and my framer “made off with the print” (as he closed up shop, and disappeared)……broke my heart, as I loved this print (c/w the sleigh bells and accompanying print). Any help you can provide here would be graciously, and gratefully, appreciated. Thanks, Alan
We have the AP 65/65 Daniel and joseph with accompanying kittens and bells. Both prints were framed by Murray gallery and have the bells included in the frame. We are looking to see them–they would have to go as a complete set.
Vince
I have a Wormwood Pastel of Joey Ouellette that I would like to sell. it is #460/500. can you recommend any web sites i can display it on? the original owner has passed away.
The value is beside the Wormwood picture & story on the Ouellette Series as well as in the insurance guide, both on the website. We are not taking on any more secondary market sellers right now. We do have an international clientelle and suggest you list on EBay or sites like that. Good luck, if you need a picture of the image I can supply you with one. Make sure to use the website in you info so people can check out hte value themselves. Sincerely Kati-jane Murray
Ebay seems to work well. the value is listed here http://paulmurray.com/orderinquire/insurance-guide/
contact me at info@paulmurray.com if you need anything else. Kati-Jane Murray
Hi John, the value in on the insurance guide page or below the story on the Ouellette series beside Morning Wakeup picture. Isn’t it nice that Paul is enlessly giving back to you and charities, he feels blessed to have your support. The drawings are always a nice touch, but he does do alot of them.Kati-Jane Murray
I have a Blue Denim number 27 of 275 in original framing purchased from the artist at
“the Festival of Friends” in Hamilton, Ontario in August of 1984 (?). Would sell for any reasonable offer. Please contact me through this avenue. Thanks for looking.
Hi Kathy, I am not sure if you remember but we briefly met this past winter while you were hosting a PM sale at Estetica. I had brought in the picture of Winter Day’s. It was framed and in the bottom left corner is a sketch of a man chopping wood. There was also second framed picture which looks like a sketch of Joseph. Unfortunately I can’t find the notes I made about the background of the pictures. You had mentioned something about them being sold as a pair due to the large picture being unfinished. Since I am now preparing to sell these pictures, I was hoping you could provide a few background details about the works to include in the advert. Thank you very much.
Cathy sorry about the delay, my email is not receiving these communications and they show up so random on the background of the program I don’t receive them. Anyways these are two prints that were published as a suite so the value is if they stay together. DANIEL was original sitting in the picture but left to go cut wood so PAUL sketched him doing that. So the sketch is DANIEL and the set is valued just as winter days
Hope this helps
I have the picture “Wormwood/80″ in a beautiful frame.It is 52 of 500, signed,with a note,”To my good friend, Joseph Ouellette”. I have had the picture for 35 years, and the majority of the time it was in storage, protected from sunlight. It is in excellent condition! I am getting on in years and am disposing of some household items. I can be reached at 407-427-0962. Del
I have searched for 5 years now for you! While on our honeymoon I saw this artwork in Gatlinburg. I snapped a pic of the display and took it to my dad to show the family resemblance. I cried when I saw them. It was amazing how he looked like my dad and his brothers.
My dad knew the man and told stories much like yours.
I had searched so many shops and asked at the festivals and things. The pic I snapped was long gone and all I had was my memory of seeing it there! I had so longed for one of these but they are out of my reach.
I hope to find the shop and see if I can at least get a small one.
Thanks so much for warming my heart so!
I have a mini giclee of this almost spring Joey and kittens. It is still in plastic wrap however there is no cert of authenticity. Just a sticker in the back from Paul Murray miniatures in harrow,ON Canada. Worth nothing I take it? 🙁
This mini giclee is an open edition picture that is done with conservation quality ink & paper as is Paul Murray’s limited editions, this is not a valuable print, just an open edition with no limited number printed. There would not be a certificate of. Authenticity for it they sell for $29-55 hope this answers your question
I know that you don’t monitor these messages, but my Father Thomas D’Arcy Ouellette has just passed away Christmas Eve and while cleaning his apartment I have come a cross the print of Woodworm numbered 76/500. I will be looking to see if these prints are from relatives of my father’s father, my grandfather as he had a brother by the name of Joseph Ouellette that lived on Pelee Island in Lake Erie and most of the family moved off the island and into Belle River, Kingsville, Leamington and of course Windsor. I have always been proud of Ouellette Avenue in Windsor as my maiden name of course is Ouellette. This is so exciting.