Abstract artist Leyla Murr finds inspiration in the world around her – shapes, colors, and compositions, when creating her acrylic paintings. To see more of her work, please visit her website.
![Memory](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_memory_by_leyla_murr_2.jpg)
“Memory” Acrylic on Canvas, 40″ x 40″
Inspiration essentially comes from my love of making art and derives from my looking at the world in a way an artist does.
![Embrace](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz__dsc0236_3_1280x1064.jpg)
“Embrace” Acrylic on Canvas, 24″ x 24″
It usually involves recalling a visual and emotional experience of one or more colours, shapes or compositions that caught my eye somewhere. My inspiration is also drawn from sources that I am not necessarily aware of; the ones that are imbedded in my memory or my subconscious as a result of my constant desire to be open to new and exciting ideas and experiments.
![Cosmos](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_cosmos_36_x_24_by_leyla_murr_2000x1333_640x427_2.jpg)
“Cosmos” Acrylic on Canvas, 36″ x 24″
I am also inspired every day by going to my studio–a very special place where I enjoy the process of painting. I look forward to starting on a new canvas, feeling my way through the colours, shades and shapes and exploring different techniques and finding out what works all the while not knowing where it will all end.
![White Lie](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_white_lie_by_leyla_murr_2.jpg)
“White Lie” Acrylic on Canvas, 36″ x 24″
Recently I have been working on an abstract piece using bright colours: bright olive greens and aqua blues in the foreground against the darker hues supporting them in the background. The feel of the painting was not planned, it happened organically. While I am working I am trying to achieve a certain balance that feels right. In fact it is all feeling with very little thinking or planning.
![Presence](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_presence_30_x_24_by_leyla_murr_1937x2400_2.jpg)
“Presence” Acrylic on Canvas, 30″ x 24″
I work very quickly and intuitively and use a mirror a lot to regularly check where I am going. I begin with a colour and a shape and create a composition that works for me. I use acrylics on canvas and paint with brushes and palette knives. It takes me two to three sessions to complete a painting, sometimes less.
![Jewels in the Crown](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_jewels_in_the_crown__59_x_39_150x100_2.jpg)
“Jewels in the Crown” Acrylic on Canvas, 60″ x 40″
When I first started painting on a regular basis eleven years ago, I had no plan. I had no idea of the time it would take me to progress, nor the direction to go in. I didn’t think that people would like my work let alone be prepared to buy it. I want to master the abstraction in painting as far as it will go for me. In order to do that, I paint every day and keep at it. My goal is just to keep going and see what happens!
![Artist Leyla Murr](https://www.artsyshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/rsz_2006_0807etcwedding0017_2.jpg)
Artist Leyla Murr
In the meantime, I have been promoting my work on line and have a couple of exhibitions in galleries every year. I am learning who my customers are and which areas they live in. It would be useful for me to target these areas more in the future as a goal.
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