Original Paintings


Quiet Colour, Boundless

Imagination

Abstract paintings in acrylic and oil, bold in colour, gentle in spirit, made to live easily in any room.

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About

Ciara Murray

Close-up of a smiling woman with blonde hair and hoop earrings, outdoors in a rural area.

Ciara paints the space between things — the pause before a thought settles, the calm that follows a deep breath. Working in a blend of acrylic and oil on canvas, she builds each piece in layers, letting colour and instinct lead until something quietly beautiful emerges.

Her paintings don't ask for attention so much as earn it. A wash of colour might catch your eye from across the room, then settle comfortably into the background of everyday life — at home, in a hallway, behind a desk — becoming part of a space rather than a disruption to it.

There are no references and no fixed plans, just imagination, feeling, and the textures created when fast-drying acrylic meets slow, glowing oil on the same canvas.

Based in Dublin· Studio visits by appointment

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Selected Work

Gallery

Each painting is one of a kind, built up in acrylic and oil and never reproduced. A small selection from the current collection new work is added as it leaves the studio.

An abstract painting with a mix of yellow, white, blue, and black colors, framed in light wood.

Breaking Light

An abstract painting with green, yellow, white, and black brushstrokes framed in light wood, displayed against a plain wall.

Summer Meadow

Colorful abstract painting with vibrant pink, purple, green, yellow, and bluebrushstrokes, framed in wood, on a plain white background.

Colour Burst

An abstract landscape painting with shades of blue, black, and gold accents.

Irish Storm

Interested in a piece, a custom size, or a specific colour palette for your space? Get in touch.

Process

Acrylic and Oil, Together

Acrylic moves quickly; oil moves slowly. Working between the two lets Ciara build paintings in layers of speed and stillness — fast under-layers of acrylic, followed by slow, translucent passes of oil that catch the light differently as you move past them.

"Calm isn't the absence of colour, it's colour in balance."

The aim is always the same: colour that feels bright and alive up close, yet calm and settled from a distance — paintings that hold a room's attention for a moment, then quietly become part of it.

A woman with blonde, curly hair is painting an abstract landscape on a canvas in a living room. She is wearing a black shirt and has various painting supplies on the table in front of her, including brushes, paint tubes, and a palette. The room contains several framed artworks on the wall, a large window letting in natural light, a table with a cup, and a beige couch.
Colorful abstract painting with pink, purple, green, yellow, and blue hues framed in light wood.
A framed abstract painting featuring a gradient from light to dark green, with hints of yellow and black at the bottom.
Abstract painting with shades of blue, white, and hints of gold, framed in black, hanging on a dark wall.
Three framed paintings of ocean scenes with blue, green, and gold hues, leaning against a surface indoors.
Three abstract landscape paintings on display, featuring textured scenes with blue, green, yellow, and black colors.
Close-up of thick, colorful abstract paint splotches and textures on canvas in pink, orange, blue, purple, and white hues.
Abstract painting with shades of blue, white, and gold, featuring textured and swirling brushstrokes.
A colorful abstract painting with a blue sky, green grass, and pink, orange, yellow, and green splashes on the edges.
Painting on a horizontal canvas with a blue and green landscape scene, placed against a concrete wall ceiling.
An abstract painting with shades of green, yellow, and black, displayed on a white textured wall.
Abstract painting with blue, white, and gold textures and patterns
Colorful abstract painting on an easel.

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