Adin Murray | In Arboribus Speramus

in trees we trust

a benefit exhibition in support of ‘400 Trees for Gloucester’

January 15th thru February 23rd . 2025

Open House | Saturday January 25th . 4-6pm

400 Trees for Gloucester includes planting 400 native trees within the city; locating and documenting the oldest trees in Gloucester; and educating adults and children about the value of trees to our city and our local ecosystem. The project was initiated by Gloucester resident Peter Lawrence of Biomimicry New England. Link: https://www.biomimicryne.org/400-trees

Artist Adin Murray of Gloucester is generously supporting this important project. His unique portraits of local trees will be on view at the gallery this winter. Each is an original drawing. Don’t see your favorite tree in the exhibition? Murray has agreed to design a portrait of your special tree. Commission him! and support the mission of strengthening the ecosystem our beloved city.

Adin Murray (b.1974, Manchester, Massachusetts) received a BA in Art/Biology from Tulane University and an MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design after which (2008) he had a solo exhibition at the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport; and in 2009, his work was shown at the Woodruff Art Center in Atlanta, the Rymer Gallery in Nashville, and the Pei-Ling Chan Gallery in Savannah. His work has been featured in Faultline, the University of California, Irvine’s literary and art publication, and appeared in both Southern Living and North Shore magazines. His two-person show (2021) at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester Massachusetts was celebrated widely. His work is in the permanent collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester MA and in numerous private collections in the US and abroad. Murray currently lives and paints on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. This is his seventh solo show with Jane Deering Gallery.