EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 12 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

90 in illustration? RM: Not at all !...unless you are going to work at some advertising firm, or agency. If you have REAL talent, and you are really good, who is going to turn you away ? PR: Have you any projects you are particularly pleased with? RM: I am currently working on a book, with gallery artist Michael Noland, that I am pretty excited about. PR: Have you any projects that turned into a nightmare? RM: Yes ! Many early projects, that I was never paid for after completion ! PR: What would you like to work on for the future? RM: If I could make money at it... I would like to do— Cards, Stickers , Patches, Pins, similar to what was being done in the 1960s and 70s. PR: If you were starting out all over again—would you still make illustration your career? RM: I would have to—I have no other talent. I have been drawing ever since I have been old enough to hold a pencil. I am completely self taught, and I have never followed or learned any of the basic rules of art...I just go with what looks good to me. Professionally, I have provided illustrations for Video and DVD boxes (covers), T-shirts, Comic Books, Men’s Magazines, as well as a number of projects that never saw print, or made it off of the drawing board, such as (1990s) Topps — ‘Wacky Badges’. ● ● Check out Ron Murphy's website for more off-the-wall craziness at: http://www.ronmurphyartwork.com An ongoing love affair with 1950s and '60s iconography underpins the masterly art of 'Arty Freeman' as can be seen by the Betty and Veronica homage and the 'Upside Downer' as well as the retro time pieces which occupy a corner of his studio.