Jesse Murry Foundation

“If there is a general theme or idea concerning my work, beyond the delight in color or form, it is to create a space in which the viewer can be as creative in looking as I am when I am painting. There is plenty of space for the viewer to actively participate with his imagination, but initially he is grabbed by color and its magical capacity to shape a world.”

—Jesse Murry, in a statement accompanying his exhibition at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1984