About this Book

"Working in a number of genres across a career that spanned more than fifty years, Martha's Vineyard artist Stanley Murphy painted the Island with the exacting eye of a seasoned craftsman and the magical soul of a poet. ""Where Magic Wears a Red Hat: The Art of Stanley Murphy"" focuses on the artist's Island portraits, with thirty-six color plates of his paintings and drawings dating from the 1950s through the early years of the new century."