Skagway
The Work
Skagway was created with sections of enameled aluminum plates and evokes the monumental landscapes of the work's Alaskan namesake. The sculpture was created by Robert Murray and donated to the Kelowna Art Gallery by the renowned Canadian artist Toni Onley (1928-2004) in 2001
The Artist
Robert Murray was born in Vancouver (1936). He grew up in Saskatchewan and studied in Regina at the University of Saskatchewan School of Art (now the University of Regina), graduating in 1958. He also attended several of the artists' workshops at Emma Lake. By 1960 Murray had moved to New York. Murray is a highly acclaimed, internationally known artist with a far-reaching reputation. He was given a large survey exhibition by the National Gallery of Canada in 1999. He has been represented by several prestigious galleries in various cities throughout his career. Murray divides his time between a home in Pennsylvania in the winter, and a cabin on an island in Georgian Bay (Lake Huron, in Ontario) in the summertime. He gets between these two places by his private float plane.
