illustrator of The Man Who Was Thursday and Wolfproof 

John Murphy grew up in Wisconsin, where the harsh winters allowed for plenty of indoor leisure time to draw. John’s artistic inspirations include Ralph Steadman, Albrecht Dürer, Goltzius, David Levine, and Aubrey Beardsley. John recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Oregon’s Clark Honors College with a B.A. in Art History. He received the 2005-2006 U of O Undergraduate Library Research Award for his paper, Pozzo’s Perspective: Visual Hagiography in the Church of St. Ignatius, Rome. He is currently teaching an Art History survey course at Western Oregon University.

Along more literary lines, John is also a frequent contributor of Shakespeare-on-film reviews for bardolatry, and film and book reviews for Godspy. He currently resides in Oregon. 

View samples of John’s book illustrations:

• Wolfproof
• The Man Who Was Thursday

Many of John’s famous author art prints are available through Idylls Press as 8 x10 and 11 x 14 prints, and our cafepress store has many of John’s portrait designs for sale as clothing and household items. Besides his author portraits, John has done portraits of famous musicians, available for view at johnmurphyart.com.