This is an original acrylic painting on canvas created by James Ryder Murphy. The painting is a portrait in a contemporary art style and is one of a kind. It is signed by the artist and was produced in North Carolina, USA. The painting is medium sized and unframed. It is a handmade piece and is being sold as a single piece. The painting is an abstract representation of an art subject and is an original painting. Canvas measures approximately 16 by 20 inches and is in excellent condition. Jimmy paints what he loves, and has a spiritual connection to his work. He achieves a strong feeling of movement and emotion in his own unique style, capturing the presence of light, color, and universal life force. He creates his paintings using an impasto impressionistic technique to apply heavy layers of acrylic paint onto canvas or panel board, creating a multi-dimensional image. Colors are blended on the canvas, or applied side-by-side with as little mixing as possible, allowing the viewers? eyes to blend them. The appearance of the colors in the paintings will vary according to viewing angles and light sources. Colors in the digital photos of the paintings will also vary slightly according to your device or viewing screen settings.