Roberta Murray, ASA is a visual storyteller from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. She has been a maker of pictures since she could hold a pencil. She has earned recognition in several different genres. An award-winning photographer, painter, and illustrator. Today she spends most of her creative time on painting and photography for wall art.

There was never any question that Roberta would devote her life to art. Her mother made a notation in her babybook at 2 years of age: “very artistically able”.  Growing up, it was rare to see Roberta without a sketchbook or camera nearby. That dual love of photography and drawing continued throughout Roberta’s life.

She studied photography and the fibre arts, but she could never spend very long without picking up the pencil or paintbrush. That need to create visual stories is deeply ingrained in who she is. Roberta’s work reflects her passions, dreams and desires regardless of the medium she works in. The resulting works take the viewer along on this journey about connection, whether it be people, animals, or the land. She tries not to copy the reality of her subject, but a sense of familiarity that will allow the viewers to participate in the story and create their own interpretations.

In 2009 Roberta was juried in as a full member of the Alberta Society of Artists. In 2014 she was juried in as an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Her work hangs in private and public collections around the world, including the BMO National Mural Series with STEPS Public Art, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy and more.