This strict limitation led Artwork Archive's Featured Artist James Austin Murray to create works that are anything but simple. 

With just ivory black oil paint, a wood-panel canvas, and wallpaper brushes—up to nine affixed to a long handle—James achieves surface effects that draw the viewer into an immersive, almost otherworldly visual experience. 

His brushstrokes invite the eye on a journey over textured landscapes of light and shadow, with folds and creases that seem to extend endlessly, offering a visceral connection to the history of pigment itself.