Sandy MURPHY
[ Biography ]
Sandy Murphy was born 1972 in Redondo Beach, Ca. She is a self taught artist inspired by her adversity and recent travels around the world. She paints traditional landscapes as well as contemporary and figurative works. She uses oil and layered glazing on textured canvas to complete an old-world finish.
Murphy now lives with her new husband, art dealer Kevin Pieropan, in their Monarch Beach home, and spends her days at the airy Laguna Beach gallery they own, surrounded by fine art. In her free time, she plays golf, goes boating and, yes, surfs. “I go to work every day, I have a very happy life, and I love my husband,” she says.
Murphy owes her remarkable comeback in part to her family and friends.
“When you’re truly faced with serious adversity—at least the kind I was faced with—you come to a point I your life where you’re either going to lie down and die, or you’re just going to stand up and fight like a soldier.”
Both trials were broadcast live on Court TV, and at least four books have been written about the case.
In the 2008 TV movie “Sex and Lies in Sin City,” actress Mena Suvari of “American Beauty” played Murphy. She has also appeared on Larry King, Greta van Susteren, Good Morning America. She participated in a two hour special with Date Line, and Opra’s network oxygen for a one hour special.
Sandy with professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School has set case law precedent twice in the Nevada Supreme Court.
Today, the case continues to fascinate. In November, the Discovery Channel premiered the documentary “Death in the Desert,” and this year CBS revisited it on “48 Hours Mystery
Her painting are found in numerous private and corporate collections, both nationally and internationally.