W Murray

Taking inspiration from pop artist Edward Joseph Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip, artist Wendy Murray set out in early 2025 to document the buildings, vacant blocks and food trucks over a 6.5-mile section of Gallatin Pike in Nashville. The first drawing was completed on Feb. 25, 2025, and Murray is on track to have approximately 250 drawings by May 2026. Both sides of Gallatin Pike are being drawn plein air for this ambitious project. Her work will capture the complexity and subtly of urban spaces changing under the pressures of gentrification. Recording the human experience and community response to the changes is part of her broader research. The Long Way Home will include approximately 170 drawings in the MACC’s Papillon Gallery. Taken together, these works reflect the atmosphere of a 6.5-mile section of Gallatin Pike. All of the art will be for sale. The exhibit will include a section that takes a behind-the-scenes look at her process. Murray is a Nashville-based contemporary visual artist known for her documentation of urban space through drawing, painting and poster making. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Murray will be on hand at Monthaven for an artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2026. She will also give an Artist Talk about her process on Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 2 to 4 p.m. Her talk will focus on how she has developed her drawing practice over the past 15 years. Among other things, she will discuss the rewards and challenges of working, painting and drawing on the streets of such big cities as Sydney, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit and Nashville. Museum Hours Tuesday – Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday: Closed For more information, call (615) 822-0789. #thelongwayhome #gallatin #exhibition #themacc #monthavenartsandculturalcenter

It was tricky to get the address correct on this one… it used to be a cute brick building - a small apartment block? It’s really pretty out on Gallatin at the moment #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 4501 Gallatin Pike 
Nashville 
TN 37216 

4:55PM MONDAY 11 MAY 2026 
Original artwork by Wendy Murray
4.7 x 6.3 in
Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

___ 🖊️ Here’s a building from a couple of weeks ago. I have been working crazy hours at my day job & haven’t had the energy to get out on to Gallatin - night shift has totally messed me up!! I’m a morning person. ☀️ Shout out to all my fellow morning folks out there!! 3:58PM SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2026 4702 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

🖊️ ☀️ It’s getting warm out there ☀️ … & I had to stand drawing this one … was awkward & a sketchy spot to work in (driveway) but I got there #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 6:42PM TUESDAY 2 APRIL 2026 3920 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

☁️ It was a cold, overcast day when I started this one…I have 2 different colored cards I paint on: grey & warm white/yellow. I only use the grey on overcast / cold days or in snow … 6:43PM MONDAY 30 MARCH 2026 4503 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

🏘️ ☀️ Last week I dropped a drawing into @nashvillepottery & figured I might as well draw a building while I was down that way #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 8:41PM THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2026 2511 Gallatin Ave Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

🏘️There are 2 cute little homes tucked away between the bank & that giant new development. I wonder if you’ve ever noticed them before? On days like yesterday… I feel like I’ve finished a section of Gallatin & I go back for another look & realize there are a bunch of buildings I need paint… ☕️☕️☕️☕️ #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 4505 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 9:57PM TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2026 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

🏰 I hadn’t noticed how much this building looks like a castle, until I painted it 🖊️ 💕 🖼️ #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 4205 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 5:52PM SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2026 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply) 📦SHIPPING AUS/USA/CAN ONLY

📕 ZINE all about ME AND MY CONE 🚧#everybuildingonthegallatinpike Pick up the real thing at my exhibition @monthavenarts in May ☀️

📍😳 I somehow missed posting this here, back in January. This painting was finished at 2:00PM SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2026. The title of the work is the time I finished the work 🖊️ ☕️ #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 3011 Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)

☀️Got out on to Gallatin straight after the studio yesterday afternoon. It was really cold out there but sunny. Big thanks to the nice lady who checked to see if I was OK. I was wedged down there between the car wash, McChesney & Gallatin... me & my cone…. amongst all the weeds, poles, and trash. I call these spots ‘Gallatin Islands’. Often they have a broken cone, an old phone box, fast food wrappers, clothing. All sorts of treasures 📞 🩲 🍟 🗑️ 💕 3101 B/C/D Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board

📍The 2nd building at Evergreen Place. For those of you who don’t live here - I’ve added street view…. It looks like bushland there alongside Gallatin & Briley Parkway (155) … but they’re there, on The Gallatin Pike #everybuildingonthegallatinpike 6:39PM MONDAY 16 MARCH 2026 Evergreen Place (2nd building) Gallatin Pike Nashville TN 37216 Original artwork by Wendy Murray 4.7 x 6.3 in Acrylic on archival board (4 ply)