Preparator, Artist, Diorama Historian

Bruce Museum

 

The son of artistically inclined parents, Sean Murtha was encouraged at a young age to draw and paint. He studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, graduating with a BFA in 1990. In 1996, he joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History, where he worked in the exhibition department.  There he gained experience painting murals and background paintings for dioramas.  In 2007, Sean began working at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, and he continues to create dioramas there and for other museums on a freelance basis to this day.  Sean is a member of the Society of Animals Artists and frequent exhibitor at many galleries across the country. In 2013, Sean was named “Artist of the Year” by the Connecticut Audubon Society.