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Muscle Shoals (2013)
Trail of Tears Oil, Acrylics and Gel Medium, 2011
Illustrator: Kelly Murphy | Client: Magnolia Pictures
Kelly Murphy's painting "Trail of Tears" can be seen in the acclaimed documentary film Muscle Shoals, directed by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier and featuring Rick Hall, The Swampers, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Bono, Keith Richards and many more.

View the trailer for Muscle Shoals.
Copyright © 1995 - 2018 Kelly Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Trail of Tears Oil, Acrylics and Gel Medium, 2011
Illustrator: Kelly Murphy | Client: Magnolia Pictures
The painting appears during a sequence (11:30) in which Tom Hendrix, a descendant of the Yuchi tribe, tells the story of his American Indian great-great-grandmother's deportation from what is now known as Muscle Shoals, in 1839.
Copyright © 1995 - 2018 Kelly Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Trail of Tears Oil, Acrylics and Gel Medium, 2011
Illustrator: Kelly Murphy | Client: Magnolia Pictures
Still image from the film, depicting a memorial built by Tom Hendrix.
Copyright © 1995 - 2018 Kelly Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Trail of Tears Oil, Acrylics and Gel Medium, 2011
Illustrator: Kelly Murphy | Client: Magnolia Pictures
Documentary credits.
Copyright © 1995 - 2018 Kelly Murphy. All Rights Reserved.
Trail of Tears Oil, Acrylics and Gel Medium, 2011
Illustrator: Kelly Murphy | Client: Magnolia Pictures
Original painting.
Copyright © 1995 - 2018 Kelly Murphy. All Rights Reserved.