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This week we caught up with the hugely talented Jennifer Murphy, the woman behind the fantastic sports sketches that have become a massive hit on social media to find out how it all began, how she and her right knee are learning to live with each other, and more importantly, all about her legend of a sports mad, quad-biking granny.
“I spent a lot of time in her company growing up watching sport instead of cartoons. Myself and my older brother would put her in goal and launch a few penalties at her. Many lamp shades, windows and trophies were broken with a ball or a racket in nan’s hallway growing up and she would always say ‘Don’t tell your mother!’ She is sound like that!
“Instead, I am very much a supporter and, as you know, sketching players to promote women in sport and put faces to the athletes. I knew it was better to trade the boots for the paintbrush.”“I was guilty of a lot of scribbling on the walls of my parents’ house, drawing eyes on my granny’s glasses, and colouring in between the tiles of the wall while on the phone.
“The intention to stay in Australia longer was there but while I was away I had news that changed my whole outlook on life and work. I lost my father tragically and unexpectedly while on the other side of the world. “It’s almost like a logo, it is the first thing you look at and I thought if you can get these faces out there then maybe in some small way you can promote the game and these athletes. I thought maybe it would spark something with young girls looking to put a face to the many female role models out there but who are just not promoted enough for young girls to know of.
“I was also asked by the Women’s Sport Net in the UK to display some of my work at the #LikeAGirl Conference on November 24“I definitely want to keep doing this full-time. I am in a job where I like waking up on a Monday!
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