“While waiting for a train in pennsylvania station, I came across a motocross magazine with a cover featuring a young motocross rider and a colorful bike in midair doing an impossible maneuver in a sky. For me that is the modern myth. A myth has to have a hero. A hero has to face danger and death.”

Morley’s commitment to photorealism not only demonstrated his technical mastery but also underscored his broader artistic philosophy. Drawing from photographs and postcards, he frequently employed a gridded structure to achieve meticulous precision. As his practice evolved, Morley expanded his pictorial language by incorporating abstraction, transforming realistic imagery into a distinctive form of Surrealism. His canvases erupt with vibrant energy, fragmenting into intricate mosaics where background and foreground dissolve into one another, creating a dynamic interplay of form and color.