Deirdre Murphy

The Crossing: contemporary abstract painting w/ bird, pink architecture blue sky

2014

This is a contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting, predominantly blue with pink and purple birds and figures of the mythological Icarus silhouetted against the sky. It is signed, titled, and dated on the back. All hanging hardware included, no additional framing needed. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer...

Henry Bermudez is a seasoned American contemporary artist born in Venezuela. Emerged from the Caribbean tropics, his artistic life has been an unexpected hybrid of ideas informed by an acute sensitivity to the past, stenciled as part of a personal inventory onto different foreign places that throughout his life have become his home and his artistic working territory. "My paintings are steeped in mythical dream imagery within an otherworldliness of carefully constructed creature and plant forms. Further defined by my identity as a Latino, my work combines symbols and myth from ancient pre-Hispanic cultures with the iconography of contemporary art. The result of this autobiographical vision is a blend of cultural diversities that further defines itself through my immersion in societies other than the one I was born into. Through my exposure to religious and social syncretism, my visual itinerary became charged with powerful influences which provided a unique vision of the African Diaspora in the Americas, its symbolism, and iconography." - Henry Bermudez The acrylic and glitter on canvas painting "COMPANIES" depicts an Afro-Latinx figure with animals and blue, silver, and red flowers. In the Venezuelan coastal Afro-Caribbean community of Borbures, religious and social syncretism provided a unique vision of the African Diaspora in the Americas with its symbolism and iconography. Bermudez’s journey of unique geographical, artistic and human observation has taken him from educational experiences in small isolated communities in the Caribbean up to representing Venezuela in the Venice Biennial. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA); Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, NY); Modern Art Museum of Mexico (Mexico City); Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin); Venezuela National Gallery (Caracas); Museum of Contemporary Art (Maracay, Merida, Maracaibo, Caracas); Modern Art Museum of Costa Rica; Museum of Art a Ralli @Punta Del Este Uruguay; and many private collections across the globe. Since his arrival in the USA in 2003, Bermudez has been commissioned by the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia on several major projects. In 2011, he was one of a handful of artists chosen to work with the Philagrafika print collaborative founded by artistic director and curator Jose Roca. In 2012 Mr. Bermudez received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. He was elected to present an installation at The Philadelphia International Airport Art...

This is a contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting in the style of Joan Mitchell or Willem de Kooning, predominantly blue, black, green, Pantone's Color-of-the Year "very per...

"How Birds See II" is a musing on birds ability to see a greater variety of colors than humans. Murphy imagines that they see a patterned spectrum of colors and chroma that pops like flowers. "As an artist, my paintings, prints, sculpture and public art are made with the attentiveness of a scientist, observing our natural world beyond the visible surface. My interest lies in the interconnected qualities of art and science, specifically the micro / macro patterns that reveal our connectedness; be it migratory avian flight patterns shared commonality with immigration routes, or how light pollution maps mirror viral molecular patterns, or aerial views of watershed systems that reveal vascular patterns. Through the act of creating, I am aware of being both infinitesimally minute and integrally part of a larger whole. It is this dichotomy and the vastness of these images that provides perspective to our humanity." - Deirdre Murphy...

*Please contact me with zip code for precise shipping quote. From Deirdre Murphy's "Nest Alchemy" series. "As an artist, my paintings, prints, sculpture and public art are made with...

This is a one-of-a-kind monoprint with mixed media on archival paper from Deirdre Murphy's "Nest Alchemy" series, which explores the connection between neuron dendritic structures an...

Ben Stephenson's artistry boldly embraces raw, natural materials, reflecting on colonial legacies and Western art traditions. His multidisciplinary approach challenges cultural norms...

Ben Stephenson's artistry boldly embraces raw, natural materials, reflecting on colonial legacies and Western art traditions. His multidisciplinary approach challenges cultural norm...

Artwork framed: 75 x 65 x 5,5 cm The panda is regarded as the national treasure of China. There are only about 1,000 in the world. All live in China. They are very well protected. W...

Artwork framed: 52 x 47,5 x 5 cm This artwork shows a part of the Garden of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The birds are flying, playing and singing in the morning. The bridge use knife...

Dimensions without frame: 40 x 70 x 4 cm To capture the prey, every continuous acceleration of the cheetah will result in a sharp rise in body temperature. It is a challenge for it....

Artwork sold framed: 76 x 76 x 5,5 cm. The Great Wall of China is well known in the world. Tens of millions of tourists from all over the world...