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Chambliss Giobbi Exhibition Preview
New York collage artist Chambliss Giobbi often refers to his work as temporal cubism. Avante-garde constructions pushing the boundaries of what might be accepted as status quo.Either notion could be...
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Kelsey Brookes NOV Studio Visit
Visited Kelsey Brookes at his studio in San Diego today. We took a close look at work created from 2008 through 2010, and it was awesome. Here are details of some of his past work.The Kelsey Brookes...
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Post-IT Show Eight at Giant Robot
Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson were kind enough to invite me to the 8th Post-It Show and proudly I have made it into Lucky 7.Over 260 artists, 2000 Post-Its and one hell of a party opening December...
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Creative Communications by Murphy Design
For 22 years the practice of design is more than a creative process, “It’s an art form.” The process of design relies heavily on the art of conversation, the first handshake, boardroom negotiation,...
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Spain Rodriguez Comix
Two years ago, Bob Self assembled an inspired line up for his collection of artistic misfits at the University Inn in Riverside. I feel blessed, as one of the featured artists and star of the weekend...
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Colin Chillag Opens JAN 19
Happy new year! And though it has been quite some time since the last entry, I have been working on new entries that will be posted soon.The first entry centers around a new collection of work by...
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Marco Wagner Interview
Marco Wagner (1982)is a narrative painter from Germany who reveals his childhood fears and insecurity in each composition. His backdrops often reflect the duality of nature vs. the industrial factory,...
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Colin Chillag Artist Interview
Colin Chillag is a devoted portrait painter who graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute and later migrated to Phoenix, Arizona. Colin’s portraits are a unexpected mix of hyper-realism and...
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Trenton Doyle Hancock recipient of the Greenfield Prize & Hermitage residency
Trenton Doyle Hancock’s And Then It All Came Back to Me exhibit was a deeply personal reevaluation of what’s truly important in his world of painting. Trenton’s radical autobiography over the past year...
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Jason Freeny Toy Sculptures Opens March 16
Clutter Magazine awarded Jason Freeny The Break Through Artist of the Year in 2011 and 101/exhibit will celebrate with a new collection of provocative sculptures. Inspired by pop-culture icons, Jason...
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Chase Westfall Opens FEB 9
Fine artist Chase Westfall might be described as a minimalist who thrives in the reductive state of Modernism. Minimal art emerged in New York in the early 1960s at a time when geometric abstraction...
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Jason Freeny Interview
Inspired by pop-culture icons, Jason Freeny reinvents, while exposing the inner workings of your favorite toys. Mario Brothers, Barbie, Legos, and Mickey. No toy is safe from his steady knife, as he...
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Exclusive Interview with Hugo Crosthwaite
Hugo Crosthwaite is a tireless artist who shares his creative time between New York, Mexico and back over the boarder to San Diego. Hugo consistently elevates the lyrical virtues of graphite into deep...
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Museum Curators Weekend Retreat at The Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
(Palm Springs, California) The Palm Springs Fine Art Fair announces the Museum Curators Weekend Retreat (February 16-17, 2013), drawing top curators from across the Southwest to Palm Springs for a...
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Artist Kustaa Saksi teams up with Architect Gert Wingårdh
This past summer I had the distinct honor to collaborate with fine artist and graphic designer Kustaa Saksi on a illustration celebrating the Regular Show for Cartoon Network’s 20th Birthday Book...
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Mel Ramos Batman #2
Artist and painter, Mel Ramos was celebrated at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair featuring a 50 year retrospective, edible sculpture in the form of a giant cookie and a life time achievement award....
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Eye On The Storm Exhibition
New York photo collage artist Chambliss Giobbi will be presenting two large scaled works in the traveling exhibition Eye On The Storm at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (March 01-April 13) and The...
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Cartoon Network Birthday Book TOO
Cartoon Network celebrated their 20th Birthday in style at last year’s Comic-Con. Murphy Design was chosen to team up with Cartoon Network’s graphic department in search of inspired artists who would...
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The Armory Show 100
More than 125 works by European artists including: Vincent van Gogh and a large assortment of work crated by Paul Gauguin, Paul Cezanne, Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso represented 1/3 of the presented...
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Guru Tattoo Book Release
People love to adorn themselves and the tattoo culture in Southern California is living proof. San Diego tattoo collective Guru Tattoo invited me to design and produce a book in celebration of their...
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