Brian Murphy "Lost Identities" - Dan Harding "As Above, So Below"

Brian Murphy
"Lost Identities" will take you on an exploratory tour of unfortunate human events such as war and disease from the past, present, and possible future through various artistic mediums. In this collection, Brian Murphy has drawn us into his vision of the world and into his vision of himself, by using oils and charcoal as well as digital designs.

(Bio)
Brian Murphy was born in Staten Island, New York in the early '70s and originally discovered art through the abundant graffiti during a time when there was cardboard on every city corner which was the often the subject of break dance battles. In 1992, Brian began a his fine art career with a formal apprenticeship with Steve Ferguson at the Ink Spot in Elizabeth, NJ. Over the years, Brian has struggled with many hardships in life which has afforded him a unique perspective and understanding of human nature. This unique perspective has become a recurring theme in in his art, the subject of a number of awards, and has been published internationally. Brian Murphy is currently working in his tattoo studio, Third Dimension, in Marshall's Creek, PA.

(statement)
I paint from the inside out and my work is primarily improvised. My artwork fills a void in my life and often takes an exploratory look at the world around me; from social evils to distorted reality and blurred landscapes. My paintings blend the familiar with the frightening, the beautiful with the revolting, and the tasteful with the terrible.

Artist Dan Harding

Dan Harding has always been fascinated by the iconic images of both angels and demons. His fascination has manifested into this current collection, which focuses on the dichotomy between angels and demons reflecting equally on some well-known and lesser-known characters.

Dan was born and raised in central New Jersey where he grew up with a passion for anything to do with horror. Early on reading old horror zines , comics and books as well as an unhealthy amount of watching television. This sparked his interest in art, wanting to create his own monsters. He spent his teenage years doing art for friends and bands until he moved to PA for quite a few years where art had taken a back seat to life. In the late 90’s he began to feel the urge to get back into art so he started to pick up oil painting.

Never having any formal training it was a long process but he loved every minute of it. He eventually began to get jobs doing CCG art and magazine and book covers here in the US as well as Europe and Canada. He eventually moved back to NJ where he still resides continuing to paint and work in fine art restoration.

However, Dan has never been content with his work ” I feel like I was always so suppressed by creating what publishers and game companies wanted to see that I began to get stale with art. I never really painted something I thought was cool. The past couple of years I have begun to paint what is inside me and I am excited about where my work is heading!

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