Upcoming Shows March 2012

So its been awhile...

I've been working my little fingers to the bone making work for upcoming art shows. That's not entirely true, I actually have giant man hands.
I am working hard, here's a list to prove it!

Delicious: Art about

Food & Drink
Studio Gallery
1815 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA  94109
41 5.931.3130 

March 4 - April 2
Reception, Sunday,

March 4, 2-6pm

Info@STUDIOGallerySF.com
 http://studiogallerysf.com/Delicious_-_photos_5D0N.php
                                                                      




Dollmakers 2
Cactus Gallery
4534 Eagle Rock Blvd
Los Angeles, CA  90041
March 10 - April 10
Reception: March 10, 7-10pm
www.eclecticcactus.com
 www.cactusgallery.blogspot.com



   
           
 

Renegade Humor
Comedy Night & Artist Trunk Show
San Jose Museum of Art
110 S Market Street
San Jose CA
Celebrate the art of humor and the exhibition Renegade Humor. Bay Area stand-up comedians Joe Klocek (featured on NBC’s Last Comic Standing), Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, and Edwin Li will perform. There will also be a show of artists who do humorous works of art including me!  A percentage of sales will go to our wonderful museum!

Thursday March 15, 5-8pm  $5.

                   

 

The Siren Show

The Pennywell

205 Jackson Street (next to Headliners)
San Jose CA
Sunday March 18, 11am-6pm  

I'll be creating a couple of mermaid themed pieces for this cool little show at The Pennywell. Stop by between 11-6 to see some really fantastic local art.

Holiday Craziness is Coming to Town

Hey All,

Been out freezing my booty in my little studio getting ready for a few more Holiday shows.  Kaleid Gallery's annual show, entitle "Hark" opens first Friday December 2nd at 7pm. I'll have about 6 or 8 new pieces and will also be there if you'd like to come by and say hello, wish me happy holidays or just give me a hug. Just an idea.  I've also brought in a ton of new prints, which are matted and signed and for 20 bucks make a pretty good present for your art lover friends. Kaleid is in Downtown San Jose on 4th Street between Santa Clara and San Fernando, in case you didn't know. www.kaleidgallery.com

"Never Again" -  at Kaleid Gallery

I also have some brand new pieces at Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles. The Tiny Treasures Show  has it's opening reception on December 10. If you're a So Cal person you should go check it out, it's in Eagle Rock which is such a cool art neighborhood and loads of galleries hold openings on the same night.  That's my "Devil Dog" on the invite below.  Cactus Gallery 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd 90041 www.ecleticcactus.com

 

 There's also an assortment of new and nearly new pieces at both Psycho Donut locations, in Campbell and Downtown SJ.  www.psycho-donuts.com

The "Tiny" Show at Studio Gallery is up through December 23 and I have a quite a few pieces still available there as well. The opening was tons of fun and there's tons of great work there by loads of regional artists. Studio Gallery is located at 1815 Polk Street in SF. www.studiogallerysf.com

"Your Cat is Always Coming Between Us"  at Studio Gallery SF

 

 

 

 

So if you can't get your butt to  one of these shows you can always buy my work on etsy. There's a few new originals, but tons of prints of my most popular images. They make a great gift if I do say so. Also, if you use the code SUPERFREE, you get free shipping, as a gift from me.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/murphymae

That's it for now...enjoy your Turkey Day or Tofurkee Day and be thankful!  I'm thankful you're reading this!!!

Upcoming Shows this Winter!

  
I've been crazy busy in the studio this past month getting ready for a slew of winter shows. There are 2 this week and many more to follow before the holidays! I'm especially pleased with my new pieces on wood with ceramic titles (see left). If you get a chance please come out to one of my shows, I'll be at the openings so come by and say hi!

Peace, Murphy

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Remind Me Again Why I Love You.  at Red Square, San Mateo

This week:

Pop Up Art Shop: Thursday November 3, 6-9pm

Red Square Design Collective

1628 Palm Avenue (off 17th)

San Mateo CA 94402

I'll be the  featured artist this month at San Mateo's First Thursday event.  Many other artists will be featured at  other venues along Palm Avenue. Stop by and have a glass of wine!

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Tiny: small pieces under $400.

Falling at Studio Gallery  SF

Sunday, November 6th, 2-6pm

Studio Gallery

1815 Polk Street (b/t Washington & Jackson)

San Francisco 94109

This is one of Studio Gallery's most fun annual shows. I'll have loads of new pieces.

Soon:

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Hark!

Friday December 2, 7-9pm

Kaleid Gallery

88  S. 4th Street, San Jose CA

A group show of local artists perfect for holiday giving! I'll have several new originals that I'm currently working on!

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Tiny Treasures: 6th Annual Miniatures Show

Devil Dog at Cactus Gallery LA

Saturday, December 10, 7-10pm

Cactus Gallery

4534 Eagle Rock Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90041

A  big group show of stocking stuffer proportions! Small works prices at or under $100.

More to come...

  

Website:

MurphyAdams.net

There's always new stuff, especially prints in my etsy shop as well...check it out!

www.etsy.com/shop/murphymae

Thanks Again, Murph

Monster mash Up at Psycho Donuts!

Monsters, donuts and art...what could be better? I've got some new paintings over at Campbell's Psycho Donuts for their annual Halloween show.  Try their new Zombie Balls...delish!

Mark your calendar for

October 15, starting at 10am for

Psycho Monster MashUp!

We're mashing together original artwork (by local artists such as Christine Benjamin, Nic Caesar, John Hageman, Murphy Adams, Michael Foley, Lacey Bryant and more), along with Psycho Karaoke in the padded cell. If you've never experienced Psycho Karaoke, you haven't lived! Join us with our fearless karaoke leader, Bruce Rogers of Korkaraoke.

Mash that up a little further with off-the-wall donuts, and zombified nurses - and there you have it
I Have Demons

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival

Ok, so this was my first time doing chalk art on concrete.  I was a little intimidated but just decided to go for it. I didn't bring a photo or a sketch or anything to go by, like most things in my life I just winged it. Because I normally work really small, most of my pieces top out at 7 inches, doing a 10x10 foot drawing seemed impossible but 4 1/2 hours later there you have it.

This was the 4th Annual Chalk Art Festival at Backesto Park on the Northside in San Jose. Friends Lacey Bryant, Al Preciado, Paul Gonzales, and our fearless leader Katrine Loera chair and organizer of the festival, along with loads of other artists, kids and high school art students made some incredible pieces. There was also some really cool entertainment, art booths, food trucks (I had rad Korean tacos from Mogo and amazing handmade ice cream from Treatbot!) This was a fantastic event and if you weren't there, check it out next year!

Lacey Bryant and her amazing piece!

Katrina Loera and "Fallout of the Rising Sun"

On Saturday September 24th I'll be participating in the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival. Not only will I make a big ass chalk art piece, I'll also have a booth seeling my paintings, prints and lots more. There's also going to be cool food trucks, live music and dancers and tons of other nifty artists.  I hope that you can be there! Details below...

Time	Saturday, September 24 · 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location	Backesto Park North 13th Street between Jackson and Empire San Jose, CA
Created By	Katrina Marie Loera
More Info	The Luna Park Chalk Art Festival is happening on September 24th from 10-4pm at Backesto Park in San Jose. Featured chalk artists include Wayne and Cheryl Renshaw, Julio Jimenez, Paul J. Gonzalez, Lacey Bryant and Katrina Loera. Other artists include Murphy Adams, David Mejia, Monika Rose, John Cloud, Empire Seven Studios Juan Carlos Araujo , Sonja Caldwell, Frankendoll, Shannon Amidon, Miguel Machuca, Anthony Barbaria, Al Preciado, Francisco Franco and many many more! Musical and dance guests will include Cuatro con Tres, accordion player Michael Zampiceni and Movimiento Cosmico Aztec dancers. This year we have over 30 vendors and over 100 artists planning to attend. Treatbot, Mogo BBQ, Mona's Fruit, San Jose Noodle, Giovanni's Pizza, Sonia's Sweets and Eats, and Lorena's Taqueria will also be there. You don't want to miss this unique event! It will be unlike any festival you have ever attended! Join us!

Sisters of Mercy: Nine Nuns I Have Known

Friday night is usually date night. Mr. Adams & I went and saw a movie...The Help. I had read the book, which is unusual, I mean I can read, but my spare time is usually devoted to making stuff so I don't read that much, and especially not best sellers. In any case I did like the book and the movie was really good as well. Anyways, I'm straying away from my point. While getting our tickets, 2 nuns were ahead of us in line. Real nuns. Updated habits, not the kind I remember from catholic school, and blue not black, summer weight habits. One looked just like my 3rd grade teacher, Sister Celelia. We called her Sister Hitler (top row, 3rd from left). She was not the nicest of nuns and reminded me constantly that I bore a resemblance to the troll doll Ricky kept in his desk. She sent me to the principal's office more than once, and once I called her a bitch under my breath, which got me in real trouble, the kind that included a yard stick in the cloak room. I spent the rest of that school year in her classroom a prisoner unable to move or open my mouth for fear of what she might have planned for me.

In any case in seeing these nuns enter the theater my husband says to me, "You're feeling guilty, aren't you?"...yes. Yes I was. I had just finished "Sisters of Mercy" a nod to the nine nuns I had known in elementary school. Most I imagine are probably dead, so here was my chance to immortalize these women, the kind of women that don't exist much anymore, save the 2 nuns who decided to see The Help that evening, a strange coincidence and reminder of what a bad person I am or uh, was.

The Sisters of Mercy weren't all bad, I loved some of these women, even Sister Loretta, with the lovely singing voice, and crackerjack skill at whacking your fingers with a ruler when you weren't paying attention. Or Sister Mary William, who loved math and spoke with a funny little lisp, the short and stout puffy little nun we called Muffin. Our principal Sister Virginia was probably the first practitioner of tough love. She was known by the nickname Beaver, for all the years of her reign, because of her prominent buck teeth. Once a group of students set a trail a sawdust from the convent to her office, the kind of cruelly funny prank that only kids forced to wear wool uniforms in California and go to mass everyday are capable of.

So "Sisters of Mercy" will be available soon as a 16x20 inch limited edition giclee print. It will be $95. unframed. If you're interested in pre-ordering one I'll throw in free shipping, just let me know! murphyadams@sbcglobal.net


Upcoming:

Luna Park Chalk Art Festival
Saturday September 24, 2011 10am-4pm
Backesto Park, San Jose
www.lunaparkbusiness.com

I'll be creating some street art at this Chalk Festival, but I'll also have a booth selling my paintings, prints and sculptures, come check it out. Luna Park is a sweet little San Jose neighborhood!