Tanya Murphy Artist
Thanks for exploring this series of work called Collagraphs. What is a Collagraph? A Collagraph is artwork done by gluing a dimensional element onto a board; after that surface is sealed with a solvent the board or artwork is inked, painted and wiped to leave recess paint on the final artwork. As a mixed media artist, I instinctively began using my landscape photography as the base image and inspiration for the carved layering of figures and lastly painting acrylic layers over my images to create a new Collagraph artwork as you see it..
Background Location: Charleston, SC Plantation. Person unknown
Railroad location, Hamer, SC, figures unknown
Original SOLD, 11h x17w PRINTS AVAILABLE in SHOP: $20.00
Charleston, SC Plantation Slave quarters, enslaved children unknown
SOLD
Dillon, SC South of The Border, Family Graveside Church, Family (couple) figures known
Dillon SC, photography location, some family figures, Harriett Tubman seated front, and other figures unknown.
Mixed media artworks include all artworks using my own original drawings, photography, prints, paintings, and/or collagraphs etc., as a base with additional media such as fabrics, papers, acrylic paints, encaustic wax, pastels, shellacs. Everything is incorporated into a new mixed media artwork.
My creative energy often begins on location from behind the camera. Exploring the natural landscape excites me.
My artwork career includes producing several commissions for private and public sectors alike. These artworks are something in which I have had the pleasure of doing since 2000. I have included the most relevant pieces from my experiences; I have completed over seven inspirational murals and artwork for churches and three projects for historical content for museums and or private individuals. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY INTEREST IN A CUSTOM COMMISSIONED ARTWORK.
24h x 96w x 1d, mixed media collage on wood.
Left side of diptych, 24h x 48w inches, mixed media on wood
Commission: Private Individual
Right side of diptych, 24h x 48w inches, mixed media on wood
Commission: Private Individual
Commissioned through a Artist In Residence Award I received at the Brandywine Print Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, PA (Left image in diptych).
Commissioned through a Artist In Residence Award I received at the Brandywine Print Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, PA (Right image in diptych).
This commission was created to portray the story of African men, formerly enslaved individuals who joined the Union Army to fight in the American Civil War. Shown together as a diptych, it has its own title.
Commissioned by the Havre De Grace Maritime Museum, MD, 2020 to portray the bounty hunter and his effects on the mind and the travels of freedom seeking runaway Africans during the Underground Railroad.
