Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Desert Caballeros Western Museum Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
2006McGarry, Susan Hallsten (Essay)
68 pages (color)
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Born 1955 Texas. Known for: Western genre, animal, children.
Brenda J. Murphy is a native of Texas and grew up fascinated by horses. She began drawing horses at an early age and later gravitated toward art professionally. After earning a BFA at the University... Read full biography
Brenda J. Murphy is a native of Texas and grew up fascinated by horses. She began drawing horses at an early age and later gravitated toward art professionally. After earning a BFA at the University of Texas at Arlington, she worked for the next 15 years as a graphic designer and illustrator in... Read full biography
Brenda J. Murphy is a native of Texas and grew up fascinated by horses. She began drawing horses at an early age and later gravitated toward art professionally. After earning a BFA at the University of Texas at Arlington, she worked for the next 15 years as a graphic designer and illustrator in Dallas. The artist eventually returned to Arlington, where she maintains a studio today. Murphy is able to achieve startling real effects working in the difficult medium of graphite. "I especially enjoy... Read full biography
Brenda J. Murphy is a native of Texas and grew up fascinated by horses. She began drawing horses at an early age and later gravitated toward art professionally. After earning a BFA at the University of Texas at Arlington, she worked for the next 15 years as a graphic designer and illustrator in Dallas. The artist eventually returned to Arlington, where she maintains a studio today. Murphy is able to achieve startling real effects working in the difficult medium of graphite. "I especially enjoy working in graphite pencil," she says. "It is a challenge to interpret tones, values, shapes, and textures of a subject that I might overlook if I worked in another medium." Her subject matter ranges from working cowboys to children to horses. Each... Read full biography
Brenda J. Murphy is a native of Texas and grew up fascinated by horses. She began drawing horses at an early age and later gravitated toward art professionally. After earning a BFA at the University of Texas at Arlington, she worked for the next 15 years as a graphic designer and illustrator in Dallas. The artist eventually returned to Arlington, where she maintains a studio today. Murphy is able to achieve startling real effects working in the difficult medium of graphite. "I especially enjoy working in graphite pencil," she says. "It is a challenge to interpret tones, values, shapes, and textures of a subject that I might overlook if I worked in another medium." Her subject matter ranges from working cowboys to children to horses. Each work has a quality of expressiveness that gives life to the figures. Her work is found in private colle... Read full biography
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Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Desert Caballeros Western Museum Exhibition
2006