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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
Brenda Murphy - Artist Info
About Brenda Murphy: Keywords
Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Cowboys
- •Horses: Equestrian Genre, in Landscape and/or Portraits
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950