tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52781904514754508272024-02-18T19:45:13.426-08:00Artery - the art that beats in my heartHi My name is Dan Murphy, I'm a painter working in oil on canvas in Toronto, Canada. Artery - the art that beats in my heart, is an art blog I created to show and discuss some of the world's incredible contemporary artists that I continually discover. Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-41148219144311405642020-01-07T13:21:00.000-08:002020-01-07T13:26:45.281-08:00Ysabel Lemay<style type="text/css">
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I’m staggered by the fantastic digital art of Quebec born, Austin Texas artist Ysabel Lemay. So complex, so joyful, so interesting, the kind of work you see something more and new in every time you look. Wow what an explosive celebration of nature. Bravo Ysabel.</div>
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-58237501680779063912018-10-31T10:45:00.000-07:002020-01-07T13:25:36.475-08:00Mae ReadWords can't say enough about the super sensitive brush control of Mae Read!<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-38718160417202722092018-10-29T06:21:00.003-07:002018-10-31T19:19:08.348-07:00Fall has inspired me to paint these pears at harvest time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall Harvest, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 12 inches, by Dan Murphy</td></tr>
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-59964426397548764352018-10-09T10:48:00.001-07:002018-10-09T10:48:11.364-07:00Scott WadellI love the dramatic lighting that Scott Wadell manages to capture in his work. Facinating to watch his figure portraits evolve from the substrate as he painstakingly fleshes out the details!<br /><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vNLNhEA0sUg" width="459"></iframe>Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-7156688572516606852018-10-01T18:56:00.003-07:002018-10-01T19:17:33.067-07:00Anamorphic drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm really intrigued by artists that can convincingly trick your eye with a pencil and paper. I'd really like to try this technique. I've dabbled a bit with similar "illusion" type things in some of my paintings, like painting a faux frame and then allowing some of the paintings content to "leak out" over the edge of the frame and into the room with the viewer.<br />
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This is my painting <b>Non Sequiter</b><br />
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I guess I consider this akin to "breaking the 4th wall" in painting form.<br />
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I'm excited to design and create a new painting with an anamorphic image.<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-63444622478303115522017-04-18T06:22:00.004-07:002017-04-18T06:27:02.767-07:00Tim O'Brien<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-51894551632171341962017-01-22T15:09:00.001-08:002017-01-22T15:09:10.628-08:00Commission finshed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-77935038478744771902017-01-17T10:32:00.003-08:002017-01-17T10:47:01.411-08:00Commission In Progress <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-55495779791516406882017-01-16T08:53:00.001-08:002017-01-16T08:55:13.702-08:00David Kassan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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David Kassan - phenomenal detail, immaculate skin tone, gorgeous<br />
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<br /><br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-51169637112829212242016-12-19T07:22:00.002-08:002016-12-19T07:22:49.181-08:00Still Loving Daniel SprickThe art of painting simplified and exemplified by Daniel Sprick<br />
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-83483214635088808712016-06-29T10:44:00.005-07:002016-06-29T10:47:48.239-07:00Dan Murphy<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Next Friday July 8, Sat. 9th and Sunday 10th I'll be at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition in Nathan Phillips Square in front of City Hall in Toronto. Please come to booth 230 and check out my <a href="http://www.danmurphyartworks.com/" target="_blank">recent work</a>!</span><br />
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-12790828006654003422016-03-14T09:53:00.001-07:002016-03-14T09:55:13.729-07:00Tiffany Bozic<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Tiffany Bozic creates wonderful visual metaphors in her surrealistic nature and animal paintings.<br />
<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-35389115526552537012015-11-10T10:08:00.001-08:002015-11-10T10:10:07.749-08:00David Caesar<div style="font-size: 16px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I came across David Caesar's work while looking at some of the entries for the 2015 Kingston Prize. The Kingston Prize is a Portrait Painting competition and one of the biggest art prizes in Canada, happening every other year for many years now. Caesar’s beautifully rendered paintings are reminiscent of some of those Canadian painter Alexander Coleville. I really appreciate his superfine craftsmanship and tremendous attention to detail.</span></div>
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-37179614824771287562015-09-16T19:20:00.001-07:002015-09-16T19:20:17.263-07:00Tony LucianiTony Luciani is a Toronto based artist that I greatly admire. The detail in the tree leaves on his painting "Down by the River" is astounding. This painting reminds me of a <a href="http://daniellerichard.com/en/" target="_blank">Danielle Richard</a> in its style (though she almost exclusively chooses female subjects) backlighting and colouring.<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-64988122612503802372015-09-10T07:59:00.000-07:002015-09-10T08:01:50.045-07:00Ian BodnarykSeptember 18, 19 & 20 I will be showing my art alongside fellow Toronto painter Ian Bodnaryk at the <a href="http://www.torontooutdoorart.org/" target="_blank">Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition</a> in Nathan Phillips Square at City Hall.<br />
Ian's paintings show his impressive skill at capturing realistic qualities of light and dimension.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stacked by Ian Bodnaryk</td></tr>
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-64570699606832401092015-08-25T11:24:00.002-07:002015-08-27T13:26:16.374-07:00Jacek YerkaJacek Yerka's imagination blows my mind. His finely crafted paintings and pastels bring his wonderful ideas to life in delightful and vivid scenes.<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-48533035546807330062015-08-18T10:25:00.000-07:002015-08-19T11:55:59.553-07:00Nicola Verlato<div style="font-size: 16px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">One of his Zero Gravity series. Nicola Verlato paints super dynamic large scale realistic works in oil, which he designs using the software usually used to create computer special effects for the movies. His imagination depicting the instant of a car crash at impact is fantastic and his painting is impeccable, capturing subtle nuances of light, shade and colour with paint.</span></div>
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-31333595180618762192015-08-12T09:12:00.000-07:002015-08-12T09:12:05.501-07:00Marco Grassi<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I think the degree of detail that Italian painter <a href="http://www.marcograssipainter.com/" target="_blank">Marco Grassi </a>includes in his highly realistic portraits is fantastic. The pores of the woman's face and the little threads of the fabric on the shawl are really amazing, such patience!</div>
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-50095547873246003402015-07-08T19:34:00.002-07:002015-07-08T19:38:49.183-07:00Atle SkudalAtle Skudal is a Norwegian artist, painting in the Dutch Master style. He epitomizes artists that paint "curious objects" as their subject matter. Beautiful rendering and capturing of atmosphere in paint. His work reminds me of some of that by of <a href="http://rtdavis.com/" target="_blank">Richard Thomas Davis</a>.<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-70400918693834942782015-03-26T12:35:00.005-07:002015-03-26T12:35:46.715-07:00Walter DolphynWalter Dolphyn is a Belgian painter, with incredible talent and a wry sense of humour. Using visual puns to tell the stories in his paintings and poke fun at the conventions of Dutch Master realism of his native Flemish artists. His paintings are not only great technically for their realistic appearance, but they're so much fun!<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-58557991282761843032015-03-21T14:48:00.003-07:002015-03-21T14:48:52.079-07:00Bryan DruryWhat can you say about this level of hyper realistic painting - and at such a small scale!! Many hyper realists will paint gigantic canvases so as to be able to realize detail. Bryan Drury of the US manages to cram in this kind of detail into this painting at only 18x24 inches!! Unbelievable!!!<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-72079812032110467052015-03-12T11:42:00.002-07:002015-03-12T11:52:47.655-07:00Simon Hennessey Many people criticize photorealist painting by arguing that "you may as well just have a photo". I like the way Simon Hennessey of England describes the way his paintings differ from photorgaphs:<br />
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"My paintings may be viewed as a photographic representation of reality, but in truth my artwork transcends into it's own abstraction of reality. I do not adhere to a true mimetic depiction of a photograph, I use the camera only as a source to assist me with gathering information. My process of adding or removing detail, altering depth, adding textures, form and colour values and their relationship within the painting, allows me to create an illusion of a reality not seen in any photographic source. My Paintings therefore appear clearer and more distinct than a photograph. constructing my own interpretations of a reality results in blurring the boundaries of what is real and what is made up. Presenting the viewer with a simulation of reality, or a hyper reality. "<br />
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<br />Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-76652246324244751772015-03-06T10:41:00.000-08:002015-03-08T06:14:22.520-07:00David A. SmithI came upon this artist through the John Mayer Album "Born and Raised". He is one of the few craftsman of artisan glass in the style of the belle époque and Victorian age. I'm astounded by his incredible draftsmanship. Highly stylized, intricate, whimsical, ornate and finely detailed drawings become realized in shaped and gilded glass creations. Unbelievable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Born and Raised Album Cover Art - David A. Smith</td></tr>
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Dan Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466357899194440066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5278190451475450827.post-74805862505799763662015-02-26T07:31:00.002-08:002015-07-08T19:37:26.943-07:00Richard Thomas DavisRichard Thomas Davis is one of the most incredible realists painting today. His details are infinitesimal, his ability to capture light hitting any surface is phenomenal. Realism to him is not just depicting a figure or object realistically - it is presenting reality as it plainly is, no fantasy or artifice, just reality - perfectly rendered. Stupendous.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basement Self Portrait - Richard Thomas Davis</td></tr>
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