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Over the past 30 years I've learned a lot from producing features and documentaries for public television. That is, telling stories through moving pictures.
Now I'm drawn to telling stories through single, stationary images rather than a series of flickering pictures. Images in paint on paper invite you to enter and visit for as long as you like and engage you to imagine what came before - or what will come next. I think that's an important role for art - to help us deal with the immensity of "reality". Television compresses reality into neat packages with beginnings, middles and ends, tied up with a bow and delivered directly to your home. Good producers can make you laugh or cry within seconds by employing the tools of their trade. Artists can do the same with a different set of tools and techniques. They open windows to how moments in time feel - and show us ways to see the world as we've never seen it before. Please visit my website gallery, and feel free to contact me. Patrick Murphy [email protected] For links to books written by Patrick Murphy "Candymen: The Story of Switzer's Licorice" "Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain" PatrickMurphyAuthor.com |
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