Murphy Adams

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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	artist
Location	San Jose
Introduction	People are funny creatures. I'm a people watcher, a curious observer of life. I keep a small sketchbook with me to capture my ideas & observations; people & things that I find absurd, awkward or even heartbreaking. I'm interested in the profundity of the more mundane moments in life. I then take my little sketches & translate them into small works in acrylic & ink on heavy watercolor paper. I use both hands to draw and paint with; drawing with my left gives my work a loose feeling that’s difficult to achieve with my right hand. Color and texture are integral to my work, I start by under-painting & create by using multiple layers of jewel tone color combined with matte medium & ink. I like to paint small pieces because I think it captures the intimacy of each moment I’m attempting to capture. As far as influence my naive style draws on folk, outsider & children's work. I aim for a cartoon-like innocence wrapped up with a healthy dose of snarky irony. What I’m attempting to put on paper is raw emotion: love, hate, joy, regret, revenge, despair, failure, rejection, but especially hope.
Interests	art politics music
Favorite Music	Eef Barzulay, Clem Snide, Andrew Bird, Eels, Herman Dune, Noah and the Whale, Joanna Newsome, Magnetic Fields, Josh Ritter, Mason Jennings, Thao Nguyen, Badly Drawn Boy, Van Morrison, Neil Young