Danieller-Murray

Artist & Illustrator

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New Painting Series: Ships, The Sea & Florals

With less time devoted to my personal paintings these days, I am usually only producing a single painting at a time, every few months or so. The last few weeks I was able to live in my little world of ships, the sea and florals….and man, it was really nice. 

I will have these three paintings hanging in the beautiful jewelry store Meeka, located in Camp Hill, Pa. The Grand Opening is this weekend, November 1st & 2nd, 11am-7pm, located at 2205 Market St. Camp Hill Pa.

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Bad Dads Group Show.

Over the years I have been in quite a few pop-culture themed shows. Recently, I have cut back on participating in a lot of them, mostly because when I am not creating artwork for licensing I like to use that time on my personal paintings. That being said, one of the shows I did commit to this year is Bad Dads, a group show inspired by Wes Anderson films. I very much enjoy creating paintings inspired by his world, it’s a language I understand.

The show opens Halloween night at Spoke Art in San Francisco.

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"Portrait of a Ghost" 8 x 10 in. oil on board

My Painting for Gallery 1988's traveling Ghostbusters Anniversary show, more info here, www.ghosbusters30th.com

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Midnight Romance 12 x 12 in. oil on board

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Apparently it was the year of Beetlejuice for me. I decided to go with another Beetlejuice themed painting for this years Crazy for Cult, which will be happening in NY this December.

If you follow my work at all, you know that I enjoy making my paintings interactive from time to time. In the past I've made magnetic paintings as well as doing things like this. I love the idea of giving the viewer a way to interact with a painting besides, well, just viewing it. Especially since paintings are usually hands off. With this piece I've made the painting reversible, giving the option to display the painting as Life or as the Afterlife.

The opening for the the show is December 13th, 7-10pm. 355A Bowery, New York, NY 10003. The show will run through December 21st!

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Say it Once, Say it Twice...

11 x 14 in. oil on board

*Say Hi to the Bad Guy, Gallery 1988 West, Opening Reception Friday, October 18th 7-10pm.

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Hydrangea Repeat

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Not All is Lost

12 x 12 in. oil on board

Check out the Bad Robot exhibit at Gallery 1988 (West). 7308 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles Ca. The show runs from April 26th - May 18th!

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Something Blue

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Now You Can Solve Crimes Too!

Nancy Drew Sleuth Kit, Faux Advertisement

8 x 10 in. oil on board

This painting is for the HelloGiggles Young Adult show at Gallery 1988, a show celebrating your favorite childhood novels. I chose to focus on Nancy Drew since I have fond memories of reading plenty of Nancy Drew novels as a young adult.  

The faux 1950's style advertisement was a fun solution for me, since one of the best parts about reading Nancy Drew was being able to step into her character and play out these mystery scenarios in my own life. I still find myself playing detective as an adult from time to time....although now the only "tools" it involves are Facebook and Google.

Be sure to check the show out if you're in the area! The opening reception is February 2nd, 7-10 pm, at Gallery 1988: 7020 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles CA

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It has been a busy summer and I am slightly overdue with my patterns. These utensils were painted (watercolor, acrylic and graphite) for another project and I really liked the idea of creating a repeat with them. Enjoy :)

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Hot Air Balloons 1 & 2

8 x 20 in. ea, Oil on board

I will have some work (paintings and prints) displayed at the Chapterhouse in Philadelphia. The show opens July 13 and runs to October.

Chapterhouse: 620 South 9th St. Philadelphia PA

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Pastel Paradise, 8 x 10 in. (oval) Oil on board

Hmmm, true to form, I seem to be stuck on this particular concept lately...this is for Gallery 1988's Crazy for Cult exhibit, will keep you posted on the show details!

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Bumble Bee...at the bottom of the sea

16 x 16 in. oil and gold leaf on board

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Monika and I have been included in an article that talks about painting and jewelry in the current issue of Metalsmith, check it out :)

*Thanks to Lena Vigna for including us

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