New Works

It is difficult for me to comprehend that the last photos I posted here are from May. That seems a mere blink of the eye ago. Here are some more recent pieces that I've made. I call them mixed media. They incorporate etching, watercolor, collage and monotype.

Nature's Labyrinth

Rainy Morn

Little Wren

(detail)

Beautiful Menace

(detail)

Mockingbird Print

This mixed media work titled Repeat After Me incorporates an etched bird as well as watercolor, collage and chine colle. The background is a large handcut stencil.

Watercolor Monotypes

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Last year when I was learning about monotypes, the process of watercolor monotypes was demonstrated to me. You can use it when you are traveling and do not want to bring a block or a multiple sheets of stretched paper along. The painting is done (in reverse) onto mylar. In reverse? Yes, because the mylar acts as the plate for the print. You can, however, sketch from life onto the mylar with graphite or colored pencil and then flip the mylar over before you begin painting.

Although seldom employed by me, you can also use water soluble colored pencils. They will keep a bit of the grainy sketching quality as well as the water-y look of watercolor where the wet paper is applied for printing. The uncontrolled "bleed" and "pooling of color" are what appeal to me. I like how occasionally the paint will bead up and dry that way. You can see an example of this in the detail at right.

More Clarendon Works

I titled this work Windows on North Hudson. It is a hand-tinted (via watercolor) polyester plate litho. It will be displayed with other watercolors at the Arlington County (Virginia) Treasurer's Office in a few months.

The two above works, Hartford & Highland and Church at Clarendon are done in the same media.

All of these works are new pieces that were inspired by my photography. I participated in Clarendon Day back in the fall; these are follow-ups to that inspiration. For prices, please send me an email by clicking professional inquiries in the sidebar.

Solo Show, Monotypes

December 2-31, 2006



Arlington County Central Library
Arlington, VA

(excerpts from artist's statement)

"...reveal the ever-changing perspective I have of the world around me... color and texture in multiple layers yields results that are anticipated, but not fully controlled...lends a freshness lost with more deliberate techniques"

The Sound of Silence

After receiving several inquiries about my lack of new material shown here, I thought I would check in and leave an update:
I have pieces in both Small Works and Art and Politics this month at the Torpedo Factory.

*update - my Small Works piece, "Bream" sold*

I am currently busy completing some works in progress for the studio show/sale mentioned below as well as a solo show at the Arlington Central Library that will hang during the month of December. I've also had some slides taken of some new completed works. I will add them to the galleries as soon as I receive them.

Lee Arts Center Annual Holiday Show and Sale
Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:00 am- 4:00 pm

"On Wing" monotype by Nancy Murphree Davis

Looking for some one-of-a kind gifts for this holiday season? The studio artists of Arlington's Lee Arts Center will hold their annual fine crafts show and sale that will include fine pottery, sculpture, prints and jewelry by its artists.

Lee Arts Center, 5722 Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia. Sale is free and open to the public. For information, call the Lee Arts Center at 703-228-0560

Art is Like a Box of Chocolates

Last year I bought some gorgeous chocolates that featured artwork by area artists. I contacted the Chocolate Artisan, Jason Andelman, to inquire whether I would be able to have him make some of these for me to give as gifts this Christmas. He told me that set up costs would be too expensive; although no price was actually given. So, I decided that this just wasn't a project he wanted to take on.

In the spring I saw that the group that produced the chocolates was seeking new artists for this year's box. I submitted a design and now I have my design on chocolates!

Here it is:

Here is the design I submitted; it is entitled Arlington Bridges and features three of the bridges that cross from Arlington into DC:

If you would like to see the entire collection, visit the Artisan Confections website.