• The artists you select are like actors cast to play roles you have determined as critical to your vision. In this construct of metaphorical filmmaking, Todd has always been the leading man." And a leading man he is. A Todd Murphy piece is bold. Engaging the audience is a given. Lowe says, "Unlike the art of most contemporary artists, Todd Murphy's works possess a sense of majesty. And they are heroic.

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • The range of his skills is unlimited and his creative universe knows no boundaries.

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • Todd has collated centuries of information and distilled it into startlingly simple compositions which seem to speak to us from a distant time and place, yet remain relevant to our personal journeys."

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • He is motivated by dis-covery. "Trying to figure it all out," as he puts it. He is interested in ambiguous narrative - in people taking what they want from it instead of his just laying it out on the table.

    Todd Murphy, 1998

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • "Take what you want instead of me chaining you down. I've developed a vocabulary of my own icons - animals are certainly one of them, and human figures. I'll do something, but then go back to things. It all circles around,"

    Todd Murphy

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • If Murphy were not an artist, what would he be? Out comes quick one-liner: "The guy who sits in the Museum of Natural History and names butterflies.

    Todd Murphy

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1998

  • But the most important question: What makes Todd Murphy successful? Lowe says, "He seems to intuitively have his finger on the pulse of the universe and is brilliant at configuring an often bizarre combination of visual devices.

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1989

  • New List Item

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1989

  • New List Item

    Bill Lowe

    Todd’s Back, The South’s Favorite son returns for a Show

    by SUZANNE FLETCHER, PHOTOGRPAHY BY TAMRA RAFKIN

    Dossier, 1989