Denise’s Art Page

Denise’s Art Page

Denise Murphy started Alcohol Inks Painting in 2015 at the prompting of a fellow artist. She enjoys the vibrancy of the medium and allowing the medium to flow freely. She is always experimenting with new techniques with this medium and stretching the viewer’s imagination.  She uses recycled materials to get the textures and dimensions to her pieces.  It is interesting and intriguing to watch the viewer try to look inside the paintings because of the textures and dimensions created.  In some cases, giving the appearance of 3D.

Denise’s Alcohol Ink paintings have been displayed most recently at Mercy Hospital (Iowa City) solo show PCI (Cedar Rapids, IA); solo show, the Maquoketa Art Experience 2022. (Maquoketa, IA); Muscatine Art Center Art Array-20, 21 and 22 (Muscatine, IA); the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art “Into the Blue” (Cedar Rapids, IA); exhibits, DKW Gallery, NewBo Evolve Art Festival, Lincoln Highway Arts Festival, Mount Vernon Creates Gallery, Univ of IA Pappajohn Biological Discovery Building, and The Art Cellar. Denise created an Alcohol Ink Painting everyday of 2016, titled the “365 Series”, some of these studies perfected techniques currently being used.

Pushing the boundaries in size as well, she recently (April 2020) finished a 12″ x 4′ (image pictured below) and in 2021 finished a 30 x 70″ piece for a bed frame. Denise’s favorite size to work is 30 x 40″ to allow for the ink to shine.

Current Shows: DKW Gallery, Marion, IA September Featured Artist, Unity Point, Mount Vernon IA thru Oct 2023.

Recent shows: PCI Building Cedar Rapids, IA May – July 2023, Mercy Hospital March 1 – June 2022 (Solo Show Iowa City); Maquoketa Art Experience March 1 – April 28th 2022 (Women’s Exhibit); Muscatine Art Center March 18th – May 29th, 2022 (Art Array 2022); Active Pro member of ArtRepreneur (online)

Gallery Representation: Mount Vernon Creates Mount Vernon IA, DKW Gallery Marion IA, Artrepreneur (Online Gallery)

Honored to be recognized for this wonderful award!!

Artrepreneur selected Denise out of numerous international artists to be on their cover, book released in 2023. WOW!

The pieces above were created for my show at DKW in September 2023. These pieces represent the four seasons…watermelon and cotton candy, flowers popping up and the grass turning green, fall leaves and pumpkins and ice crystals on the windows.

New AI piece above out of Bubble Gum, Fiesta and Rosewood, July 2023

PCI Exhibit May - July 2023

PCI Building, Cedar Rapids IA thru July 12, 2023.

New pieces above June 2022

Denise on Paula Sands Live May 2022 (KWQC-Davenport) (Ink Painting – SOLD)

Above created April 2020 Rainbow Series Image 12″ x 4′ – SOLD

This piece was accepted into the “ART  ARRAY – 20

Juried Exhibition Sponsored by Muscatine County Arts Council & Muscatine Art Center

1ST Place

Alcohol Ink Painting 30″ x 40″ SOLD

2019 Newbo Art Festival Booth Alcohol Ink Paintings

This piece was accepted in the ‘Into the Blue’ Art exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in 2019 (Aug/Sept). This was an all Iowa juried show. 17% of entrants were accepted, what an honor. Sold to a beautiful home prior to the exhibit.

Alcohol Ink Painting 30″ x 40″ – SOLD