C.B. Murphy  .:. Art

My friend Dan Kelly asked to see my new masks so this was the easiest way to show them.

Surreal Memoir

art & stories by C….

By C. B. Murphy

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This is my first experiment in combining painting and writing. I like how the idea is coming along. I started using Blurb.com to make books of my paintings, then added comments. Here I go for a variety of fiction: surreal memoir, imaginary overheard conversations of people looking at the paintings, a “self interview”, and the biography of my alter-ego Carlos Bernardo. My goal was to make something that would interest people who might have only a passing interest in art. Eager to see what people think. You can preview (and buy) the book on blurb.com. Click on the image and it will take you to my Blurb site.

After selling industrial metals for some years, I went to work for my father-in-law at his company called Selfix on the south side of Chicago. Read More »

When I was six my father took me to the Michigan State Fair to see the freaks. I met the “Alligator Lady” who said we could touch her skin… Read More »

In high school some friends and I started a secret society we named The Free Thinkers Association, or F.T.A. We studied unusual religions like Hinduism and Theosophy and felt we had to keep it secret from the Christian Brothers of Ireland for reasons of blasphemy.
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M. Why cards? Read More »

M. I sense a deeper involvement with royalty. Read More »

Why do people like to wear masks so much? Read More »

She said, “I am not sure I agree with you.”
He said, “It is not me you are disagreeing with.” Read More »

She came back to him the next day and said, “I was thinking about what you said, about the falling people.”
“What about them?” he asked. Read More »