Aaron Murray

The Wonderful Wizard of Odd is my latest installation of sculptures for the final NEPO 5k 2015 an event on Saturday August 29th from 12 to 5 pm that stretches from Hing Hay Park in the International District to the NEPO house on Beacon Hill. Fortunately, for the second year running I was able to install my art in the forest at Lewis Park. Despite intermittent rain showers and violent gusts of wind which included the felling of a large tree at just around 12, the show seemed q

These are some sculptures I made out of found objects. A found object assemblage is made of various objects that are placed together to create a visual composition. My first attempt at making sculptures like this happened when I was about 14 years old. I had been to a gallery gift shop at the Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, WA and seen figurative sculptures constructed of nuts and bolts and wanted to make something similar. My grandfather's garage in Pasco, had boxes and

These paintings were made from October to December 2014, as an evening exercise. I painted with watercolor, ink, and gouache on different paper surfaces. Many of the paintings are based on photos taken by the artist at various locations. Others are entirely made up. #art #aaronmurraypaintings #AaronMurrayart #CapitolHillWatercolorSociety #Duwamish #MeglerBridge #Seattlewatercolor #Sodopaintings

In the last week of September, we had a fabulous 4 day stay at a resort off lake Chelan in the town of Manson. We had stunning views, sunny weather, and no breeze. It was ideal for painting. Kate and I brought along our watercolors and sat on the back porch and painted each day. First I layered on different washes of ochre, green gold, and blues.Then I went in to try and detail the vegetation, roads, houses, etc. View from the back porch I made a series of small paintings o