A new artist will be hanging her artwork above the shelves at the Joshua Tree library. Karan Murphy, an assemblage artist, will present an artist’s talk on her artwork at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Joshua Tree Library. Murphy loves to combine two to three kinds of materials together, especially rusted metal that she finds in the desert. She likes to make cactus flowers and put them together for one-of- a-kind artwork. The Artist Talk is a four-times-a-year activity sponsored by the Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council (mbcac.org) and Joshua Tree Friends of the Library.
Karan Murphy will be presenting an Artist Talk at the Joshua Tree Branch Library on Saturday, May 12th, at 3:30 p.m. The Artist Talk is free to the public, and light refreshments will be served. Karan Murphy's art will be exhibited in the library through September.
Karan says of her art: “I find interest in working with all kinds of mediums. I like to mix 2-3 different types of materials together. I love to use rust I find in our desert and hand build my cactus flowers and put them together for amazing one of a kind beautiful piece of art. It's called assemblage.” In Karan's world there are no limitations to what you can do. “So I continue to try and experiment with all different types of clay. I love to create interesting one-of-a-kind pieces of art!"
