The works of Jennifer Manzella and Thomas Murray are dramatic, wistful, and imaginative. Both dealing with ideas of place, natural landscape, and architectural motifs they create dreamlike abstractions of known and created spaces. Through these abstractions, they critique the use of land and the return of nature to a human-made landscape. The large, colorful abstractions of Murray play with ideas of place, focusing on lush gardens, disjointed compositions, and imitations of architecture. Their size and imaginative abstractions envelop the viewer. They are paired with Manzella’s complex prints, which range from large and colorful to black and white and incredibly small. These take us in to experience the intersection of urban, suburban and natural areas.
Cover Image (detail)
Thomas Murray Pane Study #4, 2009 Oil on paper 30 x 22” $800
Left Image (detail)
Jennifer Manzella Color Landscape: Brooklyn, 2014 Color reduction relief print 32 x 24” NFS
Manzella and Murray
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Thomas Murray Donna in the Garden, 2009 Oil and 24k gold pigment on canvas 48 x 84 x 1.5” $4,032
Jennifer Manzella Hidden River 2, 2020 Multiple woodblock print 20 x 16” $225
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Jennifer Manzella Hidden River 1, 2020 Multiple woodblock print 20 x 16” $225
Jennifer Manzella Resident of Olde Kensington: Hope St, 2019 Monoprint, drypoint, collage Image size: 2.75 x 2.25” Paper size: 8.5 x 9 ” $300
Jennifer Manzella Riverways 1, 2018 Multiple woodblock print 20 x 16” $225
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Thomas Murray Untitled #1, 2012 Oil on panel 48 x 24” $1,152
Thomas Murray Untitled #2, 2012 Oil on panel 48 x 24” $1,152
Thomas Murray Untitled #3, 2012 Oil on panel 48 x 24” $1,152
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Jennifer Manzella Broad Street: South Philly, 2019 Copper etching, Intaglio print Image size: 2.25 x 2.75” Paper size: 8.5 x 9” $300
Thomas Murray Icarus, 2009 Oil on canvas 66 x 48 x 1.5“ $3,168
Jennifer Manzella Huge Lot: Second and Girard, 2019 Copper etching, Intaglio print Image size: 2.25 x 2.75” Paper size: 8.5 x 9” $300
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Jennifer Manzella Color Landscape: Northern Liberties, 2017 Color reduction relief print 32 x 24” $600
Thomas Murray Wind in the Grass, 2010 Oil on canvas 48 x 60” $2,880
Jennifer Manzella On the River, 2017 Multiple woodblock print 20 x 16” $225
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All works are available for purchase on Artsy.