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Wood Mosaics, Engravings, & Art by Troy Murrah
Large
Full-Sized Wall Hangings & Furniture
Smaller Works
Smaller Sized &
Wood Quilt Blocks
Photo Series
Photo Series of Artist Materials & Detail Shots
Other Artwork
Drawings, Album Art, & Engravings
FULL-SIZED WALL HANGINGS:
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Good Answer, Good Answer, 2022
96” x 60” | Features a Variation of Flying Geese Pattern | Family Feud Fun: Growing up, my brother told me the contestants could hear you if you yelled the answers loud enough into the TV speaker. It worked a couple of times. Steve Harvey was not the host at the time, but I wish he was. His "wood-quilted" suit is adorned with a variation of a flying geese pattern. The carpet is laser-engraved with a 1970s wallpaper design. *This piece is first in the “Party People” series.
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See Ya On the Flipside, 2021
36” x 48” | Features a quilted sky and sea | The beauty of boat building: true woodworking, carpentry, and craftsmanship. No powertools. Also, another suggested thought on modes of transportation. I like to travel and try my hardest not to take conveniences for granted.
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Grass Ain’t Always Greener, 2021
36” x 48” | Features a Variable Star Pattern | Inspired by the beauty and serenity of a mountain cabin, the comfort of a campfire and the glow of a star lit sky. The women warriors, land or sea, are there as a reminder to protect our great outdoors. Respect wherever you may be these days, nurture your nature, and don’t take for granted those lucky, quiet moments you might get out on the canoe.
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Cheetah Express, 2021
53.25” x 53.25” | Features a Variation of a Lone Star Pattern | Inspired by the old myth that the postal service first tried strapping mail bags to cheetahs in the Wild West before having to settle on the less glamorous Pony Express method. Risking your own health to get a stranger’s post to its destination. Seems even crazier now, during our times of instant communication... but we still manage to have moments of miscommunication. Also inspired by my old memories of family road trips as a child staring out the window and being intrigued by all the different sizes and styles of water towers that were laid out across the Texas landscape that aren’t here in Southern California. Kids should never lose the valuable ability to entertain themselves by just looking out the windows on a drive. Features the Lone Star quilt block pattern.
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Door Star (Custom Door with Festival of Stars Built Quilt Inlay), 2021
78.5” x 23.875” | Custom Door with Built Quilt Inlay by Troy Murrah | Festival of Stars Quilt Pattern | neon particle board, exterior wood siding, engineered floorboards, painted pine, wood from an ‘80s entertainment center, ‘90s faux wood composite, wood from a 1930s garage, white bead board, bamboo flooring, gold square pegs, wood from a countertop, and more random particle board
INLAY (Honesty & Accountability, 62”x22”) AVAILABLE - Please Email For More Details
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Pineapple Ice Queen Coffee Table, 2021
18”h x 49.5”w x 26”l | Coffee Table by Troy Murrah | Pineapple Block Pattern | reclaimed wood art | sustainable furniture | Laser Engraved | Mirrored Plexi | Distressed Wood
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Win, 2020
36” x 72” | Log Cabin Quilt Pattern | reclaimed wood art | sustainable wall art | abstract composition | traditional
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Untitled Buzz, 2020
48” x 48” | Radiant (Lone) Star Pattern, Star of Bethlehem, or variation of Mathematical Star | reclaimed wood | paint | engravings | cherry blossoms | bees | hives | honey combs | Islamic architecture
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Go West, Mary, 2018
36” x 36” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Lone Star Variation Pattern (Broken Star or Dutch Rose pattern) | Mary Poppins Inspired | Grapevines | Early Settlers | For “Built Quilt” Art Show | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art | old kitchen countertops & cabinetry, wood from a 1930s garage, exterior siding, brass (frame)
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A Big Sting Comeback, 2019
84” x 72” | Replica of “Stingarees” | Diamond Log Cabin Pattern | vintage tile-inspired engraving on black masonite | salvaged wood | repurposed furniture | chopped-up portrait frames, IKEA shelving, MDF from a commercial set design job, 2x4s from construction jobsite, kitchen cabinet doors
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The Illuminated Neon Knights' Traveling Manuscript, 2020
58” x 44” | salvaged wood art | reclaimed wood art | repurposed furniture art | gold plated plexi, wood from a 1930s piano, 1950s door, 1990s entertainment center & office desk, neon particle board
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Heads Are Important Lone Star Helmet Hanger, 2019
38.5” x 38.5” x 10” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Gold & Black Wall Mounted Helmet Hanger | “Lone Star” quilt pattern | plexi | anodized gold aluminum | engineered floorboards | old school desktop | steel
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Just Joustin’, 2019
18” x 18” | Featuring laser engraved pattern of imagery inspired by old medieval manuscripts… Made from discarded Ikea shelving, wood from a 1980s dresser, leftover siding, and luan wood.
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You Make Me Feel, 2018
33” x 33” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Double Irish Chain Pattern | Jasmine Flower | Young Love | Evel Knievel inspired | For “Built Quilt” Art Show | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art | salvaged primed particle board, engineered wood floorboards, old wood from a 1930s garage, and copper (frame)
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Mother’s Choice Table, 2019
22” x 20.5” x 20.5” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | “Mother’s Choice” Pattern | wall hanging-turned-table | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art | wood from a 1930s piano (bottom shelf) | steel framing | acrylic top
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Doe, A Deer, 2018
28” x 28” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Lone Star Pattern (Mathematical Star or Star of Bethlehem) | Sound of Music Inspired | Oriental Vase Pattern | Created for International Quilt Fest Special Exhibit, “Judy Murrah: From the Heart” | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art
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Some Call It A Cathedral, 2018
18” x 18” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Tree of Paradise Pattern | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art
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Farida’s Enchanted Wallpaper, 2018
36.25” x 36.5” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Burgoyne Surrounded Pattern | Castles | Wallpaper Pattern | For “Built Quilt” Art Show | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art | wooden dowels, Ikea shelving, antique pickled floorboard samples, wall framing and kitchen cabinet doors from a 1930s home, aged Pine, engineered floorboards, and faux wood window molding
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Strength of a Scorpion Mother, 2018
42.5” x 42.5” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Log Cabin Pattern | Scorpions | Seahorses | Chicago Bulls | Pregnant Woman Meditating | Anvils | Wolves | For “Built Quilt” Art Show | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art | old wooden tabletop, wood from a 19th-Century Texas barn, engineered floorboards, and an old dry erase board
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Station Wagon Under the Pines, 2018
26.25” x 17.25” | Built Quilt: Wood Quilts & Engravings by Troy Murrah | Lone Star Pattern | Pine Tree Pattern | Tree of Life | Station Wagons | Engine Parts | For “Built Quilt” Art Show | reclaimed wood art | salvaged wood art | recycled wood art
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Bath Time Beer, 2018
18” x 18” | Featuring a laser engraved Lone Star Crest, the artist’s commentary on the workday being done… Made from 1900s barn wood, bedside table, 1980s entertainment center, white particle board, red oxide primed wood, red enamel, and gold enamel.
Smaller Works:
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Leather & Ice (And Everything Nice), 2022, 18” x 18”
Similar to its sibling piece (“Pink Prosperity”), this one replicates a traditional Prosperity Block quilt block pattern, "Leather & Ice" uses the following reclaimed materials (none of which is actually leather nor ice): green with lavender overtone exterior siding, plywood with laminated paper surface, 1930s garage wall wood, weathered pine, and aluminum strips (tucked between the centerpiece).
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Gladiator’s Reward (For Surviving , Not Quite Winning), 2022, 12” x 12”
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Cab Driver (Decides to Take the Year Off), 2022, 12” x 12”
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We’ll Leave A Light On (For Ya), 2022, 12” x 12”
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Mom, Can U Watch the Kids? We’re Going Away For the Weekend (Pink Prosperity), 2021, 19” x 19” x 3”
Replicating a Prosperity Block quilt block pattern, "Pink Prosperity" uses the following reclaimed materials: perforated steel, lucite countertop, vintage pink painted doors, particle board from discarded Ikea shelving, gold plexi, pink plexi, white plexi, wood from a 1930s garage wall and cabinetry, and exterior siding. Framing is made from the same wood reclaimed from a 1930s garage wall. This art piece’s imagery is inspired by a month-long study of Millard Sheets mosaics. It features hand-stenciled nature-inspired imagery, laser engraved quilt stars, laser engraved swallows, and hand wood-burned (pyrography) warriors.
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’70s Ski Party (Was Always Mother’s Choice), 2020
18” x 18” | Mother’s Choice Pattern | wood from a 1980s desk, black mdf | white particle board | plywood laser engraved with midcentury wallpaper pattern | luan wood | lavender enamel spray paint | yellow pine | plywood
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The Way Back Home, 2020, 15” x 15”
This piece features a Goose Tracks (or Point & Feather) quilt block pattern. Made from reclaimed materials including aluminum, bamboo flooring, pine, oak, particle board (taken from discarded Ikea shelving), engineered wood floorboards, wood taken from 1930s cabinetry, wood taken from a 1930s piano, and gold peel baseboard. Hand pyrography (wood burning) around the border, featuring a vintage quilt pattern.
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Thunderbird Gold, 2020, 14” x 14”.
“Star & Wreath” quilt block pattern with an engraving inspired by a vintage wedding plate. Engraving has been stained with a white acrylic (watered down) paint wash for a warmer look... 14”x14”x2”. Green wood is taken from a 1940s workshop cabinet, center piece is gold peel baseboard, wood from a 1930s garage wall, exterior siding, and discarded Ikea shelving.
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Cool Cuts, 2020, 18” x 18”
Featuring the Lattice Square quilt block, "Cool Cuts" is made from beadboard, mdf, baseboard, and pine. This pattern is also replicated in the enamel pin series.
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Turn It Up, 2020
12” x 12”. Pineapple quilt block pattern. Laser engraved masonite, dry erase board, wood from a 1930s garage, gold spray painted wood, yellow particle board, an old school desktop, gold painted Douglas Fir, and gold plated acrylic.
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Star and Wreath, 2020
8” x 8”. White plexi, rusted steel, discarded Ikea shelving, wood from a 1970s office desk, 1930s kitchen cabinet doors, white primed mdf, plywood, and reclaimed barn wood.
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Odd Fellow’s Chain, 2020
12” x 12”. Gold plated acrylic, exterior siding, wood from a 1980s entertainment center, neon particle board, yellow pine, and plywood.
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Lattice Square, 2020
12” x 12”. Green-tinted reclaimed barn wood, beadboard, old kitchen cabinets from a 1930s home in historic Cal Heights of Long Beach, CA, Douglas Fir 2x4’s, and yellow pine.
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Carpenter’s Wheel, 2020
12” x 12”. Gold plated plexi, white dry erase board, discarded Ikea shelving, wood from a 1930s garage wall, and reclaimed wood from a 1930s piano.
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Heavenly Stars, 2020
12” x 12”. Yellow particle board, wood from a 1930s garage wall, 1930s kitchen cabinetry, and gold painted plywood.
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Prosperity Block, 2020
12” x 12”. Black masonite, discarded Ikea shelving, wood from a 1930s piano, plexi, and wood from a 1930s garage in historic Cal Heights of Long Beach, CA.
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Point and Feather, 2020
12” x 12”. Painted mdf, gold enameled dowels, Texas barn wood, gold painted plywood, beadboard, and floorboards. Point & Feather (Goose Tracks) pattern.
Detail Shots:
“Material Nudes” Photo Series:
This photo series of the artist’s materials celebrates reclaimed materials. Minimal and abstract, the compositions happened by chance while the artist was laying out pieces before constructing them together to create a large scale artwork. In an effort to “mentally balance” the intricate patterns of his usual wall hangings and furniture pieces, it became the subject of a new photo series. The found materials play such an important role in the resulting art, it’s only natural to want to honor them as well.
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Laying Track, 2020
Hardwood floorboards, wood from 1980s dresser, gold spray-painted plywood, anodized gold laminated plexi, blue spray-painted bead board, plywood, wood countertop
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Mining Town, 2020
Anodized gold laminated plexi, gold spray-painted pine wood
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In The Clouds, 2020
White plexi, white particle board
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Spice Rack, 2020
Engineered wood floorboards, white plexi, painted 1930s plywood, blue stained pine wood
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Pocket Full of Change, 2020
Fluorescent particle board, anodized gold laminated plexi, faux wood from 1970s drawer
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’80s Haircut, 2020
Laser engraved masonite, neon yellow particle board
