Although Graham hated to fly, he proposed taking aerial photos of agricultural land for a group show of emerging artists at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in 2009. This involved him finding someone willing to take him up in a small plane, so that he could hang out the window with his camera. Huge …
In the words of Graham Bury, “The Projections Project is a collaboration between myself and my friend, Joshua Neves. In early May of 2007 we met for dinner. Over the course of the evening, and a couple of beers later, an idea was concocted that would combine our diverse talents. As a result, I moved …
Unearthed Project was an exhibit that I did with my dear friend Danielle Rubi in 2006. I will let the curator explain what this show was about, and how we went about making these beautiful and exceptionally large prints. “This is the other side of America, where fame doesn’t always intersect with true talent, and …
Graham elevated the humble thermos from mundane to mysterious in his Soup series. Vessels of all sizes and various designs hold the promise of the soup they contain. Here are a few examples:
Graham loved the tropics. The profusion of the botanical world was a constant inspiration to him. The color of tropical sunsets, glimpses of water through archways and half-shuttered windows, shadows of palms, dark and luminous seas–these he painted again and again.
Just a few of the many images of animals that Graham drew and painted–a whimsical menagerie:
Graham was enamored of India ink. Here are samples of the many black and white paintings he produced:
