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"The Underground"
2004 6.5x14ft

John Faherty is a painter of narrative Imagery, He works and lives in Philadelphia

In September 2005,
Philadelphia narrative painter John Faherty, Had a solo exhibition of his recent paintings at the Smoyer Gallery,Olin Hall Roanoke College, in Salem Virginia.
His first solo show in seven years is a examination of his work since 1998. This body of work has a more personal and deliberate approach to subject and surface. The Artist deals with subjects of family, spirituality and the nature of existance with a simplified narrative style. Using layer upon layer of thin washes of oil building up a luminous unified color pattern he has created a unique and dynamic vision.

"Tree at the end of the world"
2005 5.5x9ft

"Out Of the Land of the Hyperborean"
1998 7x28 ft.

I would Like to thank to Roanoke College community, for your support hospitality , kindness and for giving me this opportunity to exhibit and share ideas. Thank You