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Martha

Painting is My World

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  • My Interests

    Painting, sketching, cooking, herb gardening, dogs, hiking in the woods.

    I'd like to meet:

    Art collectors, art consultants, gallerists, curators, artists -- and anybody else who can't stop talking about art! I am currently seeking new commission projects for the design trade.

    Music:

  • The Codes
  • Mumpsy
  • Also . . . Greg Brown, Tom Waits, Nanci Griffith, Loreena McKinnitt, all blues, all classical, all jazz except jazz lite (aka smooth jazz!)
  • Movies:

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shakespeare in Love, Big, Thelma and Louise, Fried Green Tomatoes, and the list goes on.

    Television:

    CNN, PBS, Trio, Sundance, C-Span

    Books:

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler Be Here Now by Ram Dass Being There and The Painted Bird by Jersy Kosinski Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    Heroes:

  • A Place to Bark
  • My Blog

    Elements and Echoes Series, Continued

    After celebrating important milestones in two granddaughters' lives this past weekend, I'm back in the studio working on a commission, which will be a grouping five 10" square paintings on cradled pan...
    Posted by Martha on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:27:00 PST

    Coming Up for Air

    This past two weeks have been spent in the studio nonstop. My last blog showed a preview of all the new small paintings in two different series, and in various stages of completion.These "multiples" h...
    Posted by Martha on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:40:00 PST

    New Beginnings

    Working on a whole bunch of new canvases, all 12" and 14" squares, plus another series of 8" square cradled masonite panels. Progress pics below.I like to work on all of them at the same time, to keep...
    Posted by Martha on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:42:00 PST

    Painting Withdrawal

    Today I'm beginning to suffer from painting withdrawal. I think it's been two days now since I've put paint to canvas, (or wood or paper!) and this is definitely not fun. This week is filled with othe...
    Posted by Martha on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:29:00 PST

    Another new painting

    Lately I'd been spending a lot of time doing small works, which are fun, but I always miss working larger. So late last week I completed this one. It's 30 x 40 inches, acrylic on canvas. Hope you like...
    Posted by Martha on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:56:00 PST

    Back from New York!

    We are back from New York! We had a great time with family and friends, visiting a ton of Chelsea galleries and an artist's studio in Brooklyn. Here are some highlights: James Turrell "Light Leadings"...
    Posted by Martha on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:03:00 PST

    New Work on Etsy

    I have listed a whole bunch of new work in my Etsy shop -- small, very affordable paintings, digital collage, and monotypes. I hope you'll check them out!...
    Posted by Martha on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:14:00 PST

    New Works Update

    Our opening at Gallery O went well -- it's a great looking show. But I am eager and ready to get back to work in the studio doing more things for myself, as opposed to doing things for deadlines....
    Posted by Martha on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:22:00 PST

    Brava at Gallery O

    This week Brava has been getting ready for our show opening tomorrow evening at Gallery O in Largo, Florida. We are a small group of women artists who have met on a monthly basis for five years now fo...
    Posted by Martha on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:53:00 PST

    New Work and Other Stuff

    I have continued with my daily paintings in the form of acrylic monotypes, because they are so spontaneous and always surprising. You get something you like, or you have to throw it away and start aga...
    Posted by Martha on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:22:00 PST