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Artist's Biography
 Martha has been a working artist for more than 20 years. At first she painted while still employed in the corporate world and raising her family. She painted nights and week ends, every spare minute that she had, and showed her work in outdoor art festivals and group shows, attracting the attention of judges and gallerists along the way.
Then in 1997 she made the decision to devote full time to her first love, painting. She participated in national exhibitions, became an active part of regional and national art organizations, won still more awards, and acquired representation by several galleries across the eastern United States.
Martha's art business has now expanded in the direction of custom art work for the design trade.
Artist's Statement
My paintings encompass aspects of atmosphere, moods, or places. Nature is often a beginning point for my primary fascination with the seemingly magical interactions of colors achieved by multiple layers of paint. I begin with large, bold strokes, and then continue to refine and build upon preceding layers of color, working toward a surface that both reveals and conceals what came before. My paintings are meant to be experienced more than analyzed. I feel that a successful painting invites the viewer to slow down, be fully present in the moment, and remain there for a little while.
Selected Exhibitions
2007 Group Show “Brava at Gallery O,” Gallery O, Largo,
Florida
2007
Two Person Show, “Meditative Abstractions”, Lyssa Morgan Gallery,
Tampa, Florida
2006
– Group Show, Gala Corina, Tampa, Florida
2006
Featured Artist for July, Virtual TART Gallery, New Zealand
2006
Solo Show, Corporate Canvas Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2005
Solo Show, Gold Dragon Gallery, Tampa, FL
2005 "Brava's Back" Group Show, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, FL
2005
"New Abstract Paintings", Solo Show, Gold Dragon Gallery, Tampa, FL
2004 Solo Show "Color Rhythms", Ozmosis Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2004
"New Works", Solo Show, Progress Energy Gallery, New Port Richey, FL
2004
"Doorways and Passages", Group Show, One Tampa City Center,
Tampa, FL
2004
"Full Circle", Group show, "BRAVA", four women artists,
Kaos Gallery, Bradenton, FL
2003
"Milagro", Group Show by Gala Corina, Tampa, Florida
2003
"Abstraction Defined", Three Person Show, Solaris Gallery, Califon, NJ
2003
Solo Show, Art on Loan program, Hillsborough County, Florida
2003
“Power Surge”, by “Brava” Five Women Artists, Kaos Gallery, Bradenton, Florida
2003
Best of Show, Annual Members Show, Artists Unlimited, Tampa, Florida
2003
Sunday in The Arts, Fifty Women Artists, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa,
Tampa, Florida
2002
Solo Show, John Germany Public Library Gallery, Downtown Tampa, Florida
2002
“Creative Convergence”, by “Brava” Five Women Artists, Arts on the Park, Lakeland,
Florida
2002
"Vital Signs" Group Show, Gold Dragon Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2002
"Private Thought/Shared Vision", "Brava" Four Person Show,
Artists Unlimited, Tampa, Florida
2002
“New Work”, Brooksville, Florida,
City Hall Art Gallery
2001
Solo Show, Paradox Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
2000
Four Person Show for the Arts in Medicine Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer &
Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
2000
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, Florida
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