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your favourite pieces of martha’s artwork
Take a look at the pieces listed below for sale. If you would like to purchase any item, or enquire for more information, we encourage you to get in touch with Martha directly.
$2000
Fan #1
Fan: noun
* A device that is held in the hand, usually shaped like a segment of a circle, for producing a current of air
* A fanatic, aficionado, or enthusiastic devotee
Splashes of color painted on canvas, folded, pleated, stitched: maybe add some beads and colorful threads. Attempt to overcome the challenge of conveying motion using static fabric.
Each piece involves multiple, time-consuming steps. Each Fan took about 10 days to create.
$1500
Fan #3
Fan: noun
* A device that is held in the hand, usually shaped like a segment of a circle, for producing a current of air
* A fanatic, aficionado, or enthusiastic devotee
Challenge: Attempt to overcome the problem of conveying motion using static fabric. Splash color on canvas, fold it, pleat and stitch it: sew on some beads, buttons, colorful threads. Did it work?
Each piece involves multiple, time-consuming steps. This one was created over a period of 10 - 12 days.
Handkerchief Series, #1, Bandana
The first in a series, I attempted to create the illusion of the light and airy movements of fine fabric. The painter’s canvas was transformed including painted with acrylic paint, and thread, beads, and other materials. Each piece involves multiple, often time-consuming steps.
Handkerchief Series, #2
This is the second in the Handkerchief series. Conveying light and airy elements of fine fabric with heavy canvas is not easy. I hope I have captured a snapshot of the transitory nature of the folds and flutters associated with the fabric of their namesakes. Painter’s canvas was transformed by the addition of acrylic paint, thread, beads and other materials. Each piece involves multiple steps.
Unbuttoned
What is being undone? An apron, a dress, a woman’s sense of self?
Paint on canvas, add mixed media elements, then cut and tear, add buttons, thread, and yarn to transform the canvas. It is not a painting, not a collage, and not simply fiber, but rather a fusion of all three. View it from different angles. Look into the folds, find the shadows, encounter new details.
Experience how a 2-dimensional painting morphed into a 3-dimensional piece.
Mantle
Much of my work reflects on a woman’s limitless experiences of life; working, aging, creating protection for themselves and others. A mantle or cloak protects the elements, from harm.
After it was painted, “Mantle” was sliced into sections. Some of these were reversed and sewn back together. This reversal creates ambiguity: is this the inside or the outside, the front side, or the back?
With the addition of burlap, yarn, and further alterations the work became 3-dimensional. I could not have generated this outcome any other way.
$500
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$2750
$4000
$1400
White light #1 (blues)
36 x 48 inches
White light #2 (lavender)
36 x 48 inches
$1400
$1400
White light #3 (white)
36 x 48 inches
White light #4 (orange)
36 x 48 inches
$1400
$600
a certain slant of light
18 x 18 inches - Framed - 2006 - Clayprint
widely scattered light
18 x 18 inches - Framed - 2007 - Clayprint
$600
$700
short stories #1
16 x 20 inches - Framed - 2011 - Clayprint
short stories #4
16 x 20 inches - Framed - 2011 - Clayprint
$700
$2400
nine pages
60 x 40 inches - Scroll - 2011 - Clayprint
meadow
60 x 40 inches - Scroll - 2014 - Clayprint
$2400
$850
night window
25 x 32 inches - Gallery Wrap - 2005 - Clayprint
patch
23 x 23 inches - Gallery Wrap - 2007 - Clayprint
$600
$600
weathered
23 x 23 inches - Gallery Wrap - 2007 - Clayprint
wagon wheel
16 x 20 inches - Framed - 2005 - Clayprint
$650
SOLD
seven doors
40 x 60 inches - Scroll - 2016 - Clayprint