Martin Stone

born in 1963, in Cardiff Wales. He moved to Ireland in 2004.Artists Statement: I began painting in school and had my first professional commission at 15. For many years I made a living as a mural painter and working as a public artist. My work is characterized by sensitive handling of figurative subject matter with expressionist qualities of colour, viewpoints and painterly qualities; primarily I am an intuitive painter. I value the importance of passion, intuition and spontaneity, which I temper with discipline. My work reflects the passions in my life, my family, the landscape, portraiture and the painting of the figure, particularly the nude, which I regularly feature in my work. Many of my figures can be read as caught in a kind of monumental stillness, a solitary woman on a bed, figure on a beach, young people sleeping. I am influenced by a diverse range of artists such as, Edward Hopper, Turner, the Impressionists as well as the American expressionist painters, John Skelton and the Euston Road School of the 1940s and 1950s. In a world of racket and clamour my work strives to show the quiet, still moments that speak to us all.

Educated At:Chelsea College of Arts, Masters Degree Birmingham College of Art BA Hons Cardiff College of Art, Fine Arts Foundation Diploma University of Glamorgan, Post Graduate Masters Diploma ,

Doorway Gallery Dublin 2011
Future Shows: 2010 Daffodil Art Gallery , Skerries , Co.Dublin , 2010 Solart Gallery dublin / Co. Fermanagh2010 Gallery Below West Cork2009 EMC Gallery Cyprus (East Mediterranean Culture)2009 Joan Clancy Gallery Waterford Dungarvan2009 the k Gallery Cork2008 The Greenlane Gallery Dingle Co Kerry2008 The Vault Gallery Adare Co Limerick 2008 The Private Collectors Gallery Innishannon2008 The Lavit Gallery Cork(Group show)2008 The Kooywood Gallery Cardiff(Group show)2008 The Kinsale Gallery2008 West Cork Arts Centre Skibbereen (Group show)2008 Enchanted Gallery, Skibbereen, 2008 The Bad Art Gallery Dublin (Group show)2007 the gate gallery skibbereen / kenmare (solo show)2007 The Private Collectors Gallery Innishannon2007 The Hunt gallery Limerick (Group show)2006 Leinster Gallery (group show)2006 the gate gallery skibbereen / kenmare (solo show)2006 Solomon Gallery Dublin 2005 Solomon Gallery Dublin 2005