Anna Martin

Anna is mostly described as an expressionist painter. She derives her influence from the language and vibrancy of the impressionists and abstract expressionists. At times drawn to more abstract compositions with a mute colour palette and at others boldly expressing discordant colour harmonies. She is very influenced by music and as a pianist she says of her work. ‘ My art is a vehicle to transform the world into dazzling colour and rhythm and offers a lens through which the world is viewed as a myriad of colour and instant emotion .” She works unconsciously to allow gestural movements and rhythm to guide her painting. Music and movement fuse to direct the rhythm of her brushwork in a rapid momentum to create and evoke a sense of place in her art. Her colour harmonies like music resonate at a deeper level and carry a momentum regardless of the subject. Her semi abstract paintings provoke an emotional experience rather than carrying a narrative. For Anna art is transformational and with her background of applied psychology Anna uses art as a form of mindfulness which activates new neural pathways both in the painter and the viewer. She also likes to capture movement and convey this energy through subjects such as horses or dancers an...

EDUCATION 1987 - 88 Foundation Course, Chelsea School of Art, London1988 - 89 BA (1st Year) London College of Printing, London1989 - 92 BA Parsons School of Design, New York2000 - 2004 NLP Master Practition and other applied NLP Courses, nlpacademy.co.uk, London 2002 - 2003 NLP Certification Series, The Heros Journey, Vision Into Action, London2005 - Abstract Art Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester2005 - 2006, Summer Painting Workshop by Marcos Amoros, Murcia2006 - Level 1 Certificate Adult Education, Kensington & Chelsea College2006 - International NLP Coaching Certification, Dr JohnGrinder & Carmen Bostic St. Clair, BarcelonaPAST EXHIBITIONSISBOURNE FOUNDATION 2005Solo exhibition of landscapes and figurative art. SPANISH LANDSCAPES AND DANCERSAzul Group of Artists Gallery, Murcia, 2007 - present Spain.Ongoing exhibition of work for sale. AN INDULGENCE TO YOUR SENSES, The Gardens Gallery,The Proscenium Building, Montpellier Gardens, Montpellier, Cheltenham21st - 26th February 2008.Anna Martin, Eileen Dunlop, Mireille Gourbin are exhibiting their work to cover among other subjects the theme of water. 10% of the sales will be donated to www.wateraid.org. ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES Ongoing exhibition of work for sale. Rivers Gallery, Nailswor...

Exhibitions

Online exhibition hosted by Galeria Azur featured in Artsy and Artsper online art platfoms, 2022-2023

Urban and Rural Landscapes and the surroundings, Madrid City Centre- 2023

Urban and Rural Landscapes and the surroundings, Torrelodones - 2022

Brian Cosby Fine Art - Cheltenham - 2013

Chelsea Library, London - Joint Exhibition - 2013

Brent Artists Resource, London, - 2010

Brent Artists Resource, London, - 2009

Cultural Centre in Frigiliana, 2011

Spitalfields, London, - 2010

Open studios, Cheltenham - 2010

Hadfield Fine Art, Andoversford - 2009

Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham - 2008

Spitalfields Arts Market - 2008

Mural design of entire interior of a Yemen Middle Eastern Restaurant Liverpool - 2008

Rivers Gallery, Nailsworth,

Isbourne Centre, cheltenham, 2006



Ongoing Exhibitions

Galeria Azur, Artsy, Artsper

https://galeriaazur.art/artist/anne-marie-martin/

Various locations in Spain,

Hotel Ribera, San Javier, Murcia,

Casa Bouganvillea, San Jose, Almeria