Martha Kumari Meagher

An investigation of life's seeming intricacies, rendered on large-scale canvases with layers of paint, to stimulate the impression of a song being performed on canvas. A song you might compose when you feel fortunate to be walking on a puddle-filled path or holding the hand of your loved one.
These are portraits of landscapes where I've walked, lived, and loved. They are intended to draw you in, to entice you to stare for a while, caught up in the complexities, until you become aware of your heartbeat and breath, and are gradually guided to a sense of spaciousness, a sensation that everything is fine right now.
My immersive travels have taken me to almost twenty countries. Art is my bridge to connecting with people, a way of sharing my enthusiasm for being able to be a part of this contemporary landscape. Influenced by materials, colors, and the environment around me, I am constantly experimenting, and sharing with the communities I encounter.
I then bundle up these stories of experiences, and paintings and drawings and return to America to share anew.
Love heals and flowers are courageous. I welcome the heart image as a way to reference my methodology, and as such, the hearts and flowers take a prominent...

Born and raised in Wyandotte and
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA. I completed
a BA (hons) from Kalamazoo College, and,
after regaining my sight, studied painting,
printmaking, and drawing at University of
California, Santa Cruz. Sculpture and
painting at San Jose State University, California.
I have worked with the Zen Master and
landscape painter Hiroshi Tagami in Hawaii,
and stone and wood sculptor JJJannu in
Taiwan, Macau, and China.

Solo:
2019 Shridde Gallery, Grosse Point, Mi USA
2018 Featured artist Blue Sparrow Gallery Grosse Pointe, Mi USA
2017 National Center Performing Arts, Mumbai, India
2017 Tilting Art Gallery, Pune, India
2016 Malaka Spice, Panjiim, Goa
2016 Model Art Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI USA
2012 IRMT, Nagar, Himachel Pradesh
2010 Safed Hotel, Israel
2007-2009 10 Exhibitions Pyramid Gallery, Pune, india
2006 IRMT, nagar, Himachel Pradesh, India
Group:
2019 Tilting Art Gallery, Pune India
2009 Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, India
2007 Art Today Gallery, Pune, India