Mekenzie Martin

I am MeKenzie Martin, a deaf artist from America now based in Zeeland, Netherlands. I worked in other media, including digital art for book covers, cards, and film concepts. Last several years I have shifted my focus to oil painting.

As artist, I aim to explore questions like “What can we experience?” and “What possibilities do we have?” by using bold colors, light and shadow, and abstract shapes. I link colors and tones to rhythms like music and see them as harmonies that mirror nature’s changes: dusk fading, autumn’s gold turning gray toward winter and capture the magical moment that's fleeting.

I’m inspired by Rembrandt’s use of light and color but paint in a looser, more impressionistic way. I don’t copy the past; I learn from it. As Rembrandt advised, I follow one master, nature, guided by the quiet rhythms around me, like tides and wind through fields.