Laurel Martin

Painter

I’m fascinated by the beauty of the natural world and particularly of flowers. Flowers have it all; colour, shape, emotional significance, history and mystery! I paint in oil because after many years of exploring different media I found that I can convey energy and emotion most easily through colour and brushstrokes in oil.

Laurel Martin is a prolific painter both in her Uxbridge studio and outdoors, en plein air. Daily painting is an important part of her practice and she is up early every morning to paint a small 5 by 7 inch painting while enjoying her coffee. Larger paintings are worked on in the afternoon. If the weather is good she loves to paint outdoors. Her kayak is her favorite vantage point. As a child she loved to go to art galleries more than anything else in the world and assumed all children were like that. She was lucky enough to live in both England and France as well as Toronto and was able to see many different galleries as a child. The Impressionist and the Fauves were a huge influence. Laurel is a member of the Markham Group of Artists and The Artists’ Network. She has exhibited her her work in numerous juried shows and most recently at the Riverdale Art Walk, the Art Walk in the Square Don Mills and the Leslie Grove Gallery.