Pat Martin

Biography

Pat Martin, abstract painter, educator, and curator, born in Los Angeles, California, has made the Delaware Valley her home for over the past 40 years.

Pat attended Pasadena City College, UCLA and the Otis Art Institue in Los Angeles. She recieved her B.A. in art and a teacher’s credential from the California State University at L.A. in 1961. Workshops in printmaking and encaustic have enhanced her process.

Teaching has been a constant in Pat’s life. She is now teaching experimental painting techniques at The James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA and at The Arts in Stockton, NJ.  She has curated shows at the Bargeron Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA, and the Riverrun Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. She frequently lectures on modern art and her life in art.

Her education includes:

Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, 1952-1954
University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1954-1955
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, 1955-1957
California State University, Los Angeles, California, BFA, 1961;
Teacher’s Credential, 1966

Artist’s Statement

“In the beginning stages of painting I work as freely as possible – brainstorming on a visual level. I paint as I once did as an Abstract Expressionist; I may pour paint, use gestural drawing, or move paint around with tools other than brushes. I give myself the freedom to pursue impulses. I do not have a plan for the creation that will eventually emerge. The canvas becomes a field of ideas, a panorama of visual imagery. I draw excitement from the potential of the many passages. Many visual ideas are explored during the process. Most of them will be buried in the later revision but a segment or suggestion remains. It is a give and take process. the painting changes radically as it develops in its many layers.

Gradually, the composition and statement distill into a finished work that. hopefully, has subtlety, power and resolution. I stop working when there is nothing more that I want to change. The content of the work is the result of my thoughts, feelings, and aesthetic judgement as the work progresses. By working in this way I feel I can arrive at solutions that are more original than if preconceived. ”

Pat Martin

Selected Art Exhibits:

James A Michner Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA
College of Marin, Marin County, CA
Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ
Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ
Foundation of Hellenic Culture, NYC, NY
Phillips Mill Art Exhibits, New Hope, PA
Gallery of Fine Arts, Newtown, PA
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1999 – Home of Marta Aizenman, Princeton, NJ
1997 – Ann Reid Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1991 – Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
1989 – Bargeron Gallery, Washington Crossing PA

Past Awards Include:

1999 – New Hope Chamber of Commerce Award for Outstanding Artist of the Year
1998 – Purchase Prize, James A Michener Museum, New Century Show, New Hope Arts Council, PA
1998 Patron Award for Painting, Phillips Association Exhibit, New Hope, PA
1993/96 – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1996 – Adolf and Ester Gottlieb Emergency Grant
1995 – New Hope Chamber of Commerce “Arty” Award for Outstanding Artist of the Year
1993 – First Prize for Painting, Artsbridge, Lambertville, NJ
1991 – First Prize for Painting, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ

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