The Commedia pictures update the seventeenth and eighteenth century tradition of the Italian-French Commedia del Arte theater. They are about fun, humor and just the joy of being alive. And sometimes too, the bittersweet transience of life.
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For the last several years Martin has been completing a vast cycle of large scale oil paintings and related paper works. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Martin’s paintings and drawings are represented in many private collections as well as the National Gallery of Canada and the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, Belgium [ more ]