The Island

"'The Island' is a painting on metal by Nature which I selected to preserve as part of my 'Nature Painting – Weathered Metals' series. These paintings make use of inorganic materials that are vulnerable to the touch and the physical processes in the elements, as so they are in their place in nature. Every action creates a reaction. All these works confront the ephemerality of life. The paintings are delicate, but there is beauty and strength in that fragility, just as there is beauty, strength, and fragility in our existence with Nature."

Martin's work examines natural and man-made materials as she makes connections between art and science, creating series of artworks that emphasize color and process in Nature's physical systems and respond to man's existence with Nature. Inspired by patterns, color, oxidation, life, and decay in physical, geological, and biological fields of scientific study and observation, she focuses on the material aspects of these events and how best to convey this beauty to the viewer.