America Martin '98

ARTIST STATEMENT

America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a painter and sculptor. The magnetic pull of America's work is authentic, generated by both her ability to express a unique gesture that speaks to a universal truth (thus, we recognize it instantly) and her exceptional skill at rendering that truth via the human form. She pulls from the stylistic lessons of the classics and their derivations in indigenous subject matter, while redefining what it is to combine abstract and indigenous motifs.

America's art and personality encapsulate a sense of enthusiasm and hope. While born in the U.S., the roots of America's Columbian heritage deeply penetrate her work. People are her dominant subject. They are large in size, vivacious and accessible, and seem to burst out of the limits of each canvas or sculpture. Within this pulsating interplay of color, texture, line and shapes, there is always America's signature expression that identifies each work as America Martin.

"Life is a joy and a quick in the shins . One of the few things that make life tolerable is art: art of all kinds, art that is good people, art that is music, art that is writing, art that is for the visual."