AMERICA MARTIN “How It Came To Be” A Three person show at Carver Hill Gallery JULY 17 - AUGUST 17, 2025
Wishing Beads
Oil and acrylic on canvas
40” X 40” in.
(101.6 X 101.6 cm)
BRIAN REGO / AMERICA MARTIN / MEGAN MAGILL
CARVER HILL GALLERY
July 17 2025 - August 17 2025
Please join us for the Third Thursday in July for three new shows of work by Brian Rego, Megan Magill and America Martin. Rego and Magill are new to the gallery, and we are happy to show long time gallery artist America Martin with them. The show will open on July 17th from 5 - 7 pm with all of the artists in attendance. Refreshments will be served. Part of the street will be closed off for music, a food truck, children's activities and socializing. The show runs through August 17th. The gallery is open daily. - www.carverhillgallery.com
How It Came To Be
When I paint
I begin with bold blocks of color
This is very much the sculptor in me
I then come in with white lines
to re -capture the idea I was keen on & work out the composition
Sometimes these images shift and move
I discover a new angle / a new perspective while in the moment
I then come in with oil that I scratch into with the back of my paint brush
I paint in layers and want those layers to build upon one another
but also for ones eye to see how it came to be
I love sharing the way I get to a final image.
America Martin is a Colombian-American fine artist based in Maine and Los Angeles. America attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as a scholarship student and completed an eight-year apprenticeship with Professor Vernon Wilson of the Art Center College of Design in California. Her work is heavily rooted in the masters but is distinguishable as her own with a palpable positive spirit and recognizable human expression.
America’s Colombian heritage is obvious and alive in her work. Roberta Carasso, Ph.D (noted art writer and National lecturer on Pablo Picasso's Legacy for the 21st Century) says of America Martin, “Within her visual narratives are ties to an indigenous art originally formed from blending Hispanic, European, and African cultures. In particular, her lively scenarios are created with bold lines, striking combinations of color, and compositions that are generous in size and emotion. Martin’s people are larger than life, reminiscent of figures in murals of Latin heroes and heroines. Within her pulsating interplay of color, texture, line, and shapes, there is always Martin’s signature expression that identifies each work as America Martin.”
