ARTISTS STATEMENT

“My works are a challenge to me on many levels. I seek a balance between organic formation and a painterly construct. I feel the piece is successful if it is unclear whether my work was formed from heat, air, water, or a painted expression. To find a natural sense of existence is my intention. Void of overt narrative or implied suggestions, I want the atmosphere around my work to vibrate with energy and balance.

Organic Expressionism is a concise way to describe my process. I start with a clear acrylic panel and apply heat, wind, water, brush, and pigment in reverse order to create my paintings. In reverse glass painting, the artist works from the foreground to the background, the initial strokes being the most imperative and the final being of very little consequence, the inverse of a canvas.

By engaging forms of interlaced ovals, linear movements, arcs, and fields of color, I seek to produce a unique visual expression in each painting. As a botanist who crosses variant orchids to create a beautiful new strain, I fuse various applications and forms to evolve my paintings. Ultimately, I paint to build a strong aesthetically engaging presence that evokes a calm excitement of natural beauty.”

— Chris Martin