The following biography, submitted October 2012, is from Suzanne Fredericq, widow of the artist.

Of his art, visual artist Eugene Martin has said: "There are opposing forces in all living things. My work reflects this and stirs up a contrast of emotions in the viewer… perception versus annoyance. There is the obvious and there is that which defies explanation. To the viewer who has reached that level of awareness, my work is no longer abstract, but very real". Martin's personal, often gently humorous works may incorporate whimsical allusions to animal and machine among areas of pure abstraction, but his art is difficult to classify.

Eugene J. Martin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1938, and afte...