Martin Stone

Born in 1963, in Cardiff, Wales. Lives in West Cork ROI

Artist’s Statement
My aim is simple: to create great art. In pursuit of this goal I strive to capture aspects of the life, landscape and people of West Cork and the West of Ireland.

My work has been exhibited widely, including solo & group exhibitions, residencies and commissions, internationally. My solo exhibitions include venues in the UK, Ireland, Europe, USA and Australia.

My work is characterized by sensitive handling of figurative subject matter with a fusion of expressionist and impressionist colour, standpoint and painterly qualities; primarily I am an intuitive, figurative painter.

I use rapid brush and knife work to capture the essence of the subject and it is very important to me that the work looks beautiful. I have a boundless love of nature and a fascination for light. Living amid rugged and wild scenery, I strive to recreate the experience of the life, people and landscape of the west of Ireland.

I value the importance of passion, intuition and spontaneity, which I temper with discipline.

My work reflects the passions in my life, the landscape, portraiture and the painting of people, “the human situation.” Many of my paintings can be read as caught in a kind of monumental intimacy with daily activities and interaction with others, people working, making music or just going about their daily lives.

Great paintings of the past fascinate me. I’m intrigued by the techniques that artists employed and the subjects they chose. I think it is so important to learn from great art. I am influenced by a diverse range of artists such as Turner, the Impressionists, American expressionist painters, realist painters and the Euston Road School of the 1940’s and 1950’s. “In a world of racket and clamour my work strives to show the quiet, still moments that speak to us all.”

Education
Chelsea College of Arts, Masters Fine Arts Degree 1993?
University of Glamorgan, Post Graduate Masters Diploma?

Birmingham College of Art BA Hons 1985, 1988?
Cardiff College of Art, Fine Arts Foundation Diploma 1984

Exhibitions2013 The Moreton Gallery Gloucestershire
2013 The Purcell Gallery Kenmare
2012 The Doorway Gallery Dublin
2011 ,12, 13 Affordable Art Fair London
2012 The Source Art Fair RDS Dublin
2012 The West Cork Craft Gallery Skibbereen
2011 The Doorway Gallery Dublin
2010 Daffodil Art Gallery , Skerries , Co.Dublin?
2010 Solart Gallery Dublin / Co. Fermanagh?
2010 Gallery Below West Cork?2009 EMC Gallery Cyprus (East Mediterranean Culture)?
2009 Joan Clancy Gallery Waterford Dungarvan?
2009 The K Gallery Cork?
2008 The Greenlane Gallery Dingle Co Kerry?
2008 The Vault Gallery Adare Co Limerick?
2008 The Private Collectors Gallery Innishannon?
2008 The Lavit Gallery Cork(Group show)?
2008 The Kooywood Gallery Cardiff
2008 The Kinsale Gallery?
2008 West Cork Arts Centre Skibbereen (Group show)?
2008 Enchanted Gallery, Skibbereen,?
2008 The Bad Art Gallery Dublin (Group show)?
2007 The gate gallery Skibbereen / Kenmare (solo show)?
2007 The Private Collectors Gallery Innishannon?
2007 The Hunt gallery Limerick (Group show)?
2006 Leinster Gallery (group show)?
2006 The gate gallery Skibbereen / Kenmare (solo show)?
2006 Solomon Gallery Dublin?
2005 Solomon Gallery Dublin
?2005 Cork European Capital of Culture, Cork, Ireland

Private Collections England, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia
Katherine Lynch (Television Personality / Comedian)
?OPW, Office of Public Works Dublin
?OPW, Office of Public Works Cork? University Of Limerick Art Collection?
University of Limerick Medical Art Collection?
National Museum Wales?
The British Council? Dupont Inc.

Toronto?Pfizer?Wella Trust?
O’Leary Insurances LTD?
Liam O’Donovan & Co, Solicitors


Source:
Website of Green Lane Gallery, Mar. 2019