Ginger Martinez

When I first began painting, I didn't have a clear vision of what I wanted to create. I experimented and explored what I could do with the skills I already possessed. I had been drawing with pencils and coloring since I was a little girl, and I incorporated much of that expertise into my painting. I used the emotions I was experiencing at the time to express my feelings on canvas. Many of my earlier works featured darker images, abstract faces, and sad women. It was all part of the process....

I'm shifting. Shifting my marketing, shifting my location, shifting the way I see my art. My mind is scrambled most of the time, and I haven't got a clear focus on what and who I need to be It's not easy when my online sales don't do too well. I'm usually not a negative Nancy when it comes to art sales because I know there are ups and downs with it all but trying to find the right collector online hasn't been easy for me. My sales come mostly from people in person who love me as a person, who...

When I painted Exit , I had just started therapy. My husband had just bought me the painting materials I needed — canvases, brushes, palette knives, acrylics — and I had begun experimenting with smaller abstract pieces in my little basement corner that I call my sanctuary of color. I had painted before this.I had created another abstract piece.But this one was different. This was the first painting that held a part of my childhood trauma. At the time, I was struggling heavily with anxiety....