Ginger Martinez

This year hasn't gone the way I had hoped with my art business. It started off strong with my shows and it was growing fast. But things happened with my job and some illegal activity, and it forced me to wait before my initial date of leaving due to moving away. That had forced me to go full time with my art. I can't say that it's been easy and that I have been making more money from my art than I'd like to make, and to be honest I have been struggling. But it has also taught me a lot about...

Before I started painting.. I was a big collector of finding art at thrift stores. Ive always enjoyed having unique art on my walls. It wasnt until I started meeting real life artists was when I started collecting myself. To me, collecting art is about a feeling. What does that painting make you feel? Is it more about the artist than the art? For me personally it absoulutly is. I find that when I can connect with the artist.. I instanstly need to have a piece of their work. Abstract art for...

As a young girl I had a very hard time loving myself. A very hard time being around boys..fitting in. I was always told to smile more because my face looked angry all the time. I was constantly trying my best to look good and dress a certain way to impress anyone who would look. And even in my young adult life i was always dieting, always worried about the way I looked. I often let men take advantage of me to feel worthy, hoping they would love me for all that I did for them.Drowning myself...