Ginger Martinez

I created this painting in the spring of last year, and I feel it didn't receive the attention it deserved. After selling a similar large painting to some wonderful acquaintances, I wanted to craft something similar—something smaller yet still impactful. I love incorporating molding paste into much of my work, so I decided to begin another piece. Mystic light is situated in the Puget Sound, a more tranquil version of the ocean. The waters are cooler, blending fresh water with ocean water,...

It's been a while since I've had the chance to complete a large-scale painting. I've been so caught up with moving and life that I haven't made time for creating. However, I just finished a painting that I'm really excited about. The story is somewhat amusing. I recently went viral online, which attracted a lot of random followers interested in my work. I received strange commission requests, some of which I was actually keen to pursue, but none materialized because nobody could afford them....

There was a painting on my easel that started as something else entirely I laid down the first brush strokes trying to make something pretty. Soft blues, a gentle gradient. the kind of piece that photographs well. But somewhere in the second layer, it stopped listening to me. The color I reached for wasn't calm...it was raw. I wanted to push through not soothe. That's the moment Ive come to recognize. The moment a painting stops performing and starts telling the truth. If i had to distill...