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Martina turns people's precious photos to life and into new, full of life works of art.

Born in Holland, Martina immigrated to Canada at the age of 6. It was at age 14 that she first put her hand to painting. She delved from oils to acrylics and finally landed on the endeared medium of water color. Taught and motivated by heart, Martina's style evolved. Her paintings said to be 'very nurturing and emotive bring out love, passion and tenderness.'

Her own love for children & the beauty in the simplicity of family shines through. For commission works Martina's aim is to 'use' photo resources that carry the same flavour of signature moments that continue to give her motivation to produce quality work.

She is enthusiastic of photography with strong interplay of light and shadow and works from both black & white or color resources. Martina's art works have primarily been (but not limited to) the arena of love and family where she feels the strongest pull in her desire to paint. She is selective in her commission works since she considers passion key in producing transparent & intimate paintings that emanate life & evoke emotion. Not the typical sit-on-a-chair portraiture, but capturing the essence of spontaneous moments that can often be the most simplistic in nature. 'A very talented and gifted artist remarked to me that he finally figured it out. " YOU PAINT WITH SUNSHINE! " Yes, that is what I do :)

Martina's 'IN TRAINING' one of 70 Top Choice CANADIAN ARTWORKS ~ adjudicated into a WINTER EXHIBITION IN QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. Ran from Feb. 10- Mar. 28th/10

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