My father, Bob Martin (more appropriately known as Auntie Carrie’s nephew) is an excellent painter. I’ve grown up watching him paint and over the years, I have made attempts to approach my own paintings in a similar way. Long story short, it never happened. He’s trained. I am not. He is patient. I’m far from [...]

Dad just sent me this link to James Frey’s blog. One of Dad’s paintings are on his site for Mother’s Day. Life is so deliciously random. PS. If you haven’t already (shame on you!) look at some of Dad’s other paintings online.

Blurb. Blurb. Blurb. See how easy that was? I sent out an email recently called “Let’s Be Selfish” asking my friends to consider supporting self-published, self-distribution or self-promoting artists for the holidays. It was a fun email to create, I found the title “Selfish for the Holidays” entertaining (and really all I want in life [...]

This is so exciting. My dad, Bob Martin, is an incredible artist/painter and just published his first book of some of his portraits called, “People I Know”. Some of the pieces in the book can be seen on his website. I want everyone to rush out (ok – actually – you can buy it online) [...]