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Doug Martin picked up a paint brush for the first time in the summer of 2003, and hasn't looked back since.

After nearly 30 years as a fine art photographer, the transition to this new medium is difficult, but rewarding. "I can't believe it took me this long to try my hand at painting, but now I'm completely hooked!" After working with all the technological aspects of photography for so many years Doug appreciates "the direct and organic connection the brush gives me in my painting". His passion and obsession for painting has taken on a new intensity of discovery long since lost in his photography.

Doug studies his love of oil painting at the Art Students League of Denver, where he has the good fortune to study with Mark Daily, Ron Hicks, Kevin Weckbach, Doug Dawson and Kim English. His most consistent artistic insight and critique comes from frequent and invaluable discussions with his friend and mentor Dan Beck. He has participated in plein air painting workshops with Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith, Tim Deibler and Ken Backhaus. Studying with these accomplished artists is helping Doug develop his skills and his own personal style.

Doug's paintings are his attempts to express his own reactions to the intensity, subtlety and wonders of our amazing world. "If I can bring enough of the "feeling" of a place to my viewers they can, in their mind, fill in those details that impressionistic painting leaves open to individual interpretation. And it's just those details that personalize a piece of art and allow each viewer to participate in "finishing" the piece thus making their experience with the painting unique."

When Doug isn't wandering around the country on painting trips in his "home away from home" he lives with his wife and son in Centennial, Colorado.
Doug Martin Signature Member

Artist Statement

I've traveled a long convoluted path to find a way to an easel. I began painting at the age of fifty one and have taken to it like a duck to water. All my past endeavors seem to have helped in reducing the stress of the steep learning curve required to paint acceptably well. I was growing as an artist long before I picked up a paint brush and now that the flood gates are open, it's flowing out of me. Sometimes it's beautiful...sometimes ugly...but always an uncontrollable need to paint. Always I know I can get better and I'll do what's necessary to make that happen. I know I'll do this for the rest of my life and will never have it completely figured out. I love that open ended challenge and the fact that with work and study I can improve as an artist. So, there's my future...study and work and the daily rewards that they bring. And occasionally, an acceptable piece of artwork.
After the Harvest
Oil
10x20
Carmel Valley Morning
Oil
9x12
Aliso Beach, Laguna
Oil
8x16
San Simeon Morning
Oil
14x11
Sprague Study
Oil
8x6
Shady Cove, Montana
Oil
9x12
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7359 South Kit Carson Street,
Centennial. CO 80122
A WORLDWIDE Plein Air Painting Organization

International Plein Air Painters Worldwide Organization
Est. 10/19/01
Doug Martin, Plein Air Painter
Awards
  
   “Lines into Shapes” 2007  Estes Park, CO  Mayor’s Choice Award
   “Central Coast National Fine Art Competition 2007”  2nd Place  Susan Hillhouse juror
   “Laguna Plein Air Painters Members Show 2006”  First Place Tyler Stallings juror
   Oil Painters of America’s  Shirl Smithson Memorial Scholarship 2006
   “Tucson Plein Air 2006”  Third place  Ray Roberts juror
   Signature Member Status 2006   International Plein Air Painters
   “Central Coast National Fine Art Competition 2006”  Honorable Mention  John Burton juror
   NCAA 15th Annual National Juried Exhibition 2006  Merchandise Award  Dean Sobel juror
   Oil Painters of America’s  Shirl Smithson Memorial Scholarship 2007
   Arizona State Parks 50th Anniv. Oracle Park Plein Air Paint Out 2007    First Place
   Honorable Mention Oils   Gilpin County Arts Assoc.   June 2007
   Artist Member Status 2007  Rocky Mountain Plein Air Paintiers
   Artist Member Status 2007  Tucson Plein Air Paintiers
   
Publications

   Magazines
   “Artist to Watch”  Southwest Art Magazine  October 2006
  
   Books
   “Plein Air New Mexico”  Jack Richeson Fine Art Series Volume 1
   “Landscapes of Colorado”  Fresco Fine Art Publications
   American Art Collector  2005 Northern States Edition
   American Art Collector  2006 Northern States Edition

Memberships

   Oil Painters of America
   American Impressionist Society
   Society of Master Impressionists
   Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
   Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
   Tucson Plein Air Painters Society
   International Plein Air Painters
   Plein Air New Mexico
   National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters
   Southern California Plein Air Painters
   Landscape Artists International


Galleries

   Breckenridge Art Gallery   PO Box 650   Breckenridge,  CO 80424
    Germanton Gallery  3530 Highway 8 & 65   Germanton,  NC 27019


Museum Shows

   2007   
   Gilcrease Art Museum   “American Art in Miniature 2007”  November 2007
   Laguna Art Museum   “Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational 2007”  October 2007
   Coos Art Museum   “14th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit”   August 2007
   Karpeles Museum   “Far and Near Horizons”  IPAP World Tour   June 2007
   Museum of the Southwest  “Midland Art Association 2007”   March 2007
   Laguna Art Museum   “Stimulus”   February 2007


   2006
   Laguna Art Museum   “Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational 2006”  October 2006
   Gilcrease Art Museum   “American Art in Miniature 2006”  October 2006
   Coos Art Museum   “13th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit”  July 2006
   Coos Art Museum   “Expressions West 2006”  June 2006


   2005
   Coos Art Museum   “12th Annual Maritime Art Exhibit”   August 2005


   Gallery Shows

   2009
   Southwest Gallery  Dallas, TX   “Nomadas Del Arte”  March 2009

   2008
   Estes Park Art Center Gallery  “Far and Near Horizons”  IPAP World Tour  August 2008
   Sage Creek Gallery of Sante Fe  “Nomadas Del Arte”  March 2008
   Arizona State Parks   “50th Anniversary Celebration”  January 2008

   2007
   Now Art Space Gallery  “One Person Show”  December 2007
   Planet Bronze Art Gallery  “Small Wonders”  December 2007
   Germanton Gallery   “15th Annual Southeast Invitational Miniatures”    December 2007
   Gallery 1261  “Le Jeune Salon”   November 2007
   “San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival 2007”  October 2007
   Oil Painters of America   “2007 Central Regional Juried Exhibition”    October 2007
   Art Center of Estes Park  “Lines into Shapes”   September 2007
   St. Augustine Gallery  “Far and Near Horizons”  IPAP World Tour  September 2007
   Planet Bluegrass “Renaissance of Local”  September 2007
   Robischon Gallery  “The Colorado Landscape”   August 2007
   Plein Air New Mexico  “3rd Annual Members Show”  August 2007
   Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters  “2007 Invitational  Winter Park CO”   August 2007
   Fourth Annual  “Central Coast National Fine Art Competition”  August 2007
   Art Students League of Denver  “Impact: 20 Years”   August 2007
   Curtis Arts and Humanities Center  “24th Annual All Colorado Show”  June 2007
   Art Students League of Denver  “Summer Art Market”   June 2007
   Gilpin County Arts Assoc.  “26th Annual Juried Show”   June 2007
   Art Center of the Ozarks  “For Pets Sake”   June 2007
   Society of Master Impressionists  “International 2007 Exhibition”  June 2007
   SoCalPAPA  “Mission San Juan de Capistrano Barracks Show”  May 2007
   Emerald Art Center  “National Juried Spring Exhibition”   May 2007
   Northern Colorado Artists Assoc.  16th National Art Exhibition and Sale”  April 2007
   Tucson Plein Air Painters Society  “Plein Air Tucson 2007”   April 2007
   Art Students League of Denver  “Mini March Madness”   March 2007

  
   2006   
   Planet Bronze Art Gallery  “Small Wonders”  December 2006
   Germanton Gallery   “14th Annual Southeast Invitational Miniatures”    December 2006
   Scottsdale Artists School  “The Best and the Brightest”  November 2006
   Pinon Fine Art   Gallery Artists Group Show  “Let It Snow”  November 2006
   “San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival 2006”  October 2006
   “Arts for the Parks”  September 2006
   Clifton TX  “21st Annual Conservatory Art Classic”  September 2006
   Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters  “2006 Invitational”  Winter Park August 2006
   “Estes Park Plein Air 2006”  Estes Park August 2006
   Third Annual  “Central Coast National Fine Art Competition”  July 2006
   Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters  “2006 Signature Members Show”  Steamboat July 2006
   “Paint Historic Manitou and Pikes Peak”  LIW Cargo Gallery  July 2006
   Gilpin County Arts Assoc.  “25th Annual Juried Show”   June 2006
   Society of Master Impressionists  “Inagural International Exhibition 2006”  June 2006
   Curtis Arts and Humanities Center  “23rd Annual All Colorado Show”  June 2006
   SoCalPAPA  “Mission San Juan de Capistrano Barracks Show”  May 2006
   Oil Painters of America  “2006 15th Annual National Juried Exhibition” May 2006
   “Carmel Arts Festival 2006”    May 2006
   “Laguna Plein Air Painters Members Show”    May 2006
   Northern Colorado Artists Assoc.  15th National Art Exhibition and Sale”  April 2006
   Tucson Plein Air Painters Society  “Plein Air Tucson 2006”   April 2006
   Pinon Fine Art   “Gallery Artists Group Show”  April 2006
   Ironstone Vineyards  “Spring Obsession 2006”   April 2006
   Hospice of Metro Denver  “The Mask Project”   March 2006
   Laguna Plein Air Painters   “Second Annual Best of Plein Air”    March 2006
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