Yay! This colorful abstract watercolor on yupo titled "First Fragrances of Spring" found a new home today. It's on display at the Oasis Art Gallery in Bethesda, MD. My painting is inspired by a line out of a poem by Mary Oliver. I love words and let them be my inspiration for visual explorations in colors, shapes, and textures. If you are interested, I am happy to share other artworks in my poetry series. Thank you all for your kind support!

​Yay, my productivity has paid off and now the online shop is updated with several new colorful RADOST scarves. They are all made in the United States and can be washed. Each has a name and comes with a short story of inspiration. Hop over to the shop and grab one for yourself or a loved one. 

Thanks to all who came to ArtRave DC on Sunday, February 16. I enjoyed this fun event at such a cool venue! Formed trolley station turned into an artist/craft market! My RADOST scarves and abstract paintings found new homes. I had lovely conversations with my customers and I enjoyed the colorful art on the walls. 

A wonderful time was had by all in today's art workshop at Oasis in Bethesda, MD. Great group. We learned about abstract art with focus on portraits and then created unique once through the exploration of our five senses. Medium? Watercolor on paper. Everyone is unique. 

Such a fun day today filled with two art classes. In the morning, I taught a workshop at VisArts called "Abstract Watercolor: Sisterhood & Community" and in the afternoon I taught a class at Kensington Park Retirement Living. Scroll through to see what a lovely experience everybody had. At VisArts in Rockville, I had a nice group of people eager to explore collage through the concepts of community capturing important relationship in their lives. Here is what one of my students said about the class, "I enjoyed the class. Martina was engaging, helped when needed, and encouraged us to put our words and thoughts on paper through watercolor. I would definitely take another of her classes."

In the afternoon, we used watercolor to create a colorful still life inspired by a painting by Paul Cezanne. Delightful mixing of colors, shapes, and textures. Each attendee ended up with a completely unique interpretation of the inspiration. Already looking forward to the next workshop! 

What a pleasure to be invited to give a talk about my creative process at the Adah Rose Gallery in Kensington, MD! Adah Rose welcomed me, Elzbieta Sikorska, and Maremi Andreozzi to share insights on inspiration and process. Great turnout! Great questions from the attendees. I am honored. 

Thanks to all who came to today's Art Market at Dupont Underground. What a fun event right under Dupont Circle! About 40 vendors from all walks of arts and crafts. Tons of visitors all having a nice time. I showcased my RADOST scarves and abstract watercolors on yupo. So many interesting conversations; people recognizing my work ... I am humbled and already looking forward to new experiences this year may bring. 

Another day, another art workshop. So much fun today in a class during which we played with watercolors and were inspired to create unique pieces of art. Claude Monet's landscape paintings were are starting point; from there all my students went their own fun ways in terms of colors, shapes, and textures. Such good times!

I love the sight of hands working and creating art. Lovely collage class at the Kensington Row Bookshop with wonderfully meaningful sharing of life stories. We talked about archetypes in literature and in our lives and created our own imagery: a new positive and encouraging archetype. Want to join in? Register for the February class here.