Eddie Martinez’s canvases are formed from oil paint, enamel, spray paint, screen printing and studio detritus, works loaded with coloured, quasi-abstract masses.
He’s on exhibition in Cowboy Town at Timothy Taylor in New York. The gallery says these recent paintings are “raw, pared back, exposed. . . . And while the palette is typical Martinez – strong blues, yellows, reds – the underlying tone is sinister.”
American Native, 2015 – Saatchi Gallery
Martinez first began “doodling” while house painting as a youth. The images and motifs in his paintings often come from popular culture, and have included cartoon-like ducks, skulls, and clowns.
Eddie Martinez page, Timothy Taylor here.
Martinez on Artsy, here.
At Mitchell-Innes & Nash galleries, here.
Categories: Mixed Media
Canadian Art Junkie 
Great stuff, the dynamics of it caught my eyes immediately.
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Chaotic and beautiful. I can see mild tones of sadness amidst the bright colors. Well hidden emotion.
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Very astute. Glad you enjoyed it.
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I like this art! I have to peer at it more to get the sinister undertone. “raw, pared back, exposed” that I totally see, and love!
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Yep, guess the thing is he’s stopped using so much “junk,” like cig butts and scraps from the studio, directly on the works. I tried to find a few that were in public domain, or linkable back to the source, but they seem to be in short supply. Go to the Artsy link if you like – a fair bit of his older stuff there.
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