Martha Farish
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Martha Farish

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Intention

When I paint, I set out with intention but I am always surprised when things arise that I wasn’t expecting. This is what I love most about painting. I must constantly shift the way I think and, inevitably, I end up abandoning what I set out to do and go with what I am given.

Beauty

The only way I can come close to matching the beauty that is all around me is in the realm of abstraction. Trying to capture an exact representation of whatever thing of beauty I am in awe of feels futile, almost disrespectful to what I am looking at. There’s no way I will match it’s beauty, but I can occasionally collaborate with it.

Collaboration

Summer of 2022 was a profound time to share art with others, to be able to gather and experience something beautiful and meaningful and profound together. The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival and I, with the help of HALO*, projected five of my paintings to accompany world class musicians playing some of the most evocative chamber music on the planet. The photo below captures one of those concert moments.

 

LATEST

In The Studio

A glimpse into Martha's studio
Origins
Origins

This was one of the first paintings I ever made. It’s part of the 360 degree abstracts, and can be turned in any direction for the viewer to find their own meaning.

Inspiration
Inspiration

Chairs, with their perfect combination of aesthetic beauty, functionality and craftsmanship have been popping up in my paintings of late.

Work in progress
Work in progress

For the last year, I’ve been working on multiple paintings that will be featured in the new Water’s Edge suites at Outlook Inn.

 

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Paint + Canvas

The beauty and the pain of it is that all painters work with paints, brush and canvas, using virtually the same materials as painters who came before us and those who will come after us. Yet the mystery (emotions, senses, imagination) and formal challenges (line, form, shape, craft) endure across time. There is no getting to the bottom of it, there is no finish line. I don’t think painters would have it any other way.