Martin McEwen
About Martin
Constructed urban environments; coastal wetlands and dry river gorges are inspiration for Martin McEwen’s exploration of landscape and its relationship to the individual.
In his works he represents the way one experiences ‘place’; the way it feels to be immersed in landscape and move between physical and imagined places. He expresses his own sensual, emotional and metaphysical responses to the environments in which he paints, communicating the experience through the textural quality of his works.
Paint is applied thickly and energetically, worked wet into wet until the surface is completely covered, then scraped and painted again until an image ‘in the one skin’ is liberated.
Martin McEwen is a Sydney based artist.
Exhibitions
- 2007 Martin McEwen & Robert Hawkins: Painting & Sculpture, Horus & Deloris Contemporary Art Space
- 2007 Streetscape: Featuring the Paintings of Martin McEwen, Gallery Adagio
- 2006 Recent Paintings, The Last Drop Café
- 2006 After the Winter: Sculptures by Adam Laerkesen; Paintings by Martin McEwen, Photographs by Wendy Shaw, Horus & Deloris Contemporary Art Space
- 2005 Mura Clay Artists of 2005, Mura Clay Gallery
- 2004 Mura Clay Artists of 2004, Mura Clay Gallery
- 2004 Focus on the Inner City, Mura Clay Gallery
Education
- 2001-2002 Painting I &Painting II, Fine Arts Meadowbank TAFE
- 1977 Diploma in Education Sydney University
- 1973-1976 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Mathematics & Education (Psych) Sydney University
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