Caroline Martin | State of Mind

This framed original painting by Abstract Artist Caroline Martin was created using acrylic paint, mixed media and watercolour inks and is hand embellished with copper leaf accents on a premium cotton canvas. This piece is made up of two smaller sections cut from a single larger painted canvas.

Caroline describes painting State of Mind after “having had to take a break from painting for work. I missed it an unbelievable amount, making art is my absolute happy place, I love how the two paintings make one”.

Abstract Artist Caroline Martin draws influence from the natural forms that have surrounded her over the course of her life. From her childhood growing up in Botswana, the natural textures which emerge at the coast and fluid movement of water itself is a consistent theme in Caroline’s work.

Describing her approach as ‘intuitive’ painting for Caroline is an immersive sensory experience. She focuses intensely for lengthy periods of time whilst listening to music; letting the song carry her to a creative zone as she translates her experience of natural forms onto the blank canvas.

This sensory element comes across in the fluid movement of her broad brush strokes and her abrupt staccato watercolour ink splatters from which a sense of rhythm is derived. Extending this sensory immersion to the eyes of the viewer, Caroline’s use of bright white strokes layered behind bold black ones alongside the refined application of neon paint and copper leaf evoke visual intrigue. Texture is achieved through layering different consistencies of acrylic paint and watercolor based ink. Adding yet another layer of moving texture when it comes to her framed work, she chooses to use reflective glass.

Now calling East Sussex her home Caroline Martin regularly exhibits at art exhibitions across South East England and has built relationships with clients and collectors from Singapore to the Isle of White.

This original painting with hand finished copper leaf embellishments is framed in a custom made wooden tray frame and is available to view and collect at KATA Jewellery’s Royal Tunbridge Wells boutique.