Originating from Aix in Provence, France, Blandine Martin immigrated to London in 1988. She studied and worked as an interior designer and architect but finally opted in 2004 to devote herself exclusively to painting, her true vocation.

Influenced by architecture, a sense of drama and history, Blandine carved with an instinctive flair her canvases. The display is organic and instinctive. Finding the right balance between all the earthy textures and substances is a challenge she loves.

Blandine had her first successful, solo exhibition at Euroart studios in 2004 in London, the public declared the work “elegant and mysterious”; some other says “energetic and complete in itself” since then she has had many exhibitions in London and the UK but also now in New York with Reference Gallery and now permanently showing In France at “la p’tit galerie” St Yrieix, Limousin.

to find out more about blandine and her work visit: http://www.blandinemartin.com or http://www.myspace.com/blandine martin

Blandine told of us her passion:

I started sketching for myself in 1996, but these books remained closed until I exhibited a few prints at The Hype Gallery in Brick Lane. The response was great, so I decided that I should show more and do more, in fact over 15 paintings that year.

I can not explain the satisfaction that I get when I am working. Sometimes it's intense, very intense but also fun, lots of fun! It just makes me smile a lot...can't explain it... I don't suffer for my art!

I am currently designing posters for the Cherwell Theatre Company in stratford upon Avon.   

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