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Women of the World - FIRST THREE AVAILABLE - new pieces available every month

Women of the World - FIRST THREE AVAILABLE - new pieces available every month

By Martina Munn

 

Original artworks

Acrylic on canvas board/board

Framed

Various sizes

Prices vary: £195 - £795 each

 

Martina Munn joined our artist team in 2024. She takes a wry and candid look at fashion and the female persona - always upbeat and full of fun and frivolity.

Exclusively, we show a small selection, regularly updated, of her humorous and naive paintings of international women - known as her Women of the World series. A gently Feminist piece of social commentary - in poster colours. And with an occasional male making an appearance too.

Backgrounds and outfits have repeat-pattern motifs, sometimes scratched into the surface, hinting at the artist's love of textiles and design.

Graphic outlines and flat planes of colour give each work a comic-book angle, along with cultural nods to 'types' from the metropolis, from mainland European cities or from America. This is echoed in their titles - like Ms Bohème, Mademoiselle Grenouille, Ms Brooklyn and Ms Mayfair. 

As a deliberate part of some of the images' overall look, carefully-chosen sustainable upcyled frames are painted in fashionable Annie Sloan tints and waxed, often grouping themed figures according to era or adornment.

Martina's work has proven immensely popular, since she joined us, and she has successfully branched out into dogs and still life, all painted from a similar wry point of view and in vivid pattern and colour. We can also arrange commissions and stylised portraits (human or canine) to order.

  • ABOUT MARTINA MUNN

    Martina is a self-taught artist who grew up in the foothills of the Alps in Bavaria, Germany, surrounded by naive and folk art, close to the former home of Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter.

     

    She trained as an antique furniture restorer and also undertook an apprenticeship with a goldsmith in Oxfordshire, before starting a family and moving to Worcestershire.

     

    Having enjoyed drawing, painting and collage since she was a teenager, she started to take her hobby more seriously as her child grew up. Her studio is her home, where she juggles family life, part-time work and fostering greyhounds.

     

    “Painting for me is escapism, away from mundane daily life. I get great pleasure from bringing my ideas to life.

     

    “I am passionate about naive art, colour, pattern and a sense of space. I paint in acrylic, preferring it to oil as I am too impatient to wait for oil to dry.

     

    “I am a real night owl and often paint late into the night when everyone is in bed. I get inspiration from interior magazines which I love looking through. I will tear out many pages with beautiful wallpapers, textile patterns, merchandise, vases and photos. I also love visiting museums, galleries, National Trust properties and antique shops which all inspire me and give me ideas.

     

    “My subject matter tends to be stil life, animals and portraits. I like to create art that makes people smile and evokes joy and attracts through offering something a little bit different.”

     

£195.00Price
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