Duncan Martin's exuberant and richly textured new paintings reflect his interest in the natural forms of Southern California's rugged coast, from Dana Point near Laguna Beach to the surrounding landscape of La Jolla and Torrey Pines State Preserve. Through the use of vibrant color and distinctive expressionistic brushstroke, Martin's paintings capture the duality of the ocean's turbulence and tranquility. “I like the brushstrokes to show; I want to keep the substance of the paint visible. I especially love to paint the roll of the waves, the foam, and the beach in the Western light,” says Martin. 'I love the fuller dimension I get from painting outside, learning how to respond to things that move. The sky has a certain rhythm, order, pattern… like the rhythm of life. I also like the way the ocean reflects the light. It has its own color, but it's also responsive to everything around it. Sometimes it's very pale, sometimes deep and graphic.”

Duncan Martin puts subject and medium in motion by weaving the two in tandem with opposing forces. Permanence in congruence with change, such as the still land formations and the drifting clouds above them in “Beaches, Reflection”, parallel the solidarity in the cliffs resisting the wear of a breaking wave in “Wind & Sea”. In many pieces the viewer's comfort level is challenged by Martin's spatial composition which engulf the onlooker often into a receding ocean current or a barreling swell over head. He applies intensely saturated colors to emphasize perspective which, depending on the individual, can draw a person deep into the work, or lend to a necessary distance for interpretation of the abstract renderings.

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