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Artwork Grey's last stand

A favourite scene from the film of Lord of the rings in which Gandalf faces the mighty Balrog sta... Read more

Part of the “Previous MyArtBrief commissions” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Wolfenden family

Portrait of the partner and son of the brief owner.

Part of the “Previous MyArtBrief commissions” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Peering thro the cracks

A portrait based on my granddaughter as she stooped to peer closely at the sea and sand through t... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Coffee and orange

Still life composition featuring green/gold coffee cups, coffee pot and an orange/tangerine. The ... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Early morning Dovedale

Classic view of the well loved beauty spot in the Peak District Derbyshire. I visited early in th... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £295
Artwork Moroccan tea

Still life inspired by a typical Moroccan table setting during a break in Marrakech. Like many of... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £450
Artwork Chief Fire Officer Alex Johnson, blazing a trail

Commissioned portrait of Alex Johnson the first female Chief Officer in South Yorkshire Fire & Re... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Michael, Alanna and Charlie

Commissioned portrait in oil of three siblings once Alanna reached 6 months. Commissioned by fell... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Wolfenden family

Portrait commission in 2020 featuring an interesting figurative composition. The picture is obvio... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork .... the minutes, the hours, the days

An expressionist abstract painting inspired by sunlight playing through a blind and lighting up f... Read more

Part of the “Expressionist” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £450
Artwork Self portrait in the window seat

Close up self portrait study in bright sunlight through a venetian blind. Occasionally I do a por... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Elizabeth in Lace

This is a portrait on a larger scale of the daughter of an artist friend. Painted from a photogra... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Daffodils

A still life with flowers, a bunch of fresh daffodils sit in an enamel jug on my dining table. Th... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork A good year

I'm currently spending more time developing my still life work, particularly those with strong an... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £550
Artwork First dance

Double portrait of the artist's son and daughter in law taking the first dance at their wedding. ... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Airborne

A figurative composition requested by the client to commemorate her late uncle, a high-wire artis... Read more

Part of the “Previous MyArtBrief commissions” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork The substanceless blue

A figure portrait of the poet Sylvia Plath who suffered mental ill health and depression, symboli... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £250
Artwork Cradle

Depiction of a vulnerable but precious infant cradled securely in a pair of hands. A celebration ... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £230
Artwork Party time

Another commission in the ever popular vintage art deco style. A beautiful woman in furs, a feath... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork The Jazz Age

A commission produced for a fellow lover of the art deco era. Set at night against a background o... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Remembering the Bomb

The annual remembrance ceremony in Japan, lantern lit in the approaching darkness. Children in sa... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £775
Artwork The portraitist

St Marks Square on a sunny morning. A portrait photographer sits waiting for custom whilst modern... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £1175 1 Love
Artwork Batman meets robin

A crouching little boy gazes at a robin nearby that he has enticed with some food scraps in the s... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork "....and the livin' is easy"

Abstract impression of a group of children dancing in a fountain. This picture was inspired by wa... Read more

Part of the “Figures” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Flower arranging

Expressionist/abstract still life depicting a display of flowers but from an imagined fragmented ... Read more

Part of the “Expressionist” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £225
Artwork Wherever I lay my hat

A still life inspired by the art deco interior of the Burgh Island Hotel in Devon. During a stay ... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork Pentrich Fields

A landscape scene of fields at harvest-time near the village of Pentrich in Derbys. The focus of ... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

2 Loves
Artwork Cardinal sin; pride or prejudice

A painting of a modern version of one of the seven deadly sins. Playing on the word "pride" the a... Read more

Part of the “Expressionist” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £995 1 Love
Artwork Destination Swing

Abstract composition of a jazz trio in action.

Part of the “Expressionist” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork All we know of heaven

Inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson this work tries to visualise the bittersweet nature of ... Read more

Part of the “Expressionist” Gallery By MartinD

Artwork From Paphos with love.

A newly married couple gaze westwards out to sea from Paphos on a picture perfect sunset evening.

Part of the “Previous MyArtBrief commissions” Gallery By MartinD

5 Loves
Artwork Marbles

A group of glass marbles is viewed reflected on an angled plane against an inky backdrop. As a ch... Read more

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

4 Loves
Artwork In the Olgas-Kata Tjuta1

The red Australian outback in the Uluru/Kata Tjuta area after a rare rainfall. The parched and wi... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £345 1 Love
Artwork Snow trees III

Third image in the series "Snow trees in Derbyshire". As a series they convey a different treatme... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £405 1 Love
Artwork Snowtrees II

Second in the series "Snow trees in Derbyshire".

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £425 2 Loves
Artwork Snow trees I

Trees in Derbyshire under heavy snowfall on a crystal clear Winter's day. First of a series of th... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Stormclouds over Swanwick

Heavy skies over the Spring meadows near Swanwick in Derbyshire.

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Sunrise: dreams of the Hunter Valley from England

With the early morning mist hugging the ground the Australian sun breaks thro' a clump of trees i... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

3 Loves
Artwork Woodland outside Lea Gardens

A view of the wooded hillside just beyond the boundary wall (foreground) of Lea Gardens, Lea, Der... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £545 1 Love
Artwork The Commons from South Bank

Iconic view recognised the world over but captured in a surreal day/night glow.

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Approaching dusk near Uppertown

A view of a ridge outside the Derbyshire village of Uppertown under a dramatic sunset with the tr... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

3 Loves
Artwork First light Dorsoduro

Venice is timeless in the early hours... pure, thin, ethereal light shimmers on the water, light ... Read more

Part of the “Landscape” Gallery By MartinD

2 Loves
Artwork Wistful thinking

Head and shoulders portrait at a hotel balcony in Venice.

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Lea with green shawl

Head and shoulders portrait of a family member - after Vermeer.

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Emma's big day

Head and shoulders portrait of an emotional bride on her wedding day.

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Self portrait

Head & shoulders self portrait - of the artist.

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Lila's 1st birthday

Head and shoulders of baby girl at 1yr old.

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

1 Love
Artwork Margaret

Head and shoulders portrait of the late Baroness Thatcher in her later days. I was moved to recor... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £450 2 Loves
Artwork Nicole

Portrait of the Australian actress Nicole Kidman backlit, head & shoulders against a pink lit bac... Read more

Part of the “Portraits” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £595
Artwork Cairns botanical

Close up of the foliage in the swamps of Queensland, Australia

Part of the “Still life” Gallery By MartinD

For Sale £180 2 Loves