Osmosis in the Boo Rushes, 1959, lacquer, cloth, and string
48 x 96 inches/122 x 244 cm
Estate of
Don and Joan Gilbert Martin
Martin used a variety of elements and materials in his work, so their description as "paintings" should be taken lightly. These pieces do use paint in one form or another: occasionally acrylic, frequently spray paint, rarely oil on canvas.
He, 1970, torched spray paint and acrylic on board
48 x 48 inches/122 x 122 cm
48 x 48 inches/122 x 122 cm
Collection of Nora Eccles Harrison
Museum of Art, Logan, UT
He, detail
“How great to see the final transformation of Don’s Buddha (Bodhisattva?). I’m sorry he could not see some of the work I did in the last twenty years. He would probably not recognize his influence but I consider him one of my teachers.”
Cameron
(artist, performer, poet and occult practitioner)
- letter to Joan Gilbert Martin, 1994
When You Were a Child and I Were a Child, circa 1970, ink and spray paint on board
31.75 x 18 inches/81 x 46 cm
Private Collection
Protect this Place (or Through this Door), circa 1970, oil and gesso on wood panel
23.5 x 21.5 inches/60 x 55 cm
Estate of Don and
Joan Gilbert Martin
Protect this Place, detail
Untitled (Bulls in Field), 1969, paint and ink on textured mat board
11.25 x 7.5 inches/29 x 19 cm
Estate of Don and
Joan Gilbert Martin
(photos of art work: Tony Grant © 2017, Rick Pharaoh © 2017, Joan Gilbert Martin)