Artist: Martin RobertsTitle: "Grand Canal" Image Dimensions: 8" x 12" Paper Dimensions: 11" x 14"Medium: Lithograph of Hand Painted B&W PhotoHand Signed and Plate SignedMartin Roberts began his artistic career as a boy with a brownie box camera. Today, he is one of the most collected and “owned” artists in the country, with his works in such spectacular settings as the Venetian and Bellagio Resorts, the Vatican or in simple stores of main streets across America. His works capture the rustic detail and atmosphere of Mediterranean landscapes.Martin’s work is visually appealing with a detail unimaginable because he is a mixed-media artist. His work is collected as a fine art paintings, which in fact they are...but they have all started with extraordinary black and white photographs over which he layers acrylics, watercolors, and oil paints. The result is exquisite, three dimensional, extremely informal and relaxing, with cascading flowers, foliage and textured colored walls.Mediterranean, Provence and Tuscany subjects are his specialization with series featuring Venice and quaint English Cottages as well. One of his most well known pieces entitled “Cardinal at the Vatican” was produced for Cardinal Hamer of the Vatican. His exhibitions have included the Leica Gallery in Manhattan; a distinction so rarely given to American artists.

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