Martin de Vore

Martin before his Starbucks

Where to begin...

I am a native Texan by birth although I never lived here until 1987. I have also lived in New Mexico (twice), Louisiana (twice), Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

I love late fall, winter, cold, wind, sleet, snow, ice, rain, fireplaces, grey skies and grey eyes.

My favorite food is fried shrimp. I don't drink except for an occasional glass of absinthe (the real stuff from France). My biggest vice is Starbucks coffee.

I am single and have returned to the Northern Frontier, where I live in a really cool garage apartment in downtown Humble.

I was an original member of The Diversionists, an art group founded in 2004, along with Michael-Ann Belin, Laura Hodges, Suzanne Delorme, Rachel Green and Catherine Hangen. I am now a Post-Diversionist along with Suzanne Delorme, Sorange Castillo, Aimi Dunn, Susan Goettsche, Mitch Cohen, Michael-Ann Belin (on sabbatical) and Lacey Crawford.

Mardi Gras Girl, 1978

I enjoy the art of the Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Pre-Raphaelites, Fauvists, Nabis and Barbizon School. My favorite individual artists are Edouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Maxfield Parrish, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Andrew Wyeth, Patrick Nagel, Peter Max, Doug West and Henri Matisse. My favorite work of art is from Venezuela, or anything she (yes, THAT one) happens to paint. I think Aimi Dunn and Michael-Ann Belin also kick ass!

Currently, I paint landscapes although I have begun painting people now. Who knows, I may paint you.

My favorite colors are the cadmium pigments. My preferred brand of pastel is Sennelier and my preferred brands of paint are Sennelier and Lefranc & Bourgeois. My preferred brushes are Isabey.

I do accept commissions and try to be in as many shows as I can afford the entry fees for.

To learn more about me, or my art, visit Chateau de Vore.