Nadja Martens Bittersweet Nature of Change Oil on canvas, 16″ x 13″ $200. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 Bittersweet Nature of Change talks about the pain of loss due to change but also the excitement because of entering something new and the transformation that comes with it.…
Nadja Martens Out of Reach Oil on canvas, 14.5″ x 11.5″ $180. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 Out of Reach tells the story about a therapeutic place inside where one can sit with an emotion but can become a toxic place if one gets lost in it. So luckily the universe provided us with the northern star so we can always find the way back.…
Nadja Martens A Perfect Circle Oil on canvas, 21.5″ x 24″ $350. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 A Perfect Circle describes a twin path of the circulation of reflection and process. They go hand in hand.…
Nadja Martens Silent Singularity Oil on canvas, 21.5″ x 24″ $350. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 In Silent Singularity the sinking tiger speaks about the quality of uniqueness and the endless space surrounding it. Represented by the sinking, pulled by the tigers individual stripes down into the deepest depth of the oceans where it becomes so dark & cold that one would not know any longer if the ocean has become the universe itself at some point.…
Nadja Martens The Departure Oil on canvas, 23″ x 29″ $450. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 The Departure speaks about the courage of having faith in yourself and to trust in one’s own book of rules and with that to follow one’s very own path, which one may not know what kind of adventure that’s going to be.…
Nadja Martens Monachopsis Oil on canvas, 11.5″ x 14.5″ $180. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 Monachopsis translates into “sitting out a storm”, which we sometimes do when a life foundation disappears (work, friends and/or family). Being without our foundation is deeply uncomfortable, and sometimes it takes time until everything falls back into place.It’s important to stay vigilant, watch out (yield sign), and be content in waiting out the storm until you can see again.…
Nadja Martens Acceptance of the Seasons Oil on canvas, 9″ x 7″ $65. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 Pain is part of perhaps everyone’s life, similar to the way seasons come and go, like winter, fall, and spring.…
Nadja Martens The Whisper Oil on canvas, 16″ x 19″ $220. from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 To me it all starts with a whisper. A small, quiet voice (represented as a hummingbird in my paintings) tells us what feels right and what does not. However, once fear (represented as a rabbit) is involved, this tiny voice can become difficult to hear. This scenario is depicted in The Whisper, as the rabbit is anxious and feels uncomfortable with the whisper and guidance from the hummingbird.…
Nadja Martens Through a Heart Oil on canvas, 7″ x 9″ SOLD from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 The greatest pain to me goes right through the heart of one’s moral compass (the hummingbird who exists right between emotion and rational thought). If the pain, in whichever form it may appear, does not break you, it becomes the greatest source of growth, providing one of the highest forms of transformations.…
Nadja Martens The Animals from the feature exhibit: Walk With Me Where No One Follows, November 6–27, 2015 The emotions I portray in my artworks for Walk With Me Where No One Follows are real, they exist and they are there. For that reason alone it was essential to me to use real animals and not fake ones, as none of what i show is fake in its existence. The rabbit is curled up hiding his face, not wanting to be seen as processing sometimes is a very private affair. Nevertheless going through this process butterflies arise eventually and make it an important experience. The Silent Scream shows the chaos and elegance or beauty that comes with over comings. Dreaming of Serpents is about being in one’s own way. I’ve learned that most of the time the world is not my enemy yet I can be. Once the mouse…