This section includes work that creates a visual story. Martyr found its inspiration in a corner of a Petrus Christus “Lamentation”. Martyr engendered a series of paintings that uses still-life objects in the service of a pictorial message. Other works in this category (Flood, for example) ruminate on biblical themes.
Martyr, 1994 Oil on copper with velvet liner 4” x 12”
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Flood, 1994 Oil on copper, metal stands 10” x 75” x 60”
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No, 1998 Oil on copper with velvet liner 5” x 9”
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Help, 1999 Oil on copper with velvet liner 10” x 13-1/8”
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Adam and Eve, 1993 Oil on copper, found objects 15” x 52”
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Wow, 2000 Oil on copper with velvet liner 12-½” x 18-½”
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Hallelujah, 1999 Oil on copper with velvet liner 7-5/8” x 21-5/8”
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Plot, 1993 Oil on copper, jewelry parts, steel music wire 23-½” x 74” x 46”
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Mother, 1998 Oil on copper with velvet liner 8-½” x 17-½”
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I Quit, 1999 Oil on copper (2 pieces) 11” x 8”
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