YOEMIA
An ongoing series of animal paintings. “Yoemia” in Yaqui is “Family.”
AMERICANO TEMPRANO
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 X 60 INCHES 2021
Oil painting of an alligator within a tropical landscape, The reptile basks in the last few minutes of sunset.
Exhibited at the deYoung Museum, San Francisco 2023/24.
More Koshka Than Gato
OIL ON CANVAS, 36 X 48 INCHES, 2020
A hybrid cat (wild/domestic) encircled by tropical and temperate climate flora. The cat stands over its prey of three different birds from various ecosystems. An anamorphic skull of a cat lays across a serape.
Exhibited in Martin’s 2021 solo show at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco.
Tótem Pacífico
OIL ON LINEN, 14 X 11 INCHES, 2022
A tide pool aquarium with a juvenile Garibaldi fish, octopus, and other Pacific coast tide pool creatures.
AND I FEEL FINE
OIL ON LINEN, 14 X 11 INCHES, 2022
An aquarium is overgrown with algae, covering dead coral and surrounding a human skull. An oil slick swirls at the top of the tank.