Heather Gwen Martin

Welcome Stranger

2 color screenprint over relief printed flat on Magnani Pescia

Price range: $2,000 through $2,365

This print is Heather Gwen Martin’s first foray into printmaking. We at Haystack were thrilled when she agreed to do her very first print with us.

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Year
2023
Edition of
20
Dimensions
Paper: 22.25 x 23.5 inches
Image: 15 x 17.5 inches
Authentication

Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. All Haystack editions come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

About the Artwork

This print is Heather Gwen Martin’s first foray into printmaking. We at Haystack were thrilled when she agreed to do her very first print with us. She traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to create these works in the PS Marlowe Studio with Master Printer Phil Sanders.

Curatorial Opinion

In Heather Gwen Martin’s Welcome Stranger, the title bestows a simple narrative on the subtly colored print. Winding from the side of the composition is a spindly form with a fan-like top. The fan’s face opens to the green form as it enters the composition. This print has an airy feel, and with only three three colors, Martin creates an entire abstracted landscape.

About the Artist

A black and white portrait of artist Heather Gwen Martin

Heather Gwen Martin (b.1977, Saskatoon, Canada) is a painter based in Los Angeles who is interested in the human aspect of painting. The colors are hot and bright, nearing hard edge abstraction while maintaining the mark of the hand.  Each shape is poetic, with flourishes of elegant movement akin to dancing.

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