Village - Acrylic on Canvas 36'' x 48'' The eclectic Brazilian painter, Suzete Martins, fashions rich, highly textured works that are steeped in beauty and philosophy. Though her works are typically non-figural abstractions, Martins’ painting deals with a variety of timeless subjects such as love, hope, celebration, and community. Her use of color allows meaning to permeate the work as the viewer’s eye recedes deeply into the viscera of the painting, searching like a hunter for hidden truths. Martins’ oeuvre recalls a wide variety of physical phenomena such as the powerful interaction of plate tectonics or the haunting and awe-inspiring beauty of evening forests. Most of her works have an underlying geometric compositional quality comparable to constructionist or De Stijl styles, where bold lines and rectangles push and pull the viewer’s eye around the canvas. Martins experiments with a variety of media including sand, paper, or fabric and she is not tied to one style in particular. In certain paintings she crafts a light, lyrical quality while retaining the rich texture so characteristic to her work. While in others, she employs the color field, applying layer upon layer of color, which shimmers and pulsates without being constricted by subjective matter. Each painting is a journey for both the artist and the viewer, peering out to discover meaning and beauty in life. Martins currently resides in Buffalo, NY.

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