Artist Information:
Oscar Martinez
Oak Park, IL
United States
Member Since: Sep 2000
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Artist Statement:
The place where we are born
and grow up has an attraction
and a mystic effect on our
psyche and souls. Even if one
chooses not to go back home
the choice in itself is
subject to the knowledge that
there is a home to go back to.
Being able to make that choice
gives one peace, a sense of
belonging and refuge. Home to
me is Maraguez. My memories of
this place are still with me.
In my paintings I attempt to
capture a bit of Maraguez full
of folklore, myth,
spirituality and beauty.
Maraguez gave way to a dam
and is now under water. It has
returned to the womb of nature
and someday it will be born
again. In the meantime I
cannot return home. Now it
lives in my memories, soul and
my heart. I can only remember
the sound of the trees being
caressed by the tropical winds
and disrupting the night's
eternal silence. Our house,
surrounded by mountains and
dense vegetation, become a
stage dressed in the glitter
of shining stars in the pitch
black sky. My grandfather's
violin accompanies the melody
of the river flowing in our
backyard; my grandmother sings
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Artist Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions
1999
September: The Loggia Gallery,
Fourth and Second
Presbyterian Church, "With
Many Voices-A Celebration of
Cultural Diversity," Chicago.
Frick Center Founder Gallery,
"Mirrors, Michele Tuohey and
Oscar Martinez" Elmhurst
College, Elmhurst, Illinois
March: UCE Foyer Art Exhibits
Gallery, Unitarian Church of
Evanston, Illinois
1998
June: Earth Works ...
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Oscar Martinez's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Oscar Martinez's Portfolio.
The place where we are born and grow up has an attraction and a mystic effect on our psyche and souls. Even if one chooses not to go back home the choice in itself is subject to the knowledge that there is a home to go back to. Being able to make that choice gives one peace, a sense of belonging and refuge. Home to me is Maraguez. My memories of this place are still with me. In my paintings I attempt to capture a bit of Maraguez full of folklore, myth, spirituality and beauty.
Maraguez gave way to a dam and is now under water. It has returned to the womb of nature and someday it will be born again. In the meantime I cannot return home. Now it lives in my memories, soul and my heart. I can only remember the sound of the trees being caressed by the tropical winds and disrupting the night's eternal silence. Our house, surrounded by mountains and dense vegetation, become a stage dressed in the glitter of shining stars in the pitch black sky. My grandfather's violin accompanies the melody of the river flowing in our backyard; my grandmother sings ... |
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