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Artist Statement:
Art is like music - one of the
few times we can express
ourselves fully and without
restriction. All I find i want
to do these days is to paint
and draw anything and
everything - I love it!...
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Martin Buffery Biography:
| Biographical information for Martin Buffery can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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37
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
0
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Travelling, eating out and flying |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Drawing Pencil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Florentine School - (1400 - 1600)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Turner
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Michelangelo's David Statue
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Initially my inspiration was the fantastical paintings of SF book cover artists like Chris Foss and Jim Burns. But as I studied more I have become more influenced by people like Turner, as well as the renaissance greats such as leonardo (a designer who painted) and michelangelo. The most inspirational artist for me at the moment is the illustrator Alan Lee - a master with a pencil. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Basically I never really figured out what else to do! When I was at school I was classified as a science student - but I knew that in reality I wasn't really interested enough in the slow painstaking business of proving out theories and being stuck in a lab. Art felt like a way out, and design felt like a way out with a wage, which is how I became a professional designer who draws and paints as a sideline. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Martin has spent most of his life in the world of art and design. An early interest in science fiction led to an appreciation of the imaginative paintings of illustrators like Jim Burns or Alan Lee and this combined with the influence of Ridley Scott's film "Bladerunner", pointed the way towards a career in art.
However an interview with one of the chief designers at the Rover car company when he was sixteen altered Martin's trajectory away from pure art and illustration and into the world of automotive design. He has spent nearly twenty years in this demanding world initially gaining an MA at Coventry University before becoming a principal designer for Rover group and then Land Rover. His work has included the Land Rover Defender SVX show car and more recently he was responsible for the interior design of the Land Rover Freelander2.
However in the increasingly complex world of automotive design Martin has found himself spending more time in meetings than at the drawing board, and to compensate for this started drawing for his own pleasure in his spare time. Gradually this hobby became more serious and exhibitions with the Guild of Aviation Artists and the Guild of Motoring Artists followed.
His work is mostly in either pencil or watercolour, and although Martin enjoys commissions on any subject concentrates mostly on automotive, aviation and animal subjects.
When not drawing and painting Martin enjoys travelling, which he finds a great inspiration for his work, and after gaining his private pilots license in 2001 flies a Cessna C152 around the Warwickshire countryside.
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