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Lily Mae Martin
Berlin, Germany
Posted: 7.16.09
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About Lily:
Lily Mae Martin is an Australian visual artist currently based in Berlin, Germany. Born in Melbourne in 1983 she has spent most of her life pursuing her passion for the arts; spending her childhood drawing and writing rather than playing with other children.
In 2003 she had her first solo exhibition and was subsequently elected to became a part of the Young Ambassador Program for the National Gallery of Victoria. She continued to work in conjunction with the gallery for a further four years, whilst exhibiting and concentrating on her studies. In 2008 Lily completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in drawing at the Victorian College of the Arts. On completion of her degree Lily was awarded the Lionel Gell Traveling Scholarship, and moved to Berlin where she is currently working on several solo, and collaborative projects.
Lily’s work is predominantly figurative and she often likes to explore the division between high and low art, taking her influences from renaissance painters through to contemporary graphic artists. She works mostly in the mediums of oils, ink and pencil.
Either you really like a piece or you completely pass by a piece…. Very few of the pieces look finished, in every piece something seems to be missing. Maybe I am just over-thinking it.
Well done Lily Mae 
Lily Mae,
Your work is exceptional – expressive and emotionally deep.
Love it!
Pamela – Ferny Creek Australia
Very creative figures. Nice work.
Hyper-realistic fear and cynicism! Fantastic art!
OK…………… well they are very nice and well…….. sort of creepy!!!!!!!!
Brings a new spin to an old query….Now we get to ponder: Why do artists like themselves?
Your work is more than impressive. I can’t think of a superlative to describe it. You are truly an artist. Don’t ever consider doing anything else. I am also a painter, an artist, and also broke. My girlfriend just keeps telling me to get a job. She can go to hell. I will never stop painting. So, again, don’t be at all practical. Please keep doing what you’re doing. You were born to do it. You can go to school to learn to draw and paint, but artists are born that way – nobody can teach you that.
James
many of the body parts are quite exaggerated. i love the work, though. it looks brilliantly real!
from the uk
akward, impressive and scary…
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