I'm driven with the creative process when I'm working on a piece, as I find it a totally imersive experience which then flows out on the canvas.

I came to oil painting through a circuitous route, having drawn for most of my life and eventually being re-introduced to painting as my preferred medium to create my work.

The methods I use to paint are often classic ones, using layered paint applications rounded off by oil glazes. These create, add depth and harmonise colours.

In my work I aim to capture the exhilaration or thrill of the moment and translate that onto the canvas. The light and the colours are all in the narrative, but I try to present an ethereal dreamlike quality to the work, emphasising a fleeting, ephemeral heartbeat in time.

Most recently featured in British Vogue Magazine.

Martin Allen

Artworks by Martin Allen

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The feet beneath my World by Martin Allen

Oil painting

With or Without? by Martin Allen

Oil painting

In these Shoes? by Martin Allen

Oil painting

The Calm Before The Storm - Ayrton Senna by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Jack! by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Mad Cat Cabaret by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Mugler Angel perfume bottle by Martin Allen

Oil painting

40 Winks by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Bvlgari by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gentleman Racer by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gaultier - His by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gaultier - Hers by Martin Allen

Oil painting