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

Shop section

Options

London daydreaming by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Urban daydreaming by Martin Allen

Oil painting

About last night? by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Yes Darling by Martin Allen

Oil painting

My First Goodwood by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Symbol by Martin Allen

Oil painting

After the London rain by Martin Allen

Oil painting

No.5 by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Some like it hot by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gibson and The Dragon by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Zippo by Martin Allen

Oil painting

24ct. Mad Cat by Martin Allen

Oil painting