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

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Come on if you think you're hard enough by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Miss Dior perfume art by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gaultier - His by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Ray Hanna, Spitfire MH434 Goodwood 1998 by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Gaultier - Hers by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Chanel No.5 by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Winning Laurels by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Memories by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Look Up Here, I'm in Heaven Now II by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Untitled 4 by Martin Allen

Acrylic painting

On the way to victory by Martin Allen

Oil painting

Scarlet Lady by Martin Allen

Oil painting