While I had taken painting courses at the Beaux-Arts in my native country and was destined for an artistic career, my life took a new path that led me to France where I became an English teacher. Upon retirement, I picked up my brushes again and was finally able to devote myself fully to my passion that has never left me. Since 2013, my work has reached a maturity that allows me to exhibit usually once a year.
Here’s what art critic Charlotte Henry says in PUBLIKART about my work:
“Of Scottish origin, painter Alison Martinenq draws inspiration from the contrasting landscapes of the Luberon, where she has lived for over 20 years. A true “dreamland,” the Luberon is to today’s artists what Normandy was to the Impressionists: a true land of inspiration. Alison Martinenq painted her first paintings in watercolor. Then, in her more abstract canvases, she turned to oil painting, an exercise she finds “liberating.”Here’s what art critic Charlotte Henry says in PUBLIKART about my work:
A self-taught and passionate artist, Alison Martinenq seeks to convey deep emotion through landscapes and scenes bordering on abstraction. From coves to imaginary landscapes, from Provence to Amsterdam, each canvas bears witness to a “unique adventure.” In this painting, color sets the rhythm of the drawing (much to the dismay of the Poussinists!). Less deconstructed than Cubist paintings, more geometric than Impressionist canvases, Alison Martinenq’s paintings have a style all their own. They evoke, through color and brushstroke, profound sensations.
