Based in Sydney, Martine Vanderspuy has had a lifetime love affair with the sea which has led to her aerial inspired resin art.
Living abroad for most of her early life, her family finally settled in Australia where she finished her schooling and went on to study graphic art. As a graphic artist she worked in Canada and Australia in the advertising world. She established her own graphic art studio in1982 which won many awards within its field.
In 2015 she established her own art gallery in Northbridge, Sydney.
Martine displays her resin artworks in the gallery as well as her photographic studies and some of her textiles. She exhibits the work of 23 Australian artists. Apart from painters there is work from potters, glassblowers and other creative people as well as an eclectic cross section of home-ware and artefact’s from around the world.
Martine has experimented with many different mediums. Resin however has become her favorite and primary medium of experimentation and creativity. The medium is fluid in nature and extremely difficult to work with as it constantly moves, making it a challenge to capture the colour and fluidity of the final composition. Using many layers, the resin creates vibrancy, colour and clarity, the shadows and the glint of light on water. The tactile nature and depth of the resin almost allows you to dive into the artwork. Martine aims to create artworks that lift peoples spirits by viewing the ever changing ocean, creating a ‘window to the sea’.
Through Martin’e art she hope to help create awareness and raise fund for research into Mitochondrial(Mito) disease. Martine’s younger son Tom suffers from the disease which has no known cure. Martine is a passion ate supporter for research into understanding Mito with the hopes of finding a cure.
A percentage of sales are donated to Mitochondrial Disease (Mito) research. Mito is a debilitating genetic disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy, causing multiple organ dysfunction or failure and potentially death. Martine’s passion is to support finding a cure for her son and many others by using her talents as an artist.
Tom’s hero page can be found at https://amdfchallenges.everydayhero.com/au/thomas-martin or https://neurogenetics.everydayhero.com/au/Martine