Martha Green Doran

Artist Statement:

I am an American artist, living and working in London.

My paintings are meditative expressions that weave sensation with intuition. Drawing from my experiences and practices in energy healing, I work in oils, sensitively gathering light from my inner world, allowing the feel of the paint moving across the canvas to guide my expression. What emerges may be a recognisable shape or it may be an abstract form. I don’t always know, so that’s where I trust in the truth and magic of the creating space. I’m constantly surprised by what emerges in the making, as the painting finds its own way home, whispering the essence of what is.

I began drawing and painting in 2006 at The Hampstead School of Art and subsequently at The Camden Arts Centre, The City Lit, and Kingsgate Studios. My teachers have included Wynn Jones, Eva Swiderska, Eithne Healey, Ake Arnerdal, Gill Crabbe, and in New York City, Diane Green.

Artists in history who have supported and informed me in my work and to whom I look for their freedom of personal expression are Van Gogh, Turner, Paul Klee, Rembrandt, Nicolas de Staël, Chagall, Giacometti, Kirchner, Matisse, Redon, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Collections
The Tim Sayer Collection, London

Exhibitions
2025 – Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2025 – Memories and Future Horizons, Nartwork aps, Ikonika Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2025 – London Biennale of Women in Art, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
2025 – Future Landscapes, Itsliquid Group, Venice, Italy
2025 – Rivelazioni, Trevisan International Art, Galleria D’Arte De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2024 – Little Treasures, Trevisan International Art, Galleria D’Arte De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2024 – Itsliquid International Art Fair, London
2024 – Anima Mundi / Rituals / Consciousness, Itsliquid Group, during La Biennale at Palazzo Albrizzi–Capello, Venice, Italy
2021–2025 – Open Studios, Kingsgate Workshops, London
2021 – Art from the Heart, Zuleika Gallery / Maggie’s Oxford
2020 – FLOW: Creating Community Through Art, West Hampstead, London
2019 – Abstract Allies, Zuleika Gallery, London
2015 – 54, The Gallery, London
2014 – The Mill Lane Bistro, London
2013 – The Mill Lane Bistro, London
2013 – Original Gallery, Hornsey, London
2012 – The Mill Lane Bistro, London
2012 – International Jewish Artists of the Year Awards, Ben Uri Gallery, London – Certificate of High Commendation for "Voyage", charcoal drawing
2012 – Lauderdale House, London
2011 – Kingsgate Workshops, London
2009 – Thou Art in Hampstead, London – First solo exhibition