Martie Holmer is a painter and sculptor whose arts has been exhibited in galleries and museums in New England, New York, and Rome. She has been the recipient of honors and awards, and has an ongoing studio practice at her workplace in New York. Calligraphic line work characterizes much of her work, be it in painting or in the sculptural forms she made in work of the 1980s and 90s. In earlier works it was seen in her drawings with marks which rely on the power of a line to transmit a feeling or gesture. In the 1980s she studied Chinese calligraphy with a master calligrapher, who was briefly in residence in Boston, after which her interest in line became even more pronounced. Sculptural works began as calligraphic gestures, but later were translated into wood and other materials, bringing along the feeling of the original black and white drawings and ink paintings.
Martie Holmer
Studios
Alexander
Martie Holmer worked in the Alexander studio.
Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…