GUY MARTYR Artist
Contemporary fine artist based in Worcester UK
Maintaining art practice since 1987
This site shows the range and history of Guy Martyr's art. Much of the work is available for exhibition or sale; it is all available to be part of the conversation. Studio visits may be made by arrangement.
'The Potato Eaters' 1992, painted installation, casein, pigment, antique style ceiling light
'Reaching Your Destination' July 2026, oil paint/wax, enamel paint, wooden offcuts, plastic model, on packing crate plywood with gesso ground; integral oak frame.
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'Window' 2024, "Welcome", inward-opening; pine, hardwood, fittings; frame height 39 inches
'Shani Louk' December 2023, oil paint on canvas, 24 x 30 cm
'Covid Spring' December 2020, oil paint on canvas, 24 x 19 inches
'Disarticulating Trauma' December 2018; a performance by Guy Martyr
'A Difficult Painting for a Difficult Time' May 2019;
oil paint/wax on canvas; 24 x 24 inches
'All Square v'; September 2018; oil paint/wax on canvas; 36 x 36 inches
'The Distant Dream' 2019, wooden offcuts, wood shavings, glue, canvas panel, oil paint, wax
'White Coral' 2017; wood, glue, sprayed ink; 35 x 18 x 3 inches
'Bronze', August 2022, wood, varnish, pigment, steel; total height 83.5 inches. From 'Offcuts' series
'Gold', August 2022, wood, varnish, pigment, gold leaf, steel; total height 57.5 inches. From 'Offcuts' series
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Performance: 'A Five Day Cleaning Event' 1988, Guy Martyr cleaning pedestrian underpasses, St. Chad's Circus Queensway, Birmingham
Performance: 'A Five Day Cleaning Event' 1988; cleaning pedestrian underpasses in Birmingham city centre.
'Parting', 2016; pencil, sprayed ink on paper; 9 x 7 inches -
from the series, 'Birmingham Central Library valedictory'
Guy Martyr singing his song 'Children of Syria'
From the Rotunda series 'Incomplete Line' 2019; embroidery thread, paper; 9 x 7 inches