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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.
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Guy Martyr
Feb 3, 20202 min read
Circling the Prey - Summary of my art philosophy
SUMMARY OF MY ART PHILOSOPHY, 3rd February 2020 Continuing the theme whether my works of art are valid and engrossing insights into the...
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Guy Martyr
Feb 2, 20202 min read
Musings by the Artist, April 2019
STYLE Commonly, ‘style’ is a narrow formal range, readily identified with an individual artist, and a mark of artistic maturity. Style is...
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Guy Martyr
Feb 2, 20202 min read
A Statement by the Artist, 2013
A statement by the artist 2013 What is my art about? General: An art object is a thing in its own right. An art object is an achievement;...
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Guy Martyr
Jan 22, 20204 min read
Cold
COLD - 3 experiences of being cold, from my life i) A Cold Day in Belgium Mid winter; dad driving us to Switzerland to go skiing. The...
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Guy Martyr
Jan 1, 20203 min read
How I Got A Ticket To The World Cup Final ('98)
How I Got A Ticket To The World Cup Final (’98) A Story by Guy Martyr, June 2002 I’m not even a football fan! except England in the...
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Guy Martyr
Dec 11, 20193 min read
The Artist Who Took Up Painting As A Hobby
Jacanda was preternaturally successful: the ideas had seemed to flow non-stop since art college, and the interest had been there. Eight...
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Guy Martyr
Dec 6, 20192 min read
Do We Still Want The Shaman Artist?
Do We Still Want The Shaman Artist? Shaman Artist, definition: one whose (evidential) outpourings offer ‘insight’ – an insight whose...
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Guy Martyr
Dec 2, 20191 min read
A small selection of my art, Dec 2019
Here is a small selection of my art. A bit like an exhibition. A small, retrospective, Christmas exhibition. Descriptions, from top, row...
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Guy Martyr
Nov 24, 20198 min read
JACK'S SMILE
JACK’S SMILE By Guy Martyr, 2015 Mary wasn’t looking by now, just chucking everything...
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Guy Martyr
Nov 17, 20192 min read
Some musings by the artist, 2013
A look round contemporary art: Let’s start by bicycle: this is, after all, the age of the bike. The parody of the modern artist offered...
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Guy Martyr
Nov 11, 20194 min read
Best Ever Sandhurst Joke
It is December 1979; we newly commissioned second lieutenants of the British Army, having just completed Standard Military Course 21 at...
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Guy Martyr
Nov 1, 20194 min read
Recollection of a concrete delivery
In the early 1970’s my father bought a house in London, to rent out. It was a recently-built, three-storey house, in a short terrace....
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Guy Martyr
Oct 25, 20195 min read
A True Story
A True Story This is a story from my life – as true as the memory of 37 years allows: it is not particularly conclusive, nor momentous,...
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