Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
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Martha Fuquay Searle was born in North Carolina and grew up in a farming community near Raleigh. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she majored in philosophy and pursued elective studies in drawing and design.Following graduation, she continued her art education through private classes in figure drawing, working in charcoal and pastel.After moving to Albuquerque in 1986, Searle began attending painting groups with live models. She studied acrylic and oil painting with several teachers from the University of New Mexico and the Harwood School.
Artist Statement
My paintings are abstract expressionist works that explore spiritual inferences through color, form, and gesture. My practice is informed by the work of Cézanne, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, and Giorgio Morandi. Music is also central to my process; I draw inspiration from Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Satie, and Hovhaness.