

To call myself an experimentalist has now become a normal way of thinking for me as an artist.
After a career as a midwife I went on to study art at Amersham and Wycombe college never imagining just how exciting my journey through the subject was to be .
It meant taking risks and not being afraid to make mistakes.
During the recent lockdowns joining other artists online I was able to find both new , different and interesting ways to rediscover the joy of art with some unexpected results on occasions.
My work is influenced by found materials, collage, mark making and alternative methods of working, inspired by sketching and use of scenery both local and on location.
Abstraction plays a part in my work and with the natural form of regular life drawing as well as printmaking I get inspiration and freedom to express what I hope to achieve.
My enjoyment of photography helps with detail and keeping my work alive and fresh is essential to my practice. I regularly attend courses and spent a year as a student at the Newlyn School of Art. A Selected member of Bucks Art Society.
Exhibiting regularly with local art groups and galleries as well as in London, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute , Green&Stone, Chelsea. & The Collective Gallery, St Albans.
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2025
MS- Pop Up Art Weekend 1st-2nd March
Collective Gallery - Daphne Du Maurier- Printmaking - 8th - 22nd May
Bucks Art Week 7th-22nd June
Studio 18 Annual exhibition - October 11-12th
2024
'Up The Garden Path" - Cheslyn House and Garden- Printmaking 14th - 17th November & 30th-1st December
Past Exhibitions
Bucks Art Weeks- The Good Earth Gallery , Chesham - 8th - 23rd June
Bucks Art Weeks-Artistry - Jubilee Hall, Amersham - 7-8th June/14th-16th June
Studio 18 Annual Exhibition - Jubilee Hall, Amersham -12-13th October
Amersham Art Unlocked- 1st/2nd November
The Exhibitionists- Holy Trinity Church- Bledlow Ridge 1-3rd November
Hayden Gallery, Marlow - June - October
MS POP Up Exhibition March 2/3rd
Bucks Art Society Spring Exhibition, Beaconsfield 3rd- 6th May
The Exhibitionists ,West Wycombe , 3rd-6th May
Laurie Lee Printmaking Exhibition , Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute, Highgate 10th-23rd May
Printmaking Exhibition on a literary theme - Pardon Mill 16th May- 23rd June
Commissioned Artwork At Amersham Museum
Cards for sale at Amersham Museum
Cards and Art work for sale at The Good Earth Gallery ,Chesham
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2023
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, display of art Work in Front Entrance from Nov. 2023
Studio 18 Exhibition , Jubilee Hall, Amersham - 14th-15th October
Home Grown @ the Open Door, Berkhamsted .- 3rd -28th -October
Bucks Art Weeks - The Good Earth Gallery - Chesham - 10th -25th June ,
plus - Studio 18 at Jubilee Hall, Amersham, 10/11&17/18th June
Discovery Bucks Museum, Open Exhibition 29th April- 8th July. 1st Prize
Poetics of Print, , group printmaking exhibition at Watford Theatre, 3rd April - 30th July
Elgiva Theatre, Chesham, group printmaking exhibition 3rd May-31st May
Beechwood Artists spring exhibition , Community Centre, Chalfont St Peter,13th-14th May
Stoke Mandeville, Collaborative Art Exhibition , on going .
Bucks Art Society Spring Exhibition , Fitzwilliam Centre , Beaconsfield - 28th April -1st Ma
A Walk with Laurie Lee, Collective Gallery,St Albans , Themed Printmaking , 14th -26th March
MS POP UP Exhibition, Halton -March 3-5th March
Cards on sale at Amersham Museum, High Street , Old Amersham
The Good Earth Gallery , Chesham have a selection of my work and cards.
2022
Winter Wonderland, The Open Door Berkhamstead, until the 28th January
Studio 18 Exhibition , Scout Hall , Rectory Hill , Amersham ,
Amersham Unlock , Scout Hall, Rectory Hill, Amersham,
Beechwood Exhibition ,
Bucks Art Society Autumn Exhibition, Buckingham Town Hall.
From the River to the Railways , Chesham Museum at the Good Earth Gallery.
Precious Earth/Letters for Creation - St Mary's Church , Wendover,
Artist in Residence Exhibition , Amersham Museum , Heritage day -
Inspired by the Amersham Martyrs.
Selected by members of Bucks Art Weeks September to exhibit at Stowe and Waddesden National Trust over two weekends .
Bucks Art Weeks , The Good Earth Gallery, Lacey's Yard, Chesham
Art For Ukraine, Open Door, Berkhamsted,
Woolf In Print , Green & Stone, 22 Hide Park Gate,South Kensington -
BAS Exhibition , Fitzwilliam Centre, Beaconsfield,
MS POP Up Exhibition , Halton
2021
Hidden Treasures, Open Door, Berkhamsted.
Off The Wall, Discover Bucks Museum
Bucks Art Society , Fitzwilliams Centre , Beaconsfield.
Poetics Of Print , Boden Press, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute.
Bucks Art Weeks, Boden Press, Chesham,
Obsidian Spring exhibition ,
MS Pop Up Exhibition online - https://www.virtualartshop.co.uk/karen-martin
2020,
Home Comforts, Open Door , Berkhamsted.
BAS Centenary Exhibition , Aylesbury County Museum
Your World, A window into life since Lockdown, Open Door, Berkhamstead
Solo Exhibition at the Emerald Framing shop, Chalfont St Peter
Spring Exhibition online at the Obsidian.
John Benjamin , Metroland, Old Fire Station,Henley
Pop Up Exhibition, MS Centre Annual Exhibition , Halton
2019
Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition,
Winter Wonderland, Open Door, Berkhamsted
Beechwood Autumn Exhibition
BAS Autumn Exhibition , Buckingham County Hall,
A Twist on Dahl, Bourne End Library, Bucks
Graham Green and Agatha Christie weekend, Deans Hall, Berkhamsted
The Peoples landscape painting exhibition, Claydon House National Trust, Bucks
Kitchen art exhibition, The Here Cafe, Berkhamsted,
A for Agatha Weekend, Wallingford
Obsidian , summer exhibition, Wendover
Bucks Art Weeks, Boden Press
MS Centre annual exhibition, -RAF Halton
BAS spring exhibition , Fitzwilliams Centre , Beaconsfield
Beechwood spring exhibition , Chalfont St Peter.
Roald Dahl print exhibition ,Upstairs Gallery, Berkhampstead
2018
BAS autumn exhibition, Buckingham.
Beechwood autumn exhibition, (1st Prize and Donald Walton Award)
Little Bird Gallery, Wendover
Remembering, The Open Door, Berkhamsted.
Aylesbury Grammar School Annual Fair.
First Impressions,- The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted.
Winter Collection -The Obsidian Gallery, Wendover
BAS exhibition -Fitzwilliams Centre, Beaconsfield.
MS Centre Annual Exhibition, -RAF Halton
A for Agatha,- Upstairs Gallery,- Berkhamsted/ Bourne End Library.
Graham Green Exhibition, Berkhamsted Public School.
Bucks Art Weeks- Boden Press
Previous Years
Beechwood Artists Exhibitions
(1st Prize and Donald Walton Award 2016)
Queens Park Art Centre, Aylesbury, BAS -2016,2017
Smith&Kittle, Beaconsfield- -2016,2017
Bucks County museum, BBH -2016
Bucks County Museum,”Off The Wall” -2015,2017
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Open Exhibition, -2014
Bucks Open Studios -2012,2013,2014,2015,2017
The Obsidian Gallery, Wendover -2010,2011,2014,2016,2017
One Church Street, Great Missenden -2012,2013
The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamstead -2013,2014,2015,2016,2017