James Martin, a nationally acclaimed painter renowned for his whimsical style, was born in 1928. He attended Ballard High School, Seattle, where he studied art under Orre Nelson Nobles. Martin earned a living as an art framer in Seattle, but he also associated with artists of the Northwest School of Art, such as Morris Graves and Guy Anderson, and exhibited and sold paintings in Washington and Oregon galleries: the Otto Seligman Gallery, the Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Galleries, Utley's Art Galleries, the Henry Art Gallery, and others in Seattle, and The Fountain Gallery of Art in Portland, Oregon.
From the description of James Martin papers, 1961-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70247836
James Martin, a nationally acclaimed painter renowned for his whimsical style, was born in 1928. He grew up in Ballard (Seattle, Washington) and attended Ballard High School, where he studied art under Orre Nelson Nobles. He later attended the University of Washington and received a B.A. in creative writing in 1953. After graduating, Martin was unable to find work as a writer, so he took on several odd jobs, including work as an art framer in Seattle. While in the framing business, he met gallery owner Otto Seligman and several other artists of the Northwest School of Art, such as Morris Graves and Guy Anderson. Martin had his first art show in the Otto Seligman Gallery in the University District of Seattle in 1968. During the 1970s and 1980s, he showed his work in a variety of galleries, including The Fountain Gallery of Art in Portland, Oregon, and in Seattle the Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Galleries, Utley's Art Galleries, the Henry Art Gallery, Maxwell Galleries, the Foster/White Gallery, and others. He has continued to work as an artist in his studio, the Donald Duck Ranch, in Edmonds, Washington.
From the guide to the James Martin papers, 1961-2001, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)
