Allowing wabi sabi imperfections, reveling in play and process to dictate the next steps, Martha Main is an artist and designer based in Savannah, GA. Inspired by the marsh, wide open spaces and rolling clouds, she creates abstracted landscapes in a monochrome palette.

Main works from memory and emotion to create landscapes not tied to a specific place. The paintings are a marker of time and a conduit to the unknown, each one a moment captured and let go. With every cyanotype painting, the negatives develop into their blue world, each mark giving way to its opposite with exposure to light and water.

Formally trained as a graphic designer at Rhode Island School of Design (2010), and working remotely 9-5 as a Director of Creative Operations, the painting practice introduces play, exploration, and connection to the hands that isn’t present in the day-to-day busyness. When not behind a computer screen or painting with blues, Martha can be found with her husband and dog walking a nature trail or cooking in the kitchen.