Marty Maehr

Marty Maehr’s use of geometric shapes gives rise to majestic forms that emerge amid the seas of colors that characterize his oil paintings.  The hallmark of his work is his masterful use of color and light. Colors are bold, engaging, and impossibly rich. Set within his geometric forms, they create a remarkable stained glass effect, made all the more mesmerizing by the light in the image that seems as if it is shining through cut glass rather than created by paint on canvas.

Hailing from the heart of the American Midwest, Maehr was inspired in childhood by a year living in Tehran, Iran.  The experience helped to develop within him a notion, expressed in his art, of the commonality of human experience.  What results is an energy in his images that is invigorating, giving rise to an internal tension that, in the end, is transformed into something quite stunning.  His artwork demonstrates the beauty that is inherent when fragmentation is transcended, giving way to something more universal.

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Free Spirit Plant 1<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Free Spirit Plant 1, 2011
Oil on Canvas
30" x 20"
USD 950

Free Spirit Plant 1, 2011
Oil on Canvas
30" x 20"
USD 950
Liquid Mountain<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Liquid Mountain, 2009
Oil on Canvas
20" x 30"
USD 1,750

Liquid Mountain, 2009
Oil on Canvas
20" x 30"
USD 1,750
Aeolian Lamp<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Aeolian Lamp, 2009
Oil on Canvas
32" x 24"
USD 1,850

Aeolian Lamp, 2009
Oil on Canvas
32" x 24"
USD 1,850
Inlet<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Inlet, 2009
Oil on Canvas
14" x 20"
USD 1,750

Inlet, 2009
Oil on Canvas
14" x 20"
USD 1,750
Valley Vortex<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Valley Vortex, 2008
Oil on Canvas
32" x 24"
USD 2,250

Valley Vortex, 2008
Oil on Canvas
32" x 24"
USD 2,250
Free Spirit Tree 2 (Gnosis)<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Free Spirit Tree 2 (Gnosis), 2011
Oil on Canvas
56" x 56"
USD 3,750

Free Spirit Tree 2 (Gnosis), 2011
Oil on Canvas
56" x 56"
USD 3,750
As Above, So Below<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
As Above, So Below, 2009
Oil on Canvas
48" x 24"
USD 2,650

As Above, So Below, 2009
Oil on Canvas
48" x 24"
USD 2,650
Aphrodite's Riddle<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Aphrodite's Riddle, 2008
Oil on Canvas
48" x 36"
USD 3,750

Aphrodite's Riddle, 2008
Oil on Canvas
48" x 36"
USD 3,750
Forgotten Stone and the Pencil of Light<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Forgotten Stone and the Pencil of Light, 2009
Oil on Canvas
48" x 27"
USD 3,200

Forgotten Stone and the...
Oil on Canvas
48" x 27"
USD 3,200
Turtle near Shore<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Turtle near Shore, 2009
Oil on Canvas
14" x 20"
USD 1,750

Turtle near Shore, 2009
Oil on Canvas
14" x 20"
USD 1,750
Free Spirit Plant 2<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Free Spirit Plant 2, 2011
Oil on Canvas
28" x 22"
USD 950

Free Spirit Plant 2, 2011
Oil on Canvas
28" x 22"
USD 950
Free Spirit Rooster<br>Oil on Canvas, Paintings
Free Spirit Rooster, 2011
Oil on Canvas
48" x 24"
USD 2,050

Free Spirit Rooster, 2011
Oil on Canvas
48" x 24"
USD 2,050

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