View or buy Martina Shapiro's paintings here: www.MartinaShapiro.com This is my new art website with my newest paintings where you can get more information about how to buy my art. contact the artist: martisart@shaw.ca [Announcement - Martina Shapiro - 2Ko - 2017]

Artist Martina Shapiro page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MartinaShapiroArt [Announcement - Martina Shapiro - 1Ko - 2015]

Watch me paint: These videos show how I start and continue to create one of my abstract nude paintings in acrylic on canvas: http://www.youtube.com/MartinaPaintings [Announcement - Martina Shapiro - 1Ko - 2008]

artist Martina Shapiro Vibrant contemporary original paintings [Page - Martina Shapiro - 2Ko - 2017]

View or buy my art: www.MartinaShapiro.com Watch me paint - how I create my abstract nudes in acrylic on canvas: http://www.youtube.com/user/MartinaPaintings   born in Czech Republic resides in Vancouver, Canada art school in Czech Republic, then mainly self-taught Bachelor and Master's degrees (University of Manitoba and the University of British Columbia) juried member of the Federation of Canadian Artists Representation: Federation Gallery In the Collection of & Commissioned Work: 2004 Miroglio S.p.a. (Alba, Italy) 2004 Supreme Court of Canada (Ottawa, Canada) 2004 York University (Toronto, Canada) 2003 Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson (Vancouver, Canada) 2000 The Galt Collection (Vancouver, Canada) My paintings are influenced mostly by Fauvism and Expressionism, but also by Art Deco, Pop-Art and the old masters. Through the use of expressive, vibrant color, abstraction and distortions, I seek to portray human emotions and passions in my still life, landscape and figure paintings. My favorite artists are Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Egon Schiele, Mark Rothko, Peter Max, Rubens and El Greco, among others. [Biography - Martina Shapiro - 3Ko]