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Martyn Webb is an award winning Australian Artist as well as the Pastor of The Café Church at Port Stephens. He comes from a long family line of Artists and performers.
Martyn describes his painting style as Animated impressionism using bold brush strokes and vibrant colours to capture the light and atmosphere of life. Building texture and energy with a palette knife or brush he creates a mood that brings each painting to life.
He has won various awards around the Hunter Valley and New England Region. His works have been exhibited at the Wentworth Gallery at the Rocks Sydney. Locally he exhibits at the Heritage Gallery Nelson Bay and the Café Church Anna Bay as well as the Hunter Valley. He has a home studio at Nelson Bay along with his daughter Sarah-Kate also a local Artist. His work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Australia and overseas.
Recent
Awards :2000 winner Nelson Bay Art
Prize - 2001 Runner up open section
Pokolbin Art Prize Hunter Valley
2002 Singleton Art Prize
Encouragement Award Pastels/Pen and Ink - 2004 Winner Weston Regional Art
Prize
2004 Winner open section Scone Art
Prize - 2004 Highly commended Singleton Art
Prize contemporary section
2005 winner Singleton Art Prize
Traditional open section - 2007 winner Weston Art Prize
Contemporary section
Sarah-Kate Webb is the daughter of Martyn Webb who began exhibiting only a couple of years ago whilst doing her bachelor of arts at Calaghan University in Newcastle Australia.
Sarah also has a clothing line manufacturing recycled fashion.
Her style is avante guarde, expressing the tension and emotional energy of todays generation. She exhibits from a home studio and various galleries on the north coast of New South Wales.
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