Home on the Strange: In Search of the Salton Sea is now available for sale on Amazon Books.

Based on Polaroids taken over a period of four years, Home on the Strange: In search of the Salton Sea depicts various aspects of the reality of life on the Salton Sea. In her trademark style of haunting American Realism, Martin skillfully and subtly examines concepts of worth and beauty and begs compelling questions about the psychology of place and the search for a sense of home.

Amy Sather Smith contributes text to supplement Martin’s paintings, providing a history of the Salton Sea and examining the dreams that originally attracted people to the area as well as the psychology that compels some to stay and others to still arrive.

 

Home on the Strange: In saearch of the Salton Sea, a CATALYSIS PROJECTS Publication is available for sale on AMAZON starting December 17th, 2010.

NARROW LANDS Painting in Progress….

Davis Interior, Truro, MA [in progress]

At the intersection of memory and disintegration lie the abandoned houses and structures of the “Narrow Lands” – an architectural geography of history and time along the Outer Cape. Along this thin spiral of land and water, the shifting of sand and silt and spray create inexorable change in natural terrain – a relentless force of transformation that likewise erodes, reclaims, and reconstitutes the people and structures of Provincetown.

Encountering the Cape through interwoven sound, video image and text, NARROW LANDS is an ongoing multidisciplinary collaborative project between CATALYSIS PROJECTS Core Artists: Quintan Ana Wikswo and Deborah Martin.