
Kent & Dog Watson - Montgomery, Alabama - oil 42"
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A native of Sheffield, Alabama, Martha Carpenter graduated in 1973 from
Alabama School of the Fine Arts in Birmingham. She then acquired a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky,
supplemented by attendance at Kentucky Institute for European Studies in
Bregenz, Austria, and extensive European study-travel on three occasions.
In 1983, she exhibited her paintings at the Centre International D'Art
Contemporain in Paris, France as participant in a Salon des Nations Exhibition
promoting independent American artists. Throughout her career Carpenter
has had numerous exhibition experiences and publications which have culminated
in a consistent influx of private and corporate portrait commissions.
In addition to her work as a portrait artist, for eight years she served
as art director, designer and illustrator in the advertising field and
as art instructor for the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay. Currently
based in Jekyll Island Georgia, her work is marketed nationwide through
galleries, agencies and private exhibitions.
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