I've been lucky. Art has always been a part of my life.

Always.  From early
childhood instruments 
and teenage perfor-
mance, to life in cluttered places with studio walls smothered, those heavy colored 9'x12' canvasses  with cars driven over them and that ridiculous 300 pound cement sculpture friends moved twice... Always. 

Life in other countries allowed me to intensify the level of art in my life, gifting me with opportunities in spoken word and music, heavy duty compatriots and for some of these years, the priviledge of living in the world's only cubist neighborhood.

 In 2002 I assembled my first makeshift, (very makeshift) outdoor metal studio. This grew steadily over the next few years,   
with many long periods of non use.

In 2007 I moved, added on and now my studio is my home.

In 2009, I began creating
abstract works with serious intention.

I  hope you are moved in some way by my pieces.

I am looking for gallery representation.

Paul Martia

I believe fractals are the DNA
of our physical world and
the portals to other dimensions
are the fractures within and between the fractals.

In my sculpture,
I hope to create a view into life's inherent fractures,
show the interplay between material and space
and strike a feeling for the alchemy of this balance
in a unified, thematic impact.