Raymond Martens

Artist Raymond Martens has a deep desire to draw and paint the beauty he sees in God's creations.  Among his favorite subjects are children, landscapes, and aviation.

Martens' work has been included in the extensive collections of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Hawaii Air National Guard, Israeli Air Force, Saudi Arabian Air Force, the Taiwanese Government, Arizona Department of Public Safety, City of Phoenix (Sky Harbor International Airport, the George Bush Presidential Library, and many private collections.

  He has been honored with showings in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, the Champlin Air Museum, the Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, the American Cultural Center of Madrid, Spain, and the Valley National Bank Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

  Corporate works completed by Martens include Maidstone, UNOCAL, Days Inn, State Farm Insurance, First Interstate Banking System, California AAA, Colt Industries, Allied-Signal, Phoenix Suns, and Lutheran Social Ministries of
the Southwest.

  Ray Martens received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1971), and his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Arizona State University (1972,1979).  Today he is an adjunct professor at Indiana University (Herron Art School) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ray, his wife Prisca, and their children Matthew and Sarah, make their home in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Please visit Ray's personal gallery by clicking on the images below. We are very proud of the talent and versatility of the artists that help us offer our customers the highest quality original montage artwork.

Gallery
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