In addition to being a multi-award-winning filmmaker and author, Martin Guinness is also an abstract expressionist artist.

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"One of the things I really like about abstract expressionism is its mutability factor. You might have something in mind that you’re going to paint, but then spontaneity and intuition take over and the existential experience means that the painting tells its own story. And the outcome is generally much better than the original idea would have been."

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With a nod towards great expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Clyfford Still, my work often makes a statement about paint itself and surface, with its application being foregrounded. My university education in psychology also leads to a neo-surrealist focus on the subconscious and Carl Jung’s theories about the collective unconscious.

Much of what inspires my work comes from the imaginings of nature: from the vast to the minuscule, from an image of deep space to an extra close-up photograph of a virus.

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All work is for sale and is sold unframed. Please contact the artist at lifedancer.publish@gmail.com for details.

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Recently exhibited at several local group art shows

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Come and visit me in my studio/gallery in Woollahra, NSW

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@martinguinness_artist​