Martha Sermier
Statement
When I was a child in Maine I always set out knowing that I would find a treasure of some sort in the world that was the beach. Always, never a doubt.
The same is true when I approach a blank canvas or paper with various mediums. I’m searching for and finding what could be there. My paintings are a search for what might emerge as I explore.
Motherwell, inspired by Miro, defines originality simply as what originates in ones own being. To my mind this is a bow to the unconscious sensibility that searches for form in each of us.
Bio
Martha Sermier is a painter who lives and works in New York City. Her BA is from Bennington College. Years prior to that she earned an MSN in Psychiatric Nursing from the University of California San Francisco. She practiced as a psychoanalyst and training analyst after being certified as a psychoanalyst by the American Institute for Psychoanalysis. She now focuses on her painting full time.