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Martin Ball

Martin Ball (Born 1952) is active/lives in New Zealand.  Martin Ball is known for Hyper-realist portrait painting, teaching.

Martin Ball (b.1952) is renowned for his hyper-realist, large-scale painted portraits of recent years. These works represent a culmination of Ball’s ongoing interest in portraiture and realism that has spanned more than three decades. Ball has focussed on a variety of subject matter since the early stages of his career including landscape, still-life and portraiture. Although his subjects range from the intensely detailed to the minimal, he has consistently worked in the style of realism. His works invariably display a graphic quality, achievable through his careful handling of the mediums he employs. Ball’s incredible technical skill - evident in his use of pencil, graphite and more recently oil - is a testament to his disciplined approach to art-making.

In 2000, Ball produced a suite of five portraits featuring significant New Zealand artists including Arnold Wilson, Stanley Palmer, Dick Frizzell, Robert Ellis and Ralph Hotere. Since this initial series, he has continued to wo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4506 characters.]  Artist bio

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