Martin Vallis
"The Power of Words"
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Martin Vallis
To see we must forget the names of the things we're looking at.- Claude Monet
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Martin Vallis
"Elliptical"
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Martin Vallis
"The Shadow Self with A Touch of Pink"
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Martin Vallis
"Virus"
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Martin Vallis
"It's A Thin Line Between Love and Hate"
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Martin Vallis
"The Blood Red Game"
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Martin Vallis
"American Composers Perfect London Apartment"
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Martin Vallis
"Michael Stipe Gets A Haircut or Not?"
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Martin Vallis
"The Waiting Room"
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Martin Vallis
"Remembering Piet Mondrian and the De Stijl Movement"
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Martin Vallis
"Metal On Metal But Is It Heavy?"
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Martin Vallis
"Triptych"
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Martin Vallis
"Darkness aka This is the Way, Step Inside."
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Martin Vallis
"Early Artist Sketch of Early Man or Undiscovered, Bacon?"
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Martin Vallis
"I Inside the Old I Dying"
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Martin Vallis
"Going Underground"
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Martin Vallis
"The Flowers of Romance"
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Martin Vallis
"Living by Numbers aka The Dice Man"
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Martin Vallis
"The Recurring Dream of Vlad the Impaler"
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Martin Vallis
"The Vanishing"
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Martin Vallis
"Portrait of Chris Spedding"
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Martin Vallis
"Zorro Attempting to Perfect His Mark"
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Martin Vallis
"Have Coldplay Been Here?"
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Martin Vallis
"Humiliation"
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Martin Vallis
"An Intimate Study of Kate Bush"
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Martin Vallis
"Never The Twain Shall Meet"
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Martin Vallis
"Living by Numbers #1 aka The Dice Man"
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Martin Vallis
"Blank Canvas or Blank Generation aka Where's Richard?"
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Martin Vallis
"Joseph Cornell Drops By"
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Martin Vallis
""Red and Green Should Never Be Seen..."
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Martin Vallis
"How Long Is A Piece Of String?"
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Martin Vallis
"Alternative Point of View"
Photography | 10x7.5 in
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Martin Vallis
"Picture of Dorian Grey, The Sequel"
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Martin Vallis
"And in the Darkness Bind Them."
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Martin Vallis
"Complicated Shadows"
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Martin Vallis
"Living by Numbers #2 aka The Dice Man"
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Biography
Martin Vallis is a professionnal photographer. His style evolved, resulting in tightly- cropped, close-up work, mostly utilising Tungsten lighting, to enhance texture and detail. Two decades later Martin departed from commercial photography, concentrating on his own vision.
Throughout his career, Martin’s style has changed, yet there remains the ever-constant preference for simplicity of solitary objects, reflecting texture and shape: less is more. Society may spend time looking for the ‘Big Picture’ whilst missing the ‘Beauty of Simplicity’. He feels it portrays a deeply felt sense of isolation, solitude and emptiness. The artist is eager to conclude he now understands those feelings are more to do with his condition over reality.
Martin Vallis has studied Visual Communication at Medway College of Art and Design from 1976-79, moving to London in 1980. After working as a Photographic Assistant to Commercial Photographer Gary Bryan for 3 years, he set up his own studio in Chelsea in 1983, that specialised in high-quality still life photography, in the areas of Advertising, Design and Editorial. Martin also shot stills on TV and Cinema commercials, primarily with directors Howard Guard and Ridley Scott (Alien/Blade Runner/Gladiator). Some of Martin’s clients included, British Airways, BMW, Volkswagen and Selfridges.
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UNITED KINGDOM
- Date of birth : 1954
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- Groups: Contemporary British Artists
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1976 - 1979
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London,
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Presented by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
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Added Feb 21, 2025
The Place Where Thought Begins (Book)
Feel like I've been working on this book for decades but in fact just most of 2024. It's far exceeded my expectations.
Above is the front cover.
It's a personal narrative about the intersection of mental health and creativity.
The book follows the familiar format in that it has a, Forward, Bio, About my process, how the Title came about and Dedications to those who have helped me on my journey so far.
The book is divided into sections, ArtCity, Street, Others, Ego, Alienation, Neglect and Clouds. Each section starts with a quote, verse of a poem or song lyric and section title. Each section has six images.
The Book ends with probably the best poem I've read to date and for me says a lot about my own experiences.
Below the back cover.
The Book is a square format 20x20cm, has 112 pages and priced at £20 + pp and at present is only available directly from me but am exploring other potentials and will update if I find other outlets.
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Very happy that my image ‘Other Self’ has been included in this Exhibition.
https://www.thehouseofsmalls.art/theportraitwithin
Reviews and comments
Très belle profondeur de Bleu, j'adore!
Very nice depth of blue, I love it!
Thank you, Nathalie, I’m glad you like it.🖖😸
ATTENTION : Merveille !!!.
ATTENTION: Marvel!!!.
Merci Jacques. J'apprécie que vous ayez pris le temps de commenter et votre soutien.
Excellente et originale. Bravo Martin !.
Merci Jaques, tu ne réaliseras pas à quel point ton message compte pour moi, il arrive à point nommé.
merci beaucoup
Thanks a lot
Molto gentile. Grazie!
Very kind. Thank you!
Je suis trés heureuse ,Martin , de voir mon tableau , dans cette belle collection
Merci beaucoup
I am very happy, Martin, to see my painting in this beautiful collection
Thank you so much
Merci beaucoup Martin d'avoir choisi mon tableau dans votre collection !!! Amitiés, Arnaud. 😊
Thank you very much Martin for choosing my painting in your collection!!! Kind regards, Arnaud. 😊
Very refined and original artist, talent+++
Thanks,Dear Martin for your attention
best regards.
Vadim
Thank you, Dear Martin...
Grazie,felice di essere prente nella tua collezione
Thanks, glad to see you in your collection
Grazie per l’apprezzamento e la condivisione del mio lavoro!
Thank you for appreciating and sharing my work!
Merci d'avoir pris le temps de commenter mon image/travail. Je pense que la simplicité est belle et très souvent négligée car nous sommes trop occupés à chercher le compliqué!
Thank you for taking the time to comment on my image/work. I think simplicity is beautiful and very often overlooked because we are too busy looking for the complicated!
Two of my images currently in this online exhibition.
Thank you so much for adding my artworks on your collection.Gianluca
Thanks a lot Martin.
Delighted to find my collages in such an inspiring collection.
Muchas gracias Martin. Una colección muy interesante, como tus fotografías.
Très belle plume ! ... mais cassée. Dommage ! (c'est de l'humour).
Merci , Martin, pour vos récentes prises de mes oeuvres.
Very nice pen! ... but broken. Damage ! (It's a joke).
Thank you, Martin, for your recent takes of my works.
Indeed, it is, Sorin and still a very good album today.
Fifty years have passed
Thank you for your sympathy and trust in my work. I wish you good luck and inspiration! With respect.
Спасибо вам большое, Elena
Thank you very much, Elena