The artist

Abstract artist Martha Mottau Reisdorf's unique abstract art evolved after a traumatic and transforming event in her life.   In 1990 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Until then she led a fairly traditional life.   Her childhood and early adult years were spent in Puget Sound country in Washington state and she now resides in Lake, Oswego, Oregon.  

Surgery to remove the brain tumor resulted in skewed eyesight ... and changed her life as she found a new and exciting way of seeing the world.   As an escape from the tedium of rehab she enrolled in an art class at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and became instantly impassioned, eventually graduating.   Her distorted vision had become a gift ... enabling her to virtually see in the abstract..

Initially her paintings were a kaleidoscope semblance of our land and environment, her canvasses emanating from her memories, imagination and unique eyesight.    But something began gnawing at her ... she wanted to challenge herself and seek new meaning to her art.   She queried herself ... why couldn't she create art that didn't rely on imagery or references to nature? This led to her advent into painting pure abstraction. Today she paints both abstract landscapes and pure abstraction.   Unconstrained and in spontaneous abstract strokes, she allows the paint itself to evoke emotional response, energized movement and innovative, provocative compositions. 

Her works have been exhibited in regional museums and art galleries, are in private collections throughout the United States and abroad and have been featured on television and in various news publications and catalogues.