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Late Light Along the Fields – Post-Impressionist Autumn Landscape Post-Impressionist landscape oil painting titled "Late Light Along the Fields" featuring an autumnal field and trees. The painting shows a vibrant, textured foreground of golden grass, a bright orange central tree, and a stylized blue-gray background suggesting distant hills and water under a cloudy sky.
6 days ago Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Landscapes

Late Light Along the Fields – Post-Impressionist Autumn Landscape

Late Light Along the Fields 10″ x 8″ Oil on canvas – $475 There are times when I deeply miss […]

August Oval Bowl: A Journey in Oil and Inspiration Still life oil painting by Catherine Martzloff featuring an empty celadon green oval bowl against a background of orange, yellow, and lavender geometric shapes with a leaf motif
3 weeks ago Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Interiors

August Oval Bowl: A Journey in Oil and Inspiration

August Oval Bowl 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 August Oval Bowl was inspired by simplicity and not […]

Citrus and Sunshine: A Familiar Conversation A still life oil painting featuring three vibrant yellow lemons on a blue and purple geometric surface. The background consists of a yellow wall decorated with green leaves and red-accented floral patterns. The artist's signature is visible in the bottom-left corner.
1 month ago Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Nature

Citrus and Sunshine: A Familiar Conversation

Citrus and Sunshine 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 Paintings rarely exist entirely on their own; they are […]

Lemon Zest: A Blend of Simplicity and Emotion in Art Original oil painting on canvas, titled Lemon Zest by Catherine J. Martzloff. The painting features three yellow lemons on a table with violet cast shadows and a rich yellow green background. Geometric shapes in off white and yellow give the painting a contemporary aesthetic along with the strong use of line.
1 month ago Leave a Comment by cmartzloff New Paintings

Lemon Zest: A Blend of Simplicity and Emotion in Art

“Lemon Zest” 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 Paintings have a strange way of talking to each other […]

Between Rooms: Bringing a Series of Collage-Inspired Portraits to a Close A 30" x 24" OIl on canvas titled Between Rooms. This painting features a woman with dark long hair and a partly shadowed face looking back toward the viewer. She is set in a painted collage that holds her and could be reflective of her life journey or dreams. There are flowers, diamond like shapes in bright colors, a view of a landscape with mountains in the distance and a chair. Simple geometric shapes in yellow, green and pink complete the composition.
2 months ago Leave a Comment by cmartzloff New Paintings

Between Rooms: Bringing a Series of Collage-Inspired Portraits to a Close

Between Rooms 30″ x 24″ Oil on canvas – NFS Exhibiting Oct. 2026 Every portrait in this body of work […]

On Certain Ground: A Collage Portrait of Memory, Place, and Belonging An oil portrait of a woman with a thoughtful expression, her face partially shaded in blue. The background is a vibrant collage of geometric panels separated by gold lines, depicting fragmented landscapes including trees, a bowl of citrus fruit, a pathway, an orange urn, and a house with a red roof.
2 months ago 2 Comments by cmartzloff New Paintings

On Certain Ground: A Collage Portrait of Memory, Place, and Belonging

On Certain Ground 30″ x 24″ Oil on canvas – NFS Exhibiting Oct. 2026 She stands with quiet assurance, as […]

The Stories We Paint: Turquoise and Twigs Every spring, I look forward to a specific view outside my kitchen window. There is an old Weigela shrub out there—about 30 years old now—that bursts into life with the most lovely pink florets. I have always been drawn to its delicate, almost magnolia-like flowers and the woody, tree-like structure of its branches.Lately, my studio practice has been deeply focused on still lifes, particularly exploring the forms of fruit and bowls. But on this specific day, I felt like I just needed a direct hit of nature and the outdoors. I went outside, clipped a few twigs from the Weigela, placed them in a simple glass cup, and sat down at the easel.The glass added a beautiful sense of fragility to the setup, and I loved being able to see the raw branch stems submerged in the water.Around this same time, a painting friend had introduced me to working with a black background. That concept was still lingering in my mind. For years, I have been so comfortable using white, patterns, or solid colors behind my subjects. Introducing black felt entirely different.Leaving that dark backdrop up in my studio has been incredibly enlightening. It has pushed me to see the vast array of subtle colors that can actually come through within "black" shapes and deep shadows.Turquoise and Twigs captures that exact moment of transition for me—finding the delicate balance between the woodiness of the branches, the fragility of the glass, and a brand new way of looking at color and shadow.
2 months ago 1 Comment by cmartzloff Flowers

The Stories We Paint: Turquoise and Twigs

Turquoise and Twigs 10″x 8″ Oil on canvas – $475 Every spring, I look forward to a specific view outside […]

Capturing Fleeting Beauty in ‘The Unexpected Garden’ An impressionist oil painting featuring a cluster of purple irises with long green leaves, set against a textured, warm yellow background. The flowers display rich shades of violet, lavender, and dark indigo, while small hints of yellow accent the lower right foliage. The artwork has visible, expressive brushstrokes and the artist's signature is faintly visible in the bottom left corner.
3 months ago 2 Comments by cmartzloff Flowers

Capturing Fleeting Beauty in ‘The Unexpected Garden’

The Unexpected Garden Oil on canvas – 20″ x 16″ – $1850 A fleeting moment on a hometown walk The […]

The Golden Pour: An Expressionist Still Life of Pears An expressionist oil painting titled The Golden Pour, featuring three pears resting on a table. The artwork utilizes bold, thick blue linework, rich green tones, and a vibrant, fluid yellow highlight poured down the center of the middle pear against a deep background.
June 5, 2026 Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Uncategorized

The Golden Pour: An Expressionist Still Life of Pears

The Golden Pour 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 There is a quiet magic in the number three. […]

Unlocking the Secrets of ‘The Floral Halo’ Painting Still life oil painting titled The Floral Halo featuring a blue-rimmed bowl with a floral interior pattern against a warm terracotta background by Catherine J. Martzloff.
May 19, 2026 2 Comments by cmartzloff Flowers

Unlocking the Secrets of ‘The Floral Halo’ Painting

The Floral Halo Oil on Canvas 8″ x 10″ – $475 Every object brought into the studio carries its own […]

Edges of Comfort — Exploring Everyday Objects in Oil Painting Colorful contemporary still life oil painting of a patterned lavender and cream bowl resting on a bright yellow surface beside a green shape, with floral wallpaper and a dark charcoal background. Bold outlines and vibrant color contrasts create a modern, expressive composition.
May 7, 2026 Leave a Comment by cmartzloff New Paintings

Edges of Comfort — Exploring Everyday Objects in Oil Painting

Edges of Comfort – Oil on canvas – $475 Edges of Comfort explores pattern, contrast, and the quiet familiarity of […]

Sunlit Stripe: A Journey in Color and Light
April 29, 2026 1 Comment by cmartzloff Abstract

Sunlit Stripe: A Journey in Color and Light

Sunlit Stripe 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 Sunlit Stripe holds a single bowl in a field of […]

Revisiting: A Poetic Portrait of A Summer Iris Garden
April 21, 2026 Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Flowers

Revisiting: A Poetic Portrait of A Summer Iris Garden

Summer Iris Garden 14″ x11″ Oil on canvas – $675 in summerbetween the waves of heatcool dirt upon my toes […]

By the Sycamore: Gallery Feature
April 13, 2026 Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Landscapes

By the Sycamore: Gallery Feature

By the Sycamore 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $450 framed I am bringing this favorite back to the […]

A Victorian Spring: Capturing the Essence of Early Spring
April 3, 2026 1 Comment by cmartzloff Flowers

A Victorian Spring: Capturing the Essence of Early Spring

A Victorian Spring 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 There’s a moment in early spring when everything gathers […]

Exploring Shadow and Light in Midnight Light Painting This is a minimalist still life. There are dramatic contrasts in light. Vibrant warm golds and subtle oranges are set against a dark background. A subtle abstract patterning rests in the back. This is a luminous, modern still life. A bowl is the main subject. The painting is high contrast, playful and offers a new way to experience it.
March 27, 2026 Leave a Comment by cmartzloff Interiors

Exploring Shadow and Light in Midnight Light Painting

Midnight Light 8″ x 10″ Oil on canvas – $475 Midnight Light captures a single, luminous bowl set against a rich, […]

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