My name is Martha Starr and I live in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Charlestown MA. I grew up in a family that surrounded itself with art, music, theater, and food.

As early as I can remember I drew in my parents’ art books, trying to copy Picasso, Cezanne or Degas. As soon as I was old enough, I started taking art lessons, and continued through high school, including the MFA Museum School. I was an art major in college, and it was at that point, surrounded by peers of equal or greater abilities, that I “caved.”

Fast-forward forty years, I am finally “retired” from an excellent career in education that was always accompanied by a minor, yet continuing effort in painting. Here I am now and my art has become my work. I am in heaven in my studio. It has been a wonderful journey and the course of my style and aesthetic is ever evolving.

Artist Resume

College

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY BS, Art Major

Post College

Classes with Independent Artists in Drawing, Painting, and Pastels

New Art Center

Worcester Art Museum

Private studio

Past Work

Worcester Art Museum Student Show

Newton Art Center Student Exhibit

Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown MA

Memberships (current)

MFA

ICA

Artists Group of Charlestown, Board of Directors-Artists Group of Charlestown

Volunteer Work

Artists for Humanity

Boston Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Recreation Therapy (drawing and painting)

Recent Exhibits

Pictures for My Father, November 2017 Stove Factory Gallery

5 Artists in Search of a Portrait, March 2019 Stove Factory Gallery

All AGC member shows, including Art In The Park, Boston MA  2015-2019

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston. “Finding Your Strength,” 2020

Concord Art Association, Member Exhibit, Concord MA  February 2020