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Life imitates Art

Martin Allen

2022 • United Kingdom • Oil on Canvas

36 x 24 in

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Martin Allen

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Medium : Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 36x24in

About this artwork

The second in a series of a pair of my worn out Chuck Taylor Andy Warhol Converse Trainers. So here it is...'Life imitates Art'...

About the artist
Martin Allen is a London based artist. Martin came to oil painting through a circuitous route, having drawn for most of his life and being largely self-taught he was eventually re-introduced to oil painting as a preferred medium to create his varied and diverse work. The methods he uses to paint are… classic ones, using layered paint applications rounded off by oil glazes. These create, add depth and harmonise colours. He has shown solo numerous times at Goodwood, The Affordable Art Fair and others, been a finalist at the ‘London art Biennale 2019’, alongside various commissions including work for the BP Shipping collection, and most recently Vogue magazine.

Martin Allen

United Kingdom

Credentials

Group shows participant
Experienced Artist
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« Imagination is King in the eye of the beholder. »

Martin Allen is a British contemporary artist (b.1963) working in oil on canvas from London. In 2024 he was personally commissioned by Lewis Hamilton as one of a select group of artists to create farewell artworks for the 3,000 employees of Mercedes-AMG F1 — original now on permanent display at Mercedes F1 Brackley.
His subjects span machines and drivers that defined motorsport history — Senna, Hamilton, Porsche 917 Gulf, Ford GT40 — alongside pop art, luxury fashion, and political satire. Technique: layered oils with transparent glazes on canvas and linen, influenced by Dalí, Freud, and Bacon.
Member, Guild of Motoring Artists and GRRC. Exhibited at Goodwood Revival, Affordable Art Fair London, and Salon Privé Blenheim Palace Concours. Featured in British Vogue, Octane Magazine, and Motorsport Magazine. Special Mention for Excellence, London Art Biennale 2019. BP Shipping collection commission.
Original oils from $2,500. Certificate of authenticity. Commissions Welomed.

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Martin Allen

Life imitates Art

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