Since setting out on my artistic and creative journey I have made many personal sacrifices to allow my work to progress and develop. My early work was generally non-representational and abstract in form, vibrant in colour and experimental. The spontaneous and energy sapping nature of the process I had developed, I worked one step from beauty and one step from disaster. I enjoy the elements of the unknown and the unpredictable within these works.
My latest highly textured paintings break away from the early abstract vibrancy and are inspired by events, emotions and feelings from periods of time in my personal life depicted within sometimes stark and barren yet atmospheric seascapes and beach scenes.
Inspiration
From what I see and observe around me in the natural world. Things you see every day and take for granted. The sun rising on a beautiful spring morning, the skies and colours above, the formation of the clouds, to the setting of the sun where the sky meets the sea. All these things create wonderful shapes and colours quite by chance, and if you're lucky enough you may find the time to stop and wonder at them. These are all inspirational to me, just take the time to observe and enjoy what is there. Because, within a whisper it will be gone.
Other Inspiration
Music – most notably that of:-
Joy Division, The Chameleons, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins/Robin Guthrie
About Joy Division:
Because Martin Hannett (the producer) decided that the group should sound like an abstract, futuristic version of themselves, and be heavy, dark, penetrating in ways that involved implied feelings and perceptions and suggestions and mood altering sound effects and intermittent outbursts. (Paul Morley)
About my Art:
These days, for me, much the same.
TESTIMONIAL from British actor Adrian Lester :
Hello Martin,
I wasn’t sure I wanted to buy a painting until I saw 
Rise and Shine on the web. I checked the picture over 
using the Artgallery testing website and really liked 
what I saw. The picture as shown on the web is 
vibrant. But, In reality it is even more so. It seems 
to pull the viewer in. 
I’m very happy with it and every intention of picking 
up some more in future.
Yours,
Adrian Lester
View my website http://www.martin-rolt-art.co.uk/
My Location
Telephone: 07817 178 677
Email: martinrolt.art@live.co.uk
Website: http://www.martin-rolt-art.co.uk/
My Events
 Atmospheres & Textures 2016 - Martin Rolt / Sat 09 to Fri 29 Jul 2016 (3 weeks)
Atmospheres & Textures 2016 - Martin Rolt / Sat 09 to Fri 29 Jul 2016 (3 weeks)
A Solo Exhibition of Art by Martin Rolt. Will feature many new works not shown in public before.
My Videos
 Atmospheres & Textures - music The Organist by Listening Mirror
Atmospheres & Textures - music The Organist by Listening Mirror
Atmospheres & Textures - music by Listening Mirror - track 'The Organist' A mini-movie of a selection of my art accompanied by the hauntingly beaut...


 new dawn fades II
new dawn fades II lose myself : grey day
lose myself : grey day lose myself : what lies ahead?
lose myself : what lies ahead? lose myself : dark thoughts
lose myself : dark thoughts lose myself : trouble is coming
lose myself : trouble is coming dead souls
dead souls things would turn out well after all
things would turn out well after all wilderness
wilderness into the great white light
into the great white light the beach : spectre of the west
the beach : spectre of the west the beach : still life
the beach : still life the beach : still life II
the beach : still life II the beach : still life III
the beach : still life III leave it all behind
leave it all behind The Eternal
The Eternal The Circle of Life
The Circle of Life Aloneliness : this bleeding heart
Aloneliness : this bleeding heart Togetherness Foreverness
Togetherness Foreverness new dawn fades
new dawn fades beach: boisterous
beach: boisterous beach: warmth
beach: warmth moonscape
moonscape cocoon
cocoon beach: hazy
beach: hazy beach: focused
beach: focused beach: nightscape 3
beach: nightscape 3 beach: iridescent
beach: iridescent beach: pink orange red
beach: pink orange red wave's goodbye
wave's goodbye two halves of a whole
two halves of a whole beach: march 2012
beach: march 2012 evening heat
evening heat beach: nightscape 2
beach: nightscape 2 Albie's Mural - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 2 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 2 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 3 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 3 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 4 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 4 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 5 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 5 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 6 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 6 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 7 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 7 - 10 feet x 8 feet Albie's Mural 8 - 10 feet x 8 feet
Albie's Mural 8 - 10 feet x 8 feet current over coral
current over coral dream sequence
dream sequence dream sequence - detail
dream sequence - detail ebb and flow
ebb and flow ebb and flow - detail
ebb and flow - detail out of the blue came.....
out of the blue came..... ultramarine : waveform
ultramarine : waveform BOLD...!
BOLD...! equal rights
equal rights brand new you're retro
brand new you're retro melt 1 and melt 2
melt 1 and melt 2 feathered texture
feathered texture quicksilver
quicksilver quicksilver - angle
quicksilver - angle centrifuge
centrifuge fire and dragons
fire and dragons Wonderful World
Wonderful World when the snow met the sea
when the snow met the sea a sense of being
a sense of being Defenceless: Mother flexes her muscle
Defenceless: Mother flexes her muscle open your eyes and look within
open your eyes and look within It's out there.....somewhere
It's out there.....somewhere now you're not here
now you're not here the tranquil and the tempest
the tranquil and the tempest Until I Return
Until I Return