Daily Images by Marty Hatcher

“I have always felt a deep connection with nature.It brings to me a wholeness that I best express through painting.”

I am a Native Texan and was very fortunate to have found supportive encouragement in almost every early artistic endeavor. I attended UTA with a major in Commercial Art and became an illustrator while still attending school. I was a technical illustrator for a large English Gas Turbine company and for many years worked at LTV in the Electrical design engineering department as a designer/illustrator.

I started seriously allowing my passion for fine art and painting to become my life path a little over a decade ago. I am happy to say I have works in collections across the U.S. as well as in Canada , England , Germany , and Holland and have had many successful private shows in the US. I believe that studying, teaching across the country has brought to me the opportunity to put many new painting tools in that all important "art tool kit".

I would like to say a big thank you to the wonderful instructors who have had played such an important role in my painting career. Scott Christensen, Quang Ho, Carolyn Anderson, Hongnian Zhang, Scott Burdick, Lesley Rich, Huihan Liu, Dan Gerhartz, and C.W. Mundy to name a few. Art education is of great importance to me as I have discovered the more I learn the more I know I need and love to learn. I feel it's a good idea for an artist to have a deep understanding and always a deep feeling for what they are painting as well as a good handle on the use of the tools and innumerable applications available to them.

Let me share something personal with you. For me there is something very sensual about moving paint around a canvas. Sometimes I laugh out loud while I’m painting for the sheer pleasure it brings to me. It is my hope that my joy and passion come through in my paintings.