Craig A. Marta

The Art League of Long Island: A not-for-profit organization offering a broad range of classes in the visual arts for artists of all ages and ability levels. I teach a ‘Painterly Drawing’ class here – figure drawing with an expressly classical approach and instruction tailored to each student’s ability.
The Art Students League of New York: A great place to study, boasting a great lineage of renowned instructors, in an unbeatable Midtown location steeped in atmosphere and art history.
Gallery North: An excellent gallery and beautiful venue for art and exhibits showcasing Long Island artists, landscapes, ceramics, crafts, and photography.
Fran Hardy: A friend and artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico who works with Old Master techniques to create uniquely personal paintings of lush natural beauty.
Victor Ingrassia: Another friend and extraordinary animation/video artist whose experimental works incorporate a traditional animation aesthetic as both reference and a point of departure.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The newly renovated Greek and Roman Galleries are an inspiration for anyone enamored with works of antiquity and the classical figure in painting and sculpture.
Stanko: Yet another friend and artist - working in a quite a different vein – whose paintings are saturated in robust color and an ebullient easygoing ‘Pop’ style.
Marilyn Turtz: I was honored to share an exhibition space with her compact paintings of balance and beauty - a premier painter of Long Island landscapes.