One of the greatest rewards of longevity in the art business is the close involvement in artist's careers and seeing them mature, particularly when your focus starts with emerging artists. We've had a lot of satisfaction here at Plus Gallery in that regard, perhaps none moreso than with Frank T. Martinez, who returns to the gallery this month to celebrate his tenth year as a professional artist. Martinez initially caught our attention by surprise, we knew him originally as a terrific guy upon our arrival in Denver in 2001, but didn't realize his artistic skill or ambitions until his wife showed us one of his paintings in early 2004.The timing was perfect as we readily embraced Frank's work and began to understand his desire to shift his career fully into art, having been self taught and quite accomplished throughout his life. It was an inspired move on our part, one leading to some of our favorite and most successful exhibitions at the gallery.
Nearly ten years later we are so proud to host Frank's fifth solo exhibition "Fluid," another remarkable display for one of Denver's most talented and hard-working painters. We know it's going to be a cold night for our artist's reception with Frank this Thursday, but nevertheless we'll be celebrating the start of the exhibition with those equally inspired enough to join us. Below is the press release for the show, we hope you will stop by for viewing regardless of the weather sometime over the next six weeks.
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