Artist Bio

Marty de Weerd is a Nimbin based visual artist, tutor and musician who specialises in landscapes, seascapes and abstract paintings using acrylic paints, as well as soundscapes derived from field recordings accompanied by subtle electronic instrumentation. Marty’s work primarily depicts nature in its rawest forms- untouched and wild, devoid of signs of human influence and asks the audience to consider their role in both the destruction and preservation of the environment. Since moving to the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales at the start of 2023 from Adelaide, his paintings have largely focussed on the remaining pockets of rainforest, conveying his reverence for this unique ecosystem. Marty was the winner of the Margaret McLaren Prize for Emerging Artists at the 2023 Nimbin Art Fair for his painting “Nightcap”. He was also Highly Commended in the landscape section at the 2024 Bentley Art Prize for "Below the Falls" and won the People's Choice award at the 2024 Nimbin School of Arts Spring Exhibition.

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Marty typically works from his home studio in Nimbin, painting scenes based on photographs taken as he explores the wilderness on foot. Inspired by both traditional landscape painting and modern animation, he uses vivid, overly saturated colours to give his paintings a hint of the surreal.