My work is inspired by my time spent wandering around the world making friends and experiencing, firsthand, their different life styles. I love to be able to reflect on these experiences and share them with others through my work. I try to capture these feelings and experiences – the colours, spaces, dimensions, places, things, people, expressions, backgrounds and stories I encounter – through paint and mixed media in order to better understand them, and myself.
Over the last year, I have had the opportunity to experiment with many materials and approaches. I found pastels and acrylic especially charming; particularly the freedom to play and mix them in order to accomplish a range of different tones, while also preserving the individuality of each colour where necessary.
![*Being Blue – Self Portrait #3*, acrylic on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/19c1433a1a-1684763217/1-1-kymb-1500x-q90.png)
Being Blue – Self Portrait #3, acrylic on paper, 29.7 x 42 cm
![*Spring at Strandhill*, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/43a1de0ab5-1684763002/2-2-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Spring at Strandhill, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm
![*Autumn leaves at Carysfort Park*, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/ce8103c4b8-1684763002/3-3-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Autumn leaves at Carysfort Park, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm
![*Snow in Stillorgan Park*, acrylic on canvas 60 x 50cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/33d906a326-1684763002/4-4-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Snow in Stillorgan Park, acrylic on canvas 60 x 50cm
![*Mixed*, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/de18ed923e-1684766120/5-5-kymb-1500x-q90.png)
Mixed, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50cm
![*Artists at the studio*, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/733800226d-1684794624/6-6-kymb-1500x-q90.png)
Artists at the studio, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60cm
![*Colors of February tulips*, pastel on paper, 29.7 x 42cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/4fc3249a01-1684767719/7-7-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Colors of February tulips, pastel on paper, 29.7 x 42cm
![*Purple Kitchen*, pastel on paper, 42 x 59.4cm](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/4e67bca2d1-1684767344/8-8-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Purple Kitchen, pastel on paper, 42 x 59.4cm
![*My little painter*, drypoint](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/ccefa19da1-1684767719/9-9-kymb-1500x-q90.png)
My little painter, drypoint
![*Just coffee*, drypoint](https://2023.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/kateris-y-martinez-b/bed3c52e45-1684767344/10-12-kymb-1500x-q90.jpg)
Just coffee, drypoint