Luminous colors, attention to detail and a great respect for realism are a few of the qualities immediately engaging a viewer to the work of Janine Marie Martens.

For all of her adult life, Janine Marie Martens has been driven by two passions, a love of flowers and a love of great art.  Until eight years ago her only indulgence of these passions was through gardening, floral design and viewing the work of artists in museums and galleries.

For six years she painted in watercolor depicting nature in the form of botanicals, florals, and still lifes.  She studied under Annie Ferder of Bend, Oregon, Elsie Grace of La Quinta and Diane Maxey of Scottsdale Artists College.

Two years ago she started painting in oil and has studied under Greg Kreutz of the New York Art Students League and Jean Chambers of the Fredericksburg Art School. 

After living her entire life in Southern California she moved to Austin in 2006.