Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians

Man and Cat 2018
by Martin Honisch Painter

"World beauty can’t be defined by is a matter of personality. There is a higher beauty which is universal and eternal but art has little to do with it. Art is confined to this world and subject to the limits of this world." ~ Artist Martin Honisch

I would venture to state that the fantastic is at the root of all art and ought to occupy a central position, reflecting the basic fact that life and the world are inherently fantastic, weird and wonderful.

Painter Martin Honisch

Martin Honisch (b. 1942) is a Chemainus-based painter celebrated for his luminous, dreamlike compositions that blend memory, surrealism, and the quietly fantastical. Trained at UBC and the University of Hamburg through a World University Service scholarship, he later taught art before devoting himself full-time to painting in 1982. Rejecting trends and “isms,” Honisch paints the worlds he loves—tropical gardens, European parks, ships at sea, imagined houses—rendered with warmth, wit, and an enduring belief that the fantastic lies at the root of all art.

Artist Statement

“I paint what I like. My paintings are pleasant dreams—sometimes nostalgic, often enigmatic. I have never found non-objective art compelling; the fantastic, the bizarre, and the wonderful are the true roots of art. Life itself is inherently strange, and my work reflects that quiet, enduring wonder.”

Martin Honisch

Available Artworks

Painter Martin Honisch

Flood $3,000.00 CAD

Green Chair $5,000.00 CAD

Red Chair 1 $4,500.00 CAD

Red Chair 11 $4,800.00 CAD

World beauty can’t be defined by is a matter of personality. There is a higher beauty which is universal and eternal but art has little to do with it. Art is confined to this world and subject to the limits of this world.

Trof $3,150.00 CAD

Return $1,650.00 CAD

Two Things $2,500.00 CAD

Tulips $3,500.00 CAD

Three Things $3,250.00 CAD

Sail and Steam $3,500.00 CAD

Dark $3,500.00 CAD

Barn $3,500.00 CAD

Cowboy Hat $3,000.00 CAD

Smile $3,500.00 CAD

Hoffnung $2,500.00 CAD

Naval Battle $6,800.00 CAD

Tonga $3,500.00 CAD

Harvest $7,500.00 CAD

Skeleton $2,950.00 CAD

Musicians $6,800.00 CAD

Dog Bird $2,500.00 CAD

Miner $4,950.00 CAD

Soldat (soldier) $4,000.00 CAD

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Name: Man and Cat
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Man and Cat

Man and Cat 2018by Martin Honisch Painter

Painter Martin Honisch

Artist Statement

Painter Martin Honisch

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