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    by Martin Honisch Painter
    34.5" x 26" Framed

    "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

    Oil on Board, 2001
    34 1/2" x 26"

    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 (1942-2026) 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

    Cowboy Hat
    Cowboy Hat $3,000.00 CAD
    Return
    Return $1,650.00 CAD
    Barn
    Barn $3,500.00 CAD
    Flood
    Flood $3,000.00 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.

    Green Chair
    Green Chair $5,000.00 CAD
    Red Chair 1
    Red Chair 1 $4,500.00 CAD
    Red Chair 11
    Red Chair 11 $4,800.00 CAD
    Trof
    Trof $3,150.00 CAD
    Two Things
    Two Things $2,500.00 CAD
    Three Things
    Three Things $3,250.00 CAD
    Sail and Steam
    Sail and Steam $3,500.00 CAD
    Dark
    Dark $3,500.00 CAD
    Smile
    Smile $3,500.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Hoffnung $2,500.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Naval Battle $6,800.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Tonga $3,500.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch
    Harvest $7,500.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Skeleton $2,950.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch
    Musicians $6,800.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Dog Bird $2,500.00 CAD
    Original painting by Martin Honisch with musicians
    Miner $4,950.00 CAD
    Soldat (soldier) $4,000.00 CAD
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