Plan Accordingly

Starting bid: $300

mixed media on wood panel

24" x 18"

https://cargocollective.com/martharich

Martha Rich lived the typical, suburban life - until she followed her husband to Los Angeles where, just short of a picket fence and 2.5 children her average American life unraveled. To cope with divorce, fate led her to a class taught by painters and brothers Rob and Christian Clayton. They persuaded her to quit the pantyhose, corporate world, leave her human resources job at Universal Studios behind and become an artist full-time. She graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and got her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011.

Her commercial clients include Blue Q, Honeygrow, Mural Arts, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Penguin UK, McSweeney's, Portland Mercury, Y&R, Village Voice, Bon Appetit, San Francisco Chronicle, Henry Holt Publisher, and Country Music TV to name just a few.

Her work has been featured in the Beck video "Girl" and a book Sketchbook Expressionism, featuring artwork from her sketchbooks was published by Murphy Design. Her latest book The Furious Notebook: Release Your Rage, Use Your Anger for Good and Chill the Heck Out was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Rich's artwork has been shown in galleries throughout the U.S. and internationally. She is represented by the Webb Gallery in Texas.

Rich is currently living in her hometown of Philadelphia and teaches classes at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.