Martin Collins was born in Gloucester in 1941. After studying Fine Art Painting at Gloucestershire College of Art and Hornsey College of Art, London, he went on to teach art and design at a Nottinghamshire college. During this period he exhibited widely at venues in the Midlands and the North of England, including Cartwright Hall, Bradford, and The Midland Group, Nottingham.

In the mid-1980's Martin left teaching and moved to the Conwy Valley in North Wales where he still lives. For a number of years he worked freelance in publishing and is the author of over 20 books on walking the mountains and coast of both the UK and Europe.

Martin returned to his roots and resumed full-time painting in 2002. His quest to reflect the drama and beauty of the natural environment in paint has resulted in a vibrant body of work, based largely on the North Wales landscape. He has recently started exhibiting with us and has already proved to be one of our most popular artists, his atmospheric paintings increasingly sought after by lovers of wild places.

Cafodd Martin Collins ei eni yn Caerloyw yn 1941. Ar ôl astudio celfyddyd gain yng Ngoleg Celf Gaerloyw a Coleg Celf Hornsey, Llundain, aeth ymlaen i ddysgu celf a dylunio mewn coleg yn Nottinghamshire. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, arddangosodd yn eang mewn lleoliadau yng Nghanolbarth a Gogledd Lloegr, gan gynnwys Neuadd Cartwright, Bradford, ac y Grwp Midland, Nottingham.

Yng nghanol yr 1980au, gadawodd Martin addysgu a symudodd i Ddyffryn Conwy yng Ngogledd Cymru, lle mae'n dal i fyw. Am nifer o flynyddoedd, bu'n gweithio yn y Byd Cyhoeddi am ei hun ac mae'n awdur o dros 20 o lyfrau ar gerdded y mynyddoedd a'r arfordir yn y DU ac Ewrop.
 
Dychwelyd Martin yn ôl at ei wreiddiau ac ail-ddechrau peintio llawn-amser yn 2002. Mae ei ymgais i adlewyrchu drama a harddwch yr amgylchedd naturiol mewn paent wedi arwain at gorff bywiog o waith, yn seiliedig i raddau helaeth ar y dirwedd Gogledd Cymru. Yn diweddar, mae e wedi dechrau arddangos gyda ni ac mae eisoes wedi bod yn un o'r artistiaid mwyaf poblogaidd, ei baentiadau atmosfferig yn cael eu ceisio ar ôl gan bobl sy'n hoff o le gwyllt.
 

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