I’m William Martin, an artist and technologist based in northwest New Jersey. My work moves between plein air painting and reportage illustration — sometimes quiet observation, sometimes drawing life as it unfolds. I studied illustration at Pratt Institute and continued with the David J. Passalacqua School of Drawing and Illustration and the Dalvero Academy. What you’ll find here are the works and thoughts that come out of that mix of practice and curiosity.
Process Senryū – a book of short poems about corporate life I recently published my first widely available book that I wrote, designed, and illustrated. It evolved from the practice of writing observations from my experiences over the course of
Hunterdon Teen Arts Festival I was very happy to attend the Hunterdon Teen Arts Festival on April 29th at the Flemington Library. Always enjoyable to be out drawing, and having conversations with up and coming artists, festival staff and educators.
Lambertville Historical Society plein air plus 2026 Very happy to share that my two submissions to the recent Lambertville Historical Society. plei air plus 2026 event both sold for more than twice the minimum opening bid. They were two of
Car Show Drawings I love attending car shows whenever I can and look forward to painting and drawing whenever I attend one. It’s a great way to keep my skills honed and the rust off my arm as a beloved
Paintings from Cape May, New Jersey A couple of 9 x 12 Acrylic paintings done while staying with family in Cape May. I’ve always loved painting in Marinas. I’m drawn to the challenge of creating some kind of order out
Back online My old hosting company decided to upgrade to a new version of PHP and crash my site. When I reached out for support, they made some adjustments and crashed it further, really visibly and badly crashed, BUT, they