About the Speaker

Martin was born in London, England. His mother, an artist herself, took him to the art galleries in London from a young age, and here he learned to love art. After a career in Silicon Valley, California, designing microchips (one of which is now on Mars), he and his wife retired to Tucson, Arizona. In addition to giving his art history lectures with Tucson Art Talks, he also volunteers at the art galleries at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Tohono Chul, and gives tours at Kitt Peak National Observatory. He also directs the Balinese gamelan orchestra GAMELAN DEWI MALAM which performs regularly at various venues around Tucson. When he's not creating new Art Talks, he loves to travel.