Scottish Contemporary Artist David Martin was born in 1922. He studied modern art at Glasgow School of Art from 1940-42. After a period of time in the RAF David Martin went to Jordanhill- a Scottish teachers training college.

Throughout a career in teaching David Martin regularly exhibited his contemporary paintings at the major Modern Scottish Art Galleries. A move from teaching art in the early 1980's has allowed David to concentrate full time on contemporary painting.

Since then David Martin has been the recipient of many prestigious modern art awards including the Robert Colquhoun Memorial Prize, the May Marshall Brown art award and The Mabel Mackinley Art Award. He was elected a Member of Scottish Artists in 1991 and an Honorary Member of Society of Scottish Artists in 1993.

David Martin is particularly known for his contemporary paintings of Scottish landscapes and still life work. He paints in watercolour but mostly in oils.

In his landscape paintings David Martin extracts rhythmic lines and lactated shapes from what is seen. These are sometimes echoed in other parts of the painting. The interpretation is not, therefore, totally visual - the painting becomes an equivalent to what is seen and takes on its own reality as it progresses. It is a process of development tied up with the act of painting - an exploration of shapes and movement.

David Martin paintings are held in many public and private art collections including The Scottish Arts Council, the City of Edinburgh Art Collection, Robert Fleming and Company and the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery David Martin art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the David Martin artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.