17/01/2026
This is a work done by friend Bobby C. Martin that now hangs in the renown Crystal Bridges Art museum in Bentonville, Ark. I have seen Bobby's works in other venues, much smaller - including my office and my front room.
I have known Bobby since before he was a sought after artist. I remember well the day I discovered "he could draw real good." And, now, I am so proud to say I know him. I have been fortunate enough to see some of his works evolve from idea to something like this one pictured here. It's an amazing thing to witness.
A lot of Bobby's art, most of it I might be safe to say, come from the deep well-spring of his family - through stories handed down from generations, from the asides mentioned by his mother (a wonderful lady) looking through family photo albums.
His perspective is deep and unique, but borne from the same place as most of us in the area: deeply rooted in a tradition and culture that is in transition, busy weighing moving into the future but hanging on to those things that made us who we are.
His art is absolutely Native American and so much more. The pictures, like the one here, show a moment in time - simple, ordinary, but illustrates that simple and ordinary moments, in total, make up a person's life and character.
I will not be able on this page to express how proud I am of Bobby C. Martin, a person that I consider one of my brothers that good fortune has delivered on my doorstep - or how lucky I am for him to be be in my life.
