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Marisa Martin is a Christian, conservative political activist and practicing artist of over 30 years. She uses a pen name because she feels it is terribly rude for an artist to criticize other artists – and it slows the hate mail down.
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Mitt Romney ambushed in NEA trap

by Marisa Martin -- Everyone seems to instinctively know that this election is the biggest deal since Stalin and Roosevelt lit up pipes in the same room – or if you're very more…

Video: Baby Jesus blows up in blaze of glory

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_274357" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Sagrada Familia, Photo: London Daily Mail"][/caption] Last weekend 32,000 eyewitnesses in Barcelona watched their beloved Basilica Sagrada Familia melt before their eyes. Fortunately, a more…

Fatwas and fundraisers: Artists for Obama

by Marisa Martin -- "Everyone is terrified," art dealer Paula Cooper dramatically claimed last June as she promoted her quadrenial Obama-fest for artists. "Everyone" for Cooper translates to perhaps 150-200 American artists more…

Street preacher inspires artists, rappers, more

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_264619" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Sister Gertrude Morgan"][/caption] She was a New Orleans fixture, raucously and righteously proclaiming the Kingdom of God day and night to all who had more…

'God save mankind from the left'

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_260647" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Michael Keegan"][/caption] First Ted Turner came galloping in on his white horse with "Ten Suggestions" to replace those moldy old Mount Sinai versions. Hot more…

'Savants' amaze world with creative talent

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_255849" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Yoshio Nomura, with his "wagashi""][/caption] Yoshio Nomura was slumped into a chair studiously regarding the work of his hands and evading the eyes of more…

'Painting connects me to God's heart'

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_246507" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Gina Hurry and her husband, Tim"][/caption] Gina Hurry was a lucky little girl. She intuitively knew by the time she was 6 years old more…

Christian art hidden in America's dusty corners

by Marisa Martin -- Dotting the nation in obscure, off-beat or neglected venues, all types of art await the public's pleasure – many just don't know it yet. Christian-inspired art is even more…