TOTAL Art Licensing
When top selling watercolour artist Martin cartoon characters that sold as
Goode died back in 2002, he left a portfolio of postcards and posters in Lon-
work that would make even the most prolific don gift shops. However he had
artist look positively tardy. no artistic schooling and taught
Over the past twenty-one years, Martin Goode himself to paint.
Watercolours has published over 2000 titles, After publishing his exhaustive
giving them the UK’s largest catalogue of local collection of British city, town
views. and village images, Goode then
Prior to launching the company in 1987, Martin progressed to writing, filming,
Goode owned an Essex-based printing business, editing and producing his own
which at that time was one of the first inde- series of watercolour instruc-
pendent instant print and copy shops in the tion videos and also became an
country. He had also enjoyed a long career as a experienced live demonstrator
of his skills. tional collection of placemats and coasters
Martin Goode was born in which depict six of the famous landmarks within
Hackney, East London in 1932, our capital city. We are sure that this collection
and was evacuated to Tillicoul- will delight the discerning customer and be a
try in Scotland during the war. wonderful memento of a visit to our historic
This is where he developed capital.
his love of drawing, exploring Views of Scotland illustrates six of the most pop-
the rugged countryside of the ular tourist attractions. These beautiful paintings
Ochil Hills, and sketching cari- portray a selection of palaces and castles includ-
catures of the local villagers. ing the famous Palace of Holyrood House and
Vincent Goode
has now
branched into
licensing his fa-
ther’s images
and has already
enjoyed suc-
cess in this field,
commercial photographer and graphic artist. with commissions to date from
Following a chance visit to a giftware trade Regal Exclusive, Rose Calendars,
show, he spotted a company selling prints of lo- Norfolk China and most recently,
cal views. He immediately realised that his skills Portmeirion Potteries.
as an artist, printer and businessman would al- Melanie Heath, Assistant Prod-
low him to follow a similar path. uct Manager at Portmeirion
When his son Vincent joined the company in Potteries, commented, “We e are e
1989 to manage sales and marketing, Martin was proud to be collaborating with
free to dedicate his time to painting and Martin Martin Goode Watercolours and
Goode Watercolours soon evolved into a thriv- are delighted with the two new
ing business. ranges for 2008.
Commissions for his work came from such aus- Views of London is an excep-
tere organisations such Edinburgh Castle. These Pimpernel placemats &
as The National Trust, coasters are the perfect gift and create memo-
HM Tower of London rable table landscapes.”
and St Paul’s Cathedral, For further information, contact
which seems implausible
considering that Goode
had never painted in wa-
tercolour when he de-
cided to become a self-
publishing artist! Martin Goode Watercolours
Martin had earlier en- 432 Cranbrook Road
joyed great success de- Gants Hill, Essex IG2 6LL
signing record sleeves Tel: 020 8518 6131
for major record compa- Email:
info@martingoode.co.uk
nies and created popular Web:
www.martingoode.com
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