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MARTIN -- JEAN Born March 18, 1924, peacefully passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011. She is survived by her son Sam Martin and wife Peggy; daughter Betty Tantimonaco; daughter-in-law Linda Martin; her grandchildren, Kimberly, Kevin and wife, Samantha, Kristopher and wife, Jennifer, Ashley, Heather, Travis, and Garrett and wife Andrea. Also surviving are her great grandchildren, Jeremy Luke, Hannah, Hailey, Cameron; and her sister Eleanor Workman and husband James of Peabody, Massachusetts. Jean was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harold Martin, in September of 2001, her son David in September of 1996 and her parents Edward and Hazel Betty. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Albuquerque in 1952. Shortly after Harold retired in 1974, they moved to a farm in the South Valley and raised cattle and their pet llamas for many years. Jean trained as an artist at the Lasell College of Art in Auburndale, the Massachusetts School of Art and the University of New Mexico. She loved her art studio and was always busy painting up until 2009 using pen and ink, monoprints, lithography, pastels and watercolors, but her most famous work was her beautiful oils. Ranging in size from one-inch squares to 36 by 48 inch paintings, she often used a jeweler's magnifying glass to obtain the realism and extreme detail she was famous for. The art captured the southwestern skies, fields and landscape. Her work was showcased in galleries across the country, including Portland, Seattle, Kansas City, San Antonio, Dallas, Midland, Sedona, Vail, Roswell, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Jean participated in the Weems Artfest for 22 years and her work continues to be displayed at Weems Galleries. MaryAnn Weems noted "Her beauty will live on forever through her paintings". Her art is also included in the book of Contemporary Western Artists, featured in the Artists in the Rockies and Who's Who of American Women. Jean was generous in her many donations to her favorite charities including the American Lung Association, American Heart Association, New Mexico Cancer Foundation, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New Mexico Lobo Scholarship Fund, All Faiths Receiving Home, Presbyterian Hospital and the Albuquerque Museum. Jean will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Cremation has taken place and interment will be at the Santa Fe National Cemetery next to her husband. Should friends desire, a contribution in Jean's name may be made in lieu of flowers to the Albuquerque Museum Foundation, PO Box 7006, Albuquerque, NM 87194. Please visit our online guestbook for Jean at RememberTheirStory.com FRENCH 9300 Golf Course Rd. NW (505) 897-0300 Special
        Published on: Sun September 11, 2011