Category Archives: Travel

Snake Inspiration at Marty Magic

Posted on September 6, 2020 by marty

Here at Marty Magic, we have great appreciation, fascination and respect for snakes. As the only child of a field geologist it was only natural that desert reptiles were my playmates. My father would often return from a day mapping … Continue reading →

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Zacatitos Baja Paintings by Art Bobroskie

Posted on December 4, 2019 by marty

Zacatitos Baja, where the desert meets the Sea of Cortez is the inspiration for Art Bobroskie’s paintings. In 2018, Art resumed painting in his off grid Zacatitos Baja studio. With time and inspiration from every vista and without the distractions … Continue reading →

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Marty Magic – Obsessed and Inspired by Giant Lizards

Posted on October 31, 2019 by marty

Art recently returned from Tokyo with two Godzillas to add to our collection. Giant lizards of any kind have been and will continue to be an inspiration and obsession at Marty Magic.               Below … Continue reading →

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The Gail Project – An Okinawa-American Dialogue

Posted on November 11, 2017 by marty

Having heard that my husband Art was born and raised in Okinawa Japan, Shelby Graham, director/curator of the Sesnon Art Gallery at U.C.S.C. contacted him. The opening of  The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue would be the following week. ‘The … Continue reading →

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The Race to the Gargoyles – 2013

Posted on June 30, 2017 by marty

Recently, a collector of mine purchased a vintage Marty Magic Gargoyle Pendant on eBay. She e-mailed me, asking the story behind the piece. Plique-a-Jour is an enameling technique similar to cloisonné but where there is no backing so that the … Continue reading →

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Troll Adventure

Posted on March 21, 2017 by marty

Art and I recently traveled to Seattle to attend a memorial celebration of a dear friend; but this blog post is about a troll, not the memorial. In looking through our hotel’s brochures of attractions in the Seattle area, a … Continue reading →

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Tucson Rocks!

Posted on February 4, 2017 by marty

The photo above is just a portion of the booty we returned with. Alisha has already designed two butterfly pendants that will incorporate the matched pairs of triangular stones pictured. Stay tuned! Alisha, John and I returned last night from … Continue reading →

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Allegoria Della Scoperta dell’ America

Posted on July 24, 2016 by marty

Just last week, I returned from a trip to Italy, Croatia and Amsterdam. As artists, our focus was the art and we visited some of the finest museums in the world.  The Vatican Museum, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and … Continue reading →

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Walk of Atonement – Game of Thrones Inspiration

Posted on July 24, 2016 by marty

Episodes of the Game of Thrones were filmed in Dubrovnik and just last week I was standing on this very spot where a wide and elegant marble stairway ascends to an upper plaza. This stone stairway was featured in the … Continue reading →

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Baja Inspiration

Posted on March 4, 2015 by marty

Many of you know that traveling is a passion of mine and Baja is one of my favorite destinations. As the daughter of a field geologist, I spent much of my childhood camping in both the deserts of Southern California … Continue reading →

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