Marty Bell, The Artist  . Internationally collected oil painting artist Marty Bell, emerges with new developments in her style and direction. Propelled by her creative drive, vision and passion for unique beauty, her brushes are producing even greater artistic expressions, appealing to a wide variety of contemporary and traditional tastes. Marty has been painting professionally since 1968. Although largely self-taught, early in her career she shared her talents for eleven years by teaching up to 40 students weekly. High popularity of her original paintings prompted the closing of   .