Martha,  visual  artist-photographer,  mother,  organic zucchini gardener, creatively arranges her food in still life compositions sensitive  to  form  and  color.   Her  piscean  affinity   to  water relentlessly  draws  her  to  ocean  beaches  for   physical  and spiritual revitalization.

Martha  selects  the  romantic genre of  the country home near the sea for her favorite meal: lobster, dry vermouth, and green salad.  She cooks a freshly caught lobster in boiling salt water, transforming   the  dark   shell   to  a   brilliant  red.   Martha  is attracted  to the anatomical  puzzle of  the crustacean and  the process  of  extracting meat  from the shell.   She  passionately dips   the  succulent   white   flesh  in   drawn  butter,  leisurely conversing  and  eating  all  but  the organs and  hairy  hidden parts.  Traces of the butter and  meat coat  her hands and chin. Martha preceives the lobster as a large grotesque insect, but is not disposed to sample grasshoppers or chocolate ants.

Martha  is  a  descendant  of  a family of  notorious  eaters. Her portfolio  documents  a   poor  childhood  appetite,   frequently producing    emotional   trauma   at   meal    times.   She   was persuaded to eat quantities of  bananas with cream and sugar, egg   noodles   with  sour   cream   and   cottage  cheese,  and charlotte russe, painting her diet dispostion an indelible white.