After retiring from a career as a high school English and European History instructor, Martha has become a full-time fine artist working in both oil and watercolor media. Her work is on display for show and sale at the Buffalo Creek Gallery in Shelby, NC. She is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of NC, and her paintings hang in private collections in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Arizona, Israel, and Vietnam.