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Meet Martha Rich

Martha Rich lived the typical, suburban life - until she followed her husband to Los Angeles where, just short of a picket fence and 2.5 children her average American life unraveled. To cope with divorce, fate lead her to a class taught by painters and brothers Rob and Christian Clayton. They persuaded her to quit the pantyhose, corporate world, leave her human resources job at Universal Studios behind and become an artist full-time. She graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has her MFA from University of Pennsylvania.

She is currently based in Philadelphia and in addition to her freelance career, Rich teaches part-time at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC in the MFA in Illustration program. Her book The Furious Notebook: Release Your Rage, Use Your Anger For Good and Chill the Heck Out, published by Chronicle Books, was released in September 2019. You can also find her work on countless bags, socks, oven mitts, dish towels and more!