Marty Engle Fine Art
Original Oil Paintings and Gothic Art Prints from My Studio
I paint original oils and museum-quality prints for collectors drawn to gothic romance, haunted beauty, monsters, and emotionally charged human moments. Each piece is made to turn a room into a story — sensual, supernatural, intimate, and a little dangerous.
Art that stays with you
Collected in galleries. Lived with every day.
Marty’s prints are carried by Those Who Bloom Gallery in Thomas, West Virginia, and Holler House Gallery in Bristol, Virginia.
“We truly cherish Marty Engle, and his work is some of the most sought-after at Holler House. His deeply emotive work is loved by our patrons for its character depth and haunting yet alluring tone.”
“I look at my paintings every morning when I wake up. They’re the one thing that gets me through the tough days.”
“You know it will stop you in your tracks, grab your full attention, and make you think about it long afterward. His knack for storytelling is uncanny.”
Me, the Studio, and the Process
Real oil. Real canvas. Real mess. Real story.
Before any print exists, there is a drawing, a palette, a studio light, a canvas on the easel, and hours of oil paint being pushed around by hand. Come and hang out with me.
Featured prints
Gothic wall art — current giclée and canvas prints
Every piece in this shop is hand-painted by me in my Tennessee studio, affectionately called the haunted mansion, using traditional oil paints on canvas and linen.
Mothman: Prophetic Whispers
Embrace the unsettling allure of Mothman: Prophetic Whispers—the moment a young girl feels an otherworldly presence at her back, and somehow finds the strength not to run. In this gothic-romantic scene, you can feel both the fragility and power of being chosen by the unknown: the amber light off marsh grasses, the tension between fear and surrender, the mythic creature cloaked in shadow behind her. It’s a reminder that sometimes our greatest fears whisper the truths we most need to hear.
Avalon: The Witches’ Ball
Avalon: The Witches’ Ball is about stepping into a world of power and mystery — even when you’re not sure if you belong there. It’s about grace, danger, and the quiet magic of finding your place in the unknown.
Two Worlds Apart
Two Worlds Apart is the story of an impossible love born in silence and destined to end at the surface. This print captures an underwater moment between a woman and a creature, rendered with fluid brushwork and a moody palette. It invites you to reflect on the tragedy and tenderness of a connection that cannot last above water.
Comfortable with My Demons
Comfortable with My Demons captures that rare moment of peace — when you stop fighting the shadows and start living with them. This museum-quality fine art print by gothic romantic painter Marty Engle is rendered in his signature contemporary figurative style, using loose, expressive strokes and a rich chiaroscuro palette. It portrays a haunting moment of emotional surrender: Is it the woman who’s found ease in the darkness, the demon who’s finally allowed to be seen, or you — recognizing your own strange peace with what once unsettled you?
Sharing a Laugh
Sharing a Laugh is about the joy that emerges in the most unusual company. This piece captures a woman and her monstrous companion locked in a moment of laughter, reminding us that connection can bloom in the strangest places.
So This is Love
In So This Is Love, gothic romantic painter Marty Engle captures a tender impossibility — a quiet café tryst that is more than meets the eye. Is the beast really there? Is the beast an imaginary companion? Does she know he’s there, only a heartbeat away. Who is really invisible to the passerby? Is it a lady sitting alone with her desire or is it a beast aching with desire. Rendered in his signature contemporary figurative style, the scene balances shadow and glow: a woman in a crimson beret leans close to a lilac-hued demon, their intimacy so gentle it almost hurts to look at. Can love and desire be tamed?
With loose, expressive brushwork and a moody chiaroscuro palette, Engle turns a simple act — two souls sharing a cafe moment — into a meditation on acceptance, vulnerability, invisibility and desire.
Just Can’t Let You Go
In “Just Can’t Let You Go”, a woman stands intimately close to her demon lover, capturing the complicated dance between tenderness and darkness. This piece invites the viewer to reflect on the boundaries between love and danger, vulnerability and strength.
Swan Song
Swan Song is about knowing your worth, feeling your fire, and daring the world to challenge you. It’s a bold, sensual portrait of feminine power and unapologetic presence. A poised woman sits cross‑legged in a dancer’s meditation — grounded, centered, and radiating quiet defiance. Her bare form is rendered in exquisite detail, her black tutu slicing across the frame like a veil. Light breaks through the raw brushwork like fire under glass. Painted in Marty Engle’s signature figurative realism, Swan Song bridges the sensual and the spiritual. It’s not about seduction; it’s about sovereignty and needing no one’s permission.
Collector list
Studio notes, print drops, originals, and gallery news.
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Welcome to the studio
Hand-painted stories for rooms that want a pulse.
I sell prints and originals here. The prints are museum-grade giclee reproductions of emotionally charged paintings, each one resonating with universal experiences: pain and pleasure, triumph and tragedy, longing, danger, tenderness, and transformation.
Every image tells a story, capturing life-altering moments through charged brushstrokes driven by passion, intuition, and the stubborn old romance of paint on a real surface.
Updates from the studio
New releases, originals, events, and gallery news.
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