Evelyn Valdez Martinez has been a Denver-based artist for over fifty years. She is currently based out of her own studio/gallery: Art on Monaco, located at 6450 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
Evelyn first studied art under the tutelage of oil painter, William Johnson, who in turn took his training with such notable greats as Frank J. Reilly and George Bridgeman, at the Art Students League of New York. Evelyn has also studied oil painting at the Art students League of Denver with Kim English, Kevin Weckbach, and Quang Ho; as well as with other artists of national and international reputation; including workshops with Richard Schmid, Ramon Kelley and Ned Jacob. She has studied pastel painting with Daniel Greene and Bruce Gomez.