Bibliography:
Dictionary of International Biography; The Dictionary of Scottish Painters (Paul Harris and Julian Halsby); The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 (David Buckman); Paintings from the Clydesdale Bank Collection (Patrick Bourne); Scottish Watercolour Painting (Jack Firth); The Artist Magazine, April 1994 & May 1995; Oils Master Class (Sally Bulgin); Debrett's Distinguished People of Today; Who's Who in Scotland; Who's Who in Europe.


Regarded by many as one of the finest still life and landscape painters working in Scotland today, David Martin's work is held in many major collections including The Arts Council of Scotland, The City of Edinburgh Art Collection, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Robert Fleming and Company Ltd, Linklaters and Paine, Lord MacFarlane, The Earl of Moray, Credit Lyonnais Bank, Warburg Asset Management and the Clydesdale Bank. A major retrospective of his work was held at Perth Museum and Art Gallery in 1999.