Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na ngwụcha afọ 1950, a na-ejikọta Martin na otu ndị na-ese ihe na-ebi ma na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara North Beach nke San Francisco dị ka Jay DeFeo na Wally Hedrick, bụ ndị lụrụ, Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Bernice Bing, na Deborah Remington. N'afọ 1954, Hedrick na Remington jikọrọ aka hiwe ụlọ ọrụ Six Gallery
, ya na ndị na-ese ihe na ndị na-ede uri anọ ndị ọzọ.