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miniatures & MORE 2016

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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Martha Rea Baker has been selected as one of the artists in the Miniature section of the annual gala and sale benefiting the Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque NM.

Friday Premiere: The exhibit opens Friday, October 21, 6pm – 9pm. For the serious art collector, join a limited group to view and purchase the artwork in an intimate environment.

Saturday Preview:  October 22, 10am – 2pm

Saturday Gala:  A cocktail party in the exhibition gallery with the opportunity to purchase art while enjoying the lively atmosphere with friends and the artists.

For  her submission, Baker has created encaustic mixed media paintings from her Desert Rhythms series on 12″ x 12″ x 2″ cradled panels.

Desert Rhythms IV – Encaustic
Desert Rhythms V – Encaustic
Desert Rhythms VI – Encaustic
Desert Rhythms VII – Encaustic

Click or scroll over each paintings to view the details.

Studio Visit

05 Monday Sep 2016

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Martha Rea Baker talks about her recent work for the upcoming exhibit on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico. These encaustic hot wax paintings are part of the new series, “Desert Rhythms” inspired by Baker’s ten years of living in the American Southwest.

Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary presents “Journey”

A Solo Exhibit by mixed media artist, Martha Rea Baker

 September 16 – September 29, 2016

 Opening Artist Reception September 16, 5-7pm

Encaustic Diptych

27 Saturday Aug 2016

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“It’s not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It’s more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.” – Robert Motherwell

Motherwell’s quote describes the painting process of Santa Fe, NM artist, Martha Rea Baker. Her abstract paintings go through many stages during their creation and arrive at the finished state through the addition, subtraction and careful editing of information.

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Desert Rhythms      24″ x 36″      Encaustic on two panels

This encaustic diptych will be shown in Baker’s upcoming solo exhibit “Journey”, at Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM – Sept 16 – 29, 2016.

Martha Rea Baker Solo Exhibit

26 Tuesday Jul 2016

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Recently Announced: RUHLEN – OWEN CONTEMPORARY will feature MARTHA REA BAKER in a solo exhibition in their Canyon Road gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Martha Rea Baker – Mixed Media

September 16 – 29, 2016

Opening artist reception:  Friday, September 16, 5 – 7pm

Baker will be showing her abstract paintings in both encaustic and oil/cold wax.

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Excavation IV

26 Tuesday Jul 2016

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A new abstract painting has been delivered to Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Excavation IV          72″ x 54″          Mixed Media on Canvas

Richard Diebenkorn-Notes to myself on painting

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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  1. Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or not come later. It may be a valuable delusion.
  2. The pretty initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued – except as a stimulus for further moves.
  3. Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
  4. Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable.
  5. Don’t “discover” a subject – of any kind.
  6. Somehow don’t be bored – but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential.
  7. Mistakes can’t be erased but they move you from your present position.
  8. Keep thinking about Pollyanna.
  9. Tolerate chaos.
  10. Be careful only in a perverse way.

Practicing Pouring

10 Friday Jun 2016

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Santa Fe artist, Martha Rea Baker, is experimenting with pouring encaustic wax onto panels. This technique achieves a translucent and fluid composition.

Ebb and Flow

Ebb and Flow       24″ x 6″ x 2″ each        Encaustic/mixed media

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A New Day          40″ x 30″ x 2″          Encaustic/mixed media

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A New Day II          40″ x 30″ x 2″          Encaustic/mixed media

Nestingdiptych

Nesting          12″ x 12″x 2″ each          Encaustic/mixed media

 

 

 

 

 

Encaustics shipped to Brown’s Fine Art

19 Thursday May 2016

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Martha Rea Baker’s poured encaustics on paper are being shown in a new exhibit at Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson, MS, opening Tuesday, May 24. 2016.

It’s not all Black and White 

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Ebb and Flow                11″ x 15″ each                Encaustic on Paper

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Gray on Gray                  11″ x 15″ each                  Encaustic on Paper

Encaustics for Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary

19 Thursday May 2016

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Inspired by Poetry

Haiku VI and Haiku VII have been delivered to Ruhlen – Owen Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM. Each paintings measures 24″ x 24″ x 2″— encaustic on cradled panel.

 

Winter solitude                                                         The snow falls falls/

in a world of one color                                            as I watch the snow

the sound of wind                                                    I am walking/     

              Basho Matsuo                                          it cannot be otherwise

                                                                                          Teneda Santoka