23 Friday Aug 2013
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Tide Pool
Recently Martha was commissioned to create a very large painting for a client in Florida. The finished piece, 110″ x 94″ is shown above.
We have documented the creation of the diptych below.
First washes on the left canvas 110″ x 56″
Beginning on the right canvas 110″ x 38″
Side by side
Adding darks
Blending darks
Working on connections
The painting was painted on the wall and in a horizontal position on saw horses.
Almost finished
02 Sunday Jun 2013
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Martha Rea Baker has recently completed two oil/cold wax paintings on panel for the upcoming group show at Karan Ruhlen Gallery opening July 12, 2013. This exhibition entitled, “Surface Beauty” explores how the subtle tones and rich textured surfaces inform each artist’s approach to painting.
Night and Day—-36″ x 48″—-SOLD
Baker states about her recent work, “My paintings continue to deal with the concept of “Time”; the passage of time and its effects on our natural world. Whether depicting chronological time, marking the sequential passage of hours, days or seasons or an ancient age glimpsed through excavation, the painting process of adding, subtracting and thoughtful editing is a metaphor for life’s timeline.
Formation II—-48″ x 36″
12 Sunday May 2013
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SURFACE BEAUTY–July 12-24–Artist Reception July 12, 5-7 pm This exhibition looks at the work of five established artists whose paintings explore the beauty in art and nature trough subtle tones and rich surfaces.
Chronos VII–30″ x 30″–oil/cold wax–SOLD
Excavation II—-48″ x 36″—-SOLD
08 Monday Apr 2013
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Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson, MS, is featuring new work by Martha Rea Baker on Thursday, May 2 for Fondren after Five. Baker has shipped nine recently completed acrylic canvases, two 12″ square oil/cold wax panels and sixteen miniature watercolors to the galley for the upcoming show. Gallery co-owner, Joel Brown states, “We’re getting ready for another great show at Brown’s! Mark your calendars for May 2 as we honor Clinton native and Santa Fe resident Martha Rea Baker during the next Fondren after 5! This is a show you will not want to miss!”
Early Spring—-48″ x 63″—-Acrylic on Canvas—-SOLD
The paintings range from four by five foot canvases to miniature watercolors 5″ square painted on location in Georgia O’Keeffe’s beloved northern New Mexico.
Turquoise Sky 5×5″
Pedernal Spring 5×5″
Purple Sky 5×5″
Brown’s Fine Art is Mississippi’s premier fine art gallery and has represented Martha for over 25 years. The gallery, known for its expert framing skills selects the perfect frame for each piece. Martha credits Mary Grace Brown and her son and daughter, Joel and Allison, for continued growth and success of her art career.
28 Monday Jan 2013
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Martha Rea Baker started the New Year with intensive and productive studio time at the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, TX. This annual ten-day painting retreat is an opportunity to become immersed in the painting process with no distractions, thus resulting in fresh spontaneous work. Working on large-scale canvases with acrylic paint, Martha created paintings for both of her galleries, KARAN RUHLEN GALLERY in SANTA FE, NM and BROWN’S FINE ART in JACKSON, MS.
This year, the Hill Country Arts Foundation honored the artists with an exhibit of work painted during the retreat.
18 Friday Jan 2013
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Cliffhanger—-72″ x 30″—-Oil/ Cold Wax on Canvas—-SOLD
Martha recently delivered a major oil and cold wax painting to her Santa Fe gallery in late December. This is a long narrow format which can hang either vertically or horizontally, giving it much flexibility. The colors and textures are inspired by the cool rock and warm earth of the Southwest landscape.
18 Friday Jan 2013
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Red Study 1, 2, 3—-8″ x 8″ x 2″
Just in time for the holidays, Martha Rea Baker delivered a trio of 8″ square encaustics to Karan Ruhlen Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.
16 Friday Nov 2012
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Martha has recently finished two 36″ square canvases for Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson, MS. Pink Field I & Pink Field II work as a diptych, a pair or individually and were inspired by a recent commission that Martha completed for a Brown’s collector.
Pink Field I & II—–36″ x 36″ each——Acrylic——SOLD
21 Sunday Oct 2012
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Martha Rea Baker was recently featured in the October/November Home issue of the Santa Fean Magazine.
“All in the Family: a Santa Fe couple’s sons design their parents’ dream home”
Martha and Bill Baker’s three sons collaborated on the design of their home in The Art Barns at Old Road Ranch near Santa Fe, NM. Architects, William and Mark, conceived the modern take on the Northern New Mexico pitched roof farm-house, while Dave fabricated and installed the steel railing on the sunset deck.
The last page of the three-page article shows Martha working in her studio and mentions how this personal environment, designed by her sons, has inspired her art.
19 Wednesday Sep 2012
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Following the success of the Chronos Series in the Excavated Passages exhibit at Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Martha has completed two new oil/cold wax paintings in that series, Chronos V and Chronos VI. These paintings are done on 30″ square cradled panels and are composed of many layers of oil paint mixed with Gamblin cold wax medium.
Chronos V—-30″ x 30″ x 2″—-Oil/Cold Wax on Panel—-SOLD
Chronos VI——30″ x 30″ x 2″——Oil/Cold Wax on Panel
In addition, Martha has created a smaller abstract in the same medium. Structure is 24″ x 12″ x 2″ and is both architectural and organic.
Structure——24″ x 12″ x 2″——-SOLD
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