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NEW WORK

04 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Martha Rea Baker has recently delivered new paintings to galleries that represent her work.

Formation—–60″ x 48″——Acrylic on Canvas—–SOLD

Formation was delivered to Karan Ruhlen Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This large acrylic is part of Martha’s ongoing Canyon Walls Series and reflects the strong light and colors of the American Southwest.

Giverny Impression II——48″ x 48″——Acrylic  on Canvas——SOLD

Giverny Impression II employs the softer, cooler palette favored by her gallery and collectors at Browns Fine Art in Jackson, Mississippi. Allison Brown Simmons, co-owner of the gallery, has also had requests from clients for this square format.

Artist Commissions

11 Wednesday Jul 2012

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Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson, Mississippi commissioned Martha to create special works for two collectors. A 63″ x 48″ acrylic and a pair of 48″ x 36″ oil and cold wax paintings have recently been successfully completed.

The commission process is always interesting and challenges the artist to keep the client’s vision in mind, while remaining true to his own creativity. It takes a special talent and is always a growth experience!

              Sunlit Venice Wall—-Acrylic on Canvas—-63″ x 48—-SOLD

  

 

Oil/cold wax —-48″ x 36″ each—-SOLD—- Mississippi Blues III & IV

TRAVEL INSPIRATION

03 Thursday May 2012

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Martha Rea Baker  has spent the last six weeks traveling and visiting many  art museums  and inspiring venues in the Southwest and on the California Central Coast. The value of viewing great art in all media cannot be overly emphasized!

The journey began in March with a trip through Scottsdale and stops at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West and the studio and residence of Paolo Soleri, where  Martha enjoyed the vision of these two organic architects.  April  took her west, beginning in LA at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Getty Museum, traveling up the coast to the Santa Barbara Art Museum and Hearst Castle at San Simion. The California trip ended in Carmel by the Sea, a vibrant art lover’s community.

In mid-April, travels to Texas gave Martha the opportunity to visit the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio where she saw a comprehensive Andy Warhol retrospective, and on to Houston where the rich Museum District was the icing on the cake! The Houston Museum of Fine Art and the Houston Contemporary Art Museum did not disappoint. In the Beck Building at the HMFA the exhibition, Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection was stunning! The Menil Collection included the impressive exhibit, Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective and visits to the Cy Twombly Gallery and the Rothko Chapel, both equally meditative.

The artist has returned to her familiar Studio Tres Picos near Santa Fe, an inspiration in itself, and is back at the easel. We have posted the most recent painting, inspired by travels in Northern New Mexico. We eagerly await the influences of the recent journeys. 

Barranca III——48″ x 48″

Kerrville paintings delivered to Brown’s Fine Art

26 Sunday Feb 2012

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Martha has completed two additional paintings from the Hill Country painting trip. Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson, MS requested work in these soft palettes.

Kairos III—–48″ x 36″—–Acrylic

Golden Falls—-48″ x 36″—-Acrylic

New Kerrville Paintings for Karan Ruhlen Gallery

10 Friday Feb 2012

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As promised, we are posting two additional paintings, recently finished. Although begun at the Hill Country Arts Foundation, these works have changed dramatically! Martha has now completed five new paintings for the Karan Ruhlen Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.

Mesa IV——48″ x 36″——Acrylic

This painting, Mesa IV, works as a companion piece for Mesa III-Pedernal, posted earlier and delivered to Karan Ruhlen Gallery before the  Kerrville trip.

Kairos II—–36″ x 36″—-Acrylic

Kairos, an opportune moment in  time–—–This mostly high-key neutral acrylic has bits of vibrant color shining through.

THE KERRVILLE PAINTINGS–2012

30 Monday Jan 2012

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Martha Rea Baker has been adding finishing touches to the canvases painted on her annual two-week visit to the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, TX. This time spent in Ingram/Kerrville in the beautiful Texas Hill Country each year in January is a time of great creativity for the artist.

We will post the paintings as they are finished. Here are the first two.

Mesa II continues the Mesa Series, influenced by the light, colors and landscape of New Mexico and the Southwest.

Barranca I & II—–30″ x 60″——Acrylic Collage on Canvas

 This diptych consists of two 30″ x 30″ canvases that work together to create a wide horizontal. This exciting piece conveys energy and spontaneity, as well as a refined sense of design.

Check back often to see additional paintings posted here!

New acrylic paintings in the Mesa Series

25 Wednesday Jan 2012

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A recent acrylic abstract was delivered to Karan Ruhlen Gallery just before Martha left for her annual painting trip to the Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Texas.

Mesa III-Pedernal——–48″ x 36″

The ten-day painting retreat was very productive. Martha worked on several 48″ x 36″ canvases producing exciting abstracts influenced by landscape and nature.

Stay tuned—-the new work will be posted soon.

New acrylic delivered to Karan Ruhlen Gallery

12 Saturday Nov 2011

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Martha has recently finished a five by four-foot acrylic on canvas for Karan Ruhlen Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. The abstract, from the Mesa Series, is influenced by the colors, light and landscape of New Mexico.

Mesa I—-60″ x 48″—-Acrylic on Canvas

Tamarind Institute

03 Monday Oct 2011

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In August, Martha had the privilege of a day of monotyping at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, NM. Assisted by Senior Printer, Alex Kirillov, they created six multicolor monotypes drawn by the artist on linoleum with lithographic inks diluted with isobar and oil sticks printed with the offset press. Two of the monotypes are shown below.

White Cliff II—-13″ x 12″—-Monotype on paper

Mississippi Blues III—-13″ x 12″—-Monotype on paper

Senior Printer Alex Kirillov at the offset press:

Alex pulling a print

Alex setting the paper with the linoleum plate in the foreground

Encaustics delivered to Brown’s Fine Art

03 Monday Oct 2011

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Martha delivered five new encaustic paintings to Brown’s Fine Art and Framing in Jackson, MS this past week. Some of the paintings may be included in the Holiday Show in December. The new work was well received by Allison and Joel Brown and the gallery staff.

Cinnabar I——-12″ x 12″——–Encaustic

Cinnabar II——–12″ x 12″——–Encaustic

Vermillion Remnant——–20″ x 16″——–Encaustic

Mississippi Blues I——–20″ x 16″——–Encaustic

Mississippi Blues II——–20″ x 16″——–Encaustic