15 Sunday Oct 2017
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For the third time in as many years, Martha Rea Baker has been selected to exhibit in the Albuquerque Museum of Arts annual gala, ArtsThrive (formerly Miniatures and MORE). Martha will be showing three 12″ x 12″ x 2″ encaustics on panel from her Japanese Garden series.
01 Sunday Jan 2017
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Japanese Garden III 30″ x 30″ Encaustic on Panel
With this last painting completed in 2016 we send warm wishes for a creative and productive new year! Martha Rea Baker will be returning to the Texas Hill Country for her twelvth annual January painting retreat. The Hill Country Arts Foundation provides an inspirational setting for both visual and performing arts and is an excellent resource for professional artists and students, alike.
Stay tuned — we will post work completed during the retreat which culminates with an exhibit in the Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center on the HCAF campus.
Cheers, Studio Tres Picos and Martha Rea Baker
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.
Click or scroll over each paintings to view the details.
08 Thursday Sep 2016
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Martha Rea Baker has spent the past month working with encaustic hot wax. We have posted a few of the 6″ x 6″ x 2″ panels.
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
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.
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.
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.
11 Friday Dec 2015
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Karan Ruhlen Gallery received four 6″ square miniature paintings from Martha Rea Baker. The first pair shown below is encaustic on cradled panel.
Haiku IV
Haiku V
The second set of miniatures is created with oil paint mixed with cold wax medium.
Jardin I
Jardin II
20 Friday Nov 2015
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Santa Fe Artists’ Medical Fund provides financial support to professional artists living and working in Santa Fe County who have medical needs but cannot afford treatment or prescriptions.
Announcing the 2015 Santa Fe Artist’ Medical Fund Silent Auction, Sunday, December 13, 4 to 7PM, Blue Rain Gallery
For the third year Martha Rea Baker has been invited to create a 6″ x 6″ painting for the silent auction to benefit fellow artists. Gemini, encaustic/mixed media on cradled panel is this year’s donation.
17 Monday Nov 2014
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Martha Rea Baker has recently returned from two weeks in Spain where she visited Bilbao, Barcelona and Malaga on the Costa del Sol. While in Malaga she created intimate encaustics on paper inspired by the light, colors and landscape of this beautiful Mediterranean coastal town.
A selection of these “poured” wax paintings is posted below.
Costa del Sol 1—-8.24 x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper
Costa del Sol 2—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper
Costa del Sol 3—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper
Costa del Sol 4—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper
A second, more abstract, quartet was finished the first week after Martha returned to her studio in Santa Fe, NM.
Colores de Malaga I—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper
Colores de Malaga II—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper
Colores de Malaga III—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper
Colores de Malaga IV—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper
Eighteen small encaustic works on paper have been shipped to Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson MS to be debuted on November 20th at “Fondren Unwrapped”, the annual Holiday Open House.
Martha Rea Baker 