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"SLOW RISES" 16x20 oil **SOLD**
The month of May is upon us and with it Dix Baines celebrates fifteen years of pursuing his passion for painting as a full-time artist. Often people ask me how in the world I was able to support his pursuit of a profession as an artist, but if truth be told, I was the one who pushed Dix Baines to jump ship as a project manager for an Interior Design firm and move into the art world.
Dix Baines began his career as an artist at an early age, as he was constantly drawing and sketching on any available paper…including his school books. In fourth grade his Dad sat him down for a “chat” to discuss the drawings that were found on every page of the textbooks and to encourage him to focus more on math and a whole lot less on a art. The conversation didn’t take though, as a few years later Dix’s grandmother gave him his first set of oil paints and he was hooked. In an interview with Sam Curtis for “Big Sky Journal”(http://dixbaines.com/big-sky-journal/) in 2002, Dix said ”…He remembers painting with those oils and loving the smell of turpentine and linseed oil. Anybody who loves that smell, look out. It can reach up and bite you”.
That love of art and painting in particular simply would not go away and it was a passion that I was well aware of when we married almost thirty years ago in 1982. I thought that the pursuit of art was something one did later in life as a hobby, not as a career. In my mind it was a retiree’s past time and one that Dix would explore later in life….much later….after working a “real job” and raising our family. I was to soon learn, however, that being an artist was as viable career as being a doctor, lawyer, or teacher and every bit as important…
Read the “rest of the story” in text and pictures as we celebrate Dix Baines’ 15 years in the Studio fulltime by visiting the Dix Baines blog regularly throughout the month of May.- Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines
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"Canyon Night" 7x8 **SOLD**
"Saint Francis Night" 7x8 **SOLD**
“As a painter, I’m always chasing the light, trying to capture those nuances of light,” Dix Baines told Sam Curtis in a 2002 interview for “Big Sky Journal” ( http://dixbaines.com/big-sky-journal/). I did not realize that “chasing the light” did not necessarily mean during the day light hours. On the particular evening, where these two painting images were captured, “Canyon Night” and “Saint Francis Night,” I found myself walking the streets of Santa Fe with Dix Baines as he “chased the light.” ”The color palette of the night hours is vastly different,” or so he told this non-artist, and “so as an artist you are never quite sure what you will get until the painting is complete”. It is a bit of a mystery or like unwrapping a present, or so it seems to me. In my view it must be a bit intriguing for an artist to “chase the light,” when at first glance there does not seem to be any light and then to be able to capture that image onto the canvas. -Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines
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- “WHITE CHURCH” 16×24 $3500
"SUNSET SNOW" 24x48 $7900
“As a former Project Designer, with an Interior Design Firm for 10 years, architecture will always draw me in as an artist. The churches of the Southwest are particularly intriguing,however, as the architecture not only connects with me, but the thoughts of the commitment and hands of faith that built these buildings inspire me. These churches dot the Southwest and over the years I have had the opportunity to paint a number of them”. -DIX BAINES
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"WHITE CHURCH" 16x24 oil $3500
"SUNSET SNOW" 24x48 oil $7900
"PICKET WIRE CHURCH" 6x8 oil $500
Tags: Adobe, ADOBE CHURCHES, Art Collection, Art History Classes, Art Show, Artist, Artist Workshop, Baines Studio, Colorado Artist, Dix Baines, Dix Baines Fine Artist, Dix Baines Studio, Fine Art, New Mexico, Oil Painter, Oil Painting
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TODAY MARKS 14 YEARS SINCE I WALKED AWAY FROM A CAREER IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE AND INTO A CAREER AS A FULL-TIME ARTIST. IN 2001, “SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE” REFERRED TO IT AS A “LEAP OF FAITH”. REFLECTING BACK OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS, THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. EVERYDAY IS A NEW LEAP OF FAITH, AS I WORK TO CONVEY TO MY AUDIENCE AND ONTO THE CANVAS WHAT TOUCHES ME AND WHAT I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT. PAINTING IS ABOUT DEVELOPING A SKILL, BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT PUTTING A BIT OF THE ARTIST SOUL ONTO THE CANVAS AND HOPING THAT SOMEONE CONNECTS WITH IT. NOT TOO LONG AFTER WALKING AWAY FROM MY DAY JOB, I BEGAN SHOWING THE MCLARRY FINE ART GALLERY. RECENTLY, THESE FOUR PAINTINGS SOLD AT THE GALLERY. A NICE WAY TO COMMEMORATE THE 14 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
"CANADA ADOBE" 5X7 SOLD THROUGH MCLARRY FINE ART GALLERY
"WHITE CHURCH OF PILAR" SOLD THROUGH MCLARRY FINE ART GALLERY
"SOUTHWEST CHURCH" SOLD THROUGH MCLARRY FINE ART GALLERY
"SOUTHWEST ROSES" SOLD THROUGH MCLARRY FINE ART GALLERY
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“Adobe Snow”
9×12 oil $1300
People often ask Dix Baines how much he paints each day. His a response is that it’s a full time job, meaning he paints everyday. Even when sick, as he has been this past week with a case of strep and pink eye, deadlines still have to be met. “Adobe Snow” was completed while sick this week and with blurred vision, yet he still created an amazing masterpiece that was submitted to the C M Russell 2010 Miniature Invitational Art Show on Wednesday.
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“Golden Church”
16×24 oil SOLD
“Pink Adobe Sky”
8×10 Oil SOLD
“Santo Nino”
9×12 oil SOLD
“Pilar”
Oil SOLD
“Yellow Adobe”
9×12 Oil SOLD
About a month ago, Dix and I were discussing the importance of cataloguing the paintings he has created and whose collections they have ended up in. Shortly after that conversation, we were contacted by a gentleman who had collected five of Dix’s Churches over the years. As each of the paintings had been purchased through a venue other than the Studio, we had no idea where these paintings had ended up. It was wonderful to receive an e-mail from the collector sharing pictures of the paintings (the paintings viewed here) he has collected and his story as to how he has grown an art collection on a budget. He has been kind enough to give us permission to share his story, as well as his article that was published in the 1996 issue of SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE, on collecting on a budget.
“In the 1990’s I noticed that every year Southwest Art featured collectors in their October issue. I also noticed that they featured only the collections of multi-millionaires. I wrote the editor a letter and told her that she was not doing the art business a favor with these articles, because all they did was reinforce the myth that only millionaires could afford fine art.
I explained that I am a Christian evangelist on a very limited salary, but that I put aside $200 a month to purchase original art. I told her I could write an article entitled, “How to Collect Big-Time Art on a Small-Time Budget.” The editor wrote back and challenged me to write the article. I did, and it was published in the October issue of 1996. A copy is attached. Since that time we have more than tripled our collection.
The best part, to my surprise, is that the magazine sent me a check for $500 for the article, which I used to purchase another piece of art!”
Dr. David Reagan
Watch for the SOUTHWEST ART article to be posted later this week on Dix’s website at www.dixbaines.com under Collections
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Church, Art Collection, Artist, Budget, Church, Dix Baines, Golden Church, New Mexico, Pilar, Santa Fe, Santa Nino, Taos
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