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In those early years of our marriage and pursuing a college degree Dix Baines, like so many artists was frustrated trying to determine what career to pursue where he could use his artistic talents and still make a living. Neither of us had any idea that painting would fulfill both needs and so we never felt that the job title of “Artist” was even an option. After taking an oil painting class, the instructor pointed him in the direction of the Interior Design Department, where he not only excelled in interior design, but in particular the skill of architectural renderings. In 1987 Dix Baines received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Brigham Young University and began a career in Interior Design and Architecture at a prestigious Hotel and Design firm in Denver.
The career in Interior Design was a real love-hate relationship. The creativity required for each design was exhilarating. The boundaries of budgets and non-creative individuals a frustration. With his skill of painting architectural renderings, Dix Baines was able to keep his paintbrush wet and continue to improve his skill. Whenever possible, he would use that skill outside of the office, as well as his own creativity. In the first year at his job (1987), his Mother-in-law, ask him to create a sketch for a Sunday School class. 40 hours later, while listening to Handel’s Messiah for inspiration, the sketch turned into this creative masterpiece, “Lehi’s Dream”. The painting done in Gouache, an opaque watercolor, although very different from his later developed style, was none the less a statement of his total freedom to create. -KathlynGogarty-Baines
To celebrate Dix Baines’ 15 years in the Studio, we are offering 15% off “Lehi’s Dream,” as well as all of his current prints. Please contact the Dix Baines’ Studio @ 720.353.2670 to order.
"Lehi's Dream" giclee on paper edition of 100 $450
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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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SHALLOW WATERS oil 24x36 SOLD
Dix Baines began painting on a regular basis in 1994 and by 1997 he was painting full time. Over the years he has produced a lot of paintings. In those early years, we were still having paintings photographed and put on slides. Then digital photography started gaining steam. Now all these years later we have a mess of images both in digital and slide form. If the Studio burns down, we are in trouble as a record of all those years of work would be lost. The goal this year is to get all those images in digital format and uploaded into the “sky” of internet storage. In going through all these images, the stories that go along with the paintings are remembered. This particular painting, “Shallow Waters”, has such a memorable story behind it, that I snagged it for our permanent collection.
In 2001 we had the opportunity to take our children on a trip for two weeks to Hawaii. We spent a week in Kauai and enjoyed touring the island and exploring the beaches. While spending the day at Tunnel beach, on the northern part of the island, our youngest daughter met the dog in this painting. This beautiful golden retriever had tags, but didn’t appear to have an owner close at hand. The pup attached itself to our daughter and they became long lost friends. They played fetch all day and in fact, our daughter named the dog “Shallow”. When it came time to go home, she assumed that Shallow was going home with us. Shallow did not come home with us, but did make it into this painting. I suspect that when we are long gone, this painting will find it’s way into our daughter’s home, just as Shallow found his way into our daughter’s heart.
–Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines
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"First Snow, Autumn Glow" oil 8x10 $1200
Rim Light oil 11x14 $1900
"Shotgun Ranch" oil 8x10 $1200
It is amazing how quickly the months rolls by and suddenly shows that have been on the calendar are here. Production finishes up, paintings are framed, photographed and shipped off to their destination. This year Dix Baines’ will participate in the Panhandle-Plains Invitational Art Show for the third year. This will be the first year, however, that he will have the opportunity to join in the festivities and attend the opening Gala. His paintings ”First Snow, Autumn Glow,” “Rim Light,” and ”Shotgun Ranch” will hand along side pantings by Albert Handell, Lorenzo Chavez, and Michael Ome Untiedt. To learn more about the show or to purchase any of these paintings visit http://panhandleplains.org or call 806.651.224.
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"THE SCRIPTURE OF NATURE" 18x22 $3600
“Painting is pondering. As I have practiced painting, I have had so much time to be with my thoughts, to breath in the scenery, to read and study other kindred spirits in the writings and paintings of artists I admire. Each was utterly connected to the views that they depicted. Each also depicted a quality of the life force, an artistic acknowledgement of God as the originator and central point of all life, and that everything in creation could be taken as evidence of the divine order of the universe. This scripture of nature, also profoundly influenced another painter, George Inness, who said that ‘the artist’s calling was to reflect the omnipresence of divine influx in nature.’ A definition of the term influx to which he was speaking is the continual in flowing of God’s divine love and wisdom-of life-from Him through the spiritual world, the world of causes, included that everything and every quality from the natural world first possesses a spiritual soul’.” –DIX BAINES
Dix Baines’ painting, The Scripture of Nature, has been selected as one of the paintings for the upcoming Off the Wall Auction, which will be held in conjunction with the 2012 Western Masters Art Show March 14-17th at the Best Western Heritage Inn located in Great Falls, Montana. Learn more about the show by visiting their website at www.westernmastersartshow.com
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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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- “THE SCRIPTURE OF NATURE” 18×22 OIL $3600
"MORAINE MORNING" 7x9 oil $600
"HALLETT PEAK" 7x9 oil $600
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"WHITE CHURCH" 16x24 oil $3500
"SUNSET SNOW" 24x48 oil $7900
"PICKET WIRE CHURCH" 6x8 oil $500
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For those who have had the opportunity to visit or live in and around Westcliffe, Colorado the Sangre Barns will be a recognizable landmark. Dix Baines fell in love with these barns twelve years ago when he first participated in the Arts for the Sangre Invitational Art Show. They speak of a different time and are beautiful in there simplicity. Dix has explored them again and again in different lights, formats and sizes. The first of the three new paintings, “Late Light”, a piece that was just delivered to the Hayden Hays Gallery located on The Broadmoor Hotel property, is a view of the barns in the light of late day. “Twins of Westcliffe” is early morning light and “Passing Rain” shows the barns after the passing of a storm. ENJOY!
"Late Light" 24x27 $5200
"Twins of Westcliffe" oil SOLD
"Passing Rain" oil $1300
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Completed the last piece for the Greeley Western Art Invitational and delivered all 7 pieces this morning. Looking forward to the Artist Party and Gala next Wednesday and Thursday.
"Light Water" 16x24 $3500
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