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I WILL NOT PAINT GIRLS IN PINK DRESSES PART 1-DIX BAINES COLORADO FINE ARTIST ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS

9/3/2016

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When Dix Baines began painting in 1994 it was an hour a day. It was a bit like a pianist practicing day to day. He was practicing the craft of painting and did it religiously an hour a day. As his skill developed, an hour soon was not enough and he began taking his paints to work and paint on his lunch hour. He then would come home at night and paint into the early morning hours. When he started painting, he painted what he knew and what he loved, meaning anything having to do with the river. As an avid fly-fisherman he found beauty in the fish, the way the water interacted with the fish, the light on the river, and of course the fisherman on the river. Those early years were all about the paintings inspired by the river. In 2002, Sam Curtis wrote an article in Big Sky Journal about Dix's combination of his two passions; fly-fishing and painting.

"I was on the Green River before a March storm. There was a complete mist-out. Light was coming through the fog, and everything was radiant. All the fishermen were silhouettes that had orange glows around them. And then the snow came in, and there was a midge hatch. First, the fish came up in slow rises. And then you looked across the river and saw hundreds of frantic heads and tails. The fishing was great, but I couldn't wait to paint the light." -Dix Baines Big Sky Journal
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"Two of One Heart"      16" x 20"      Available signed, limited giclee on canvas $450-$500
Original SOLD
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"Yellowstone Cutthroat"      16" x 20"      oil on board      SOLD
Yellowstone National Park Permanent Collection
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"Autumn Run"      24" x 24"      oil on board      SOLD
Cover, Wildlife Art Magazine, ​September/Octrober 2002
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"Summer Run"      24" x 30"      oil on board      SOLD
Private Collection
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Painting is a form of art that cannot be forced. When you want to make an amazing painting, the idea needs to be from your heart. If you make paintings just for profit, then you can never make a true masterpiece. In my opinion, it is not bad to make money from your talents, but, painting is much more than just that. The level of emotion and feelings that we place in our work is the most important part of the painting.

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    ​“I am drawn to the things which speak to the senses; the light and atmosphere of landscapes, the impressions of a moment or place, and the spirit of nature and of people. It is important to me to strive as an artist to paint a variety of subjects and to paint each equally well. I  paint often on location, or from life.  Whether researching sporting life images, landscapes, or places from abroad, painting directly from the subject is essential to capturing the impression of what I see.” -DIX BAINES

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