In music a composer will sometimes start with a "Prelude" to explore new ideas, before expanding it in to something bigger. Artists will often do the same thing. Last week, when Dix Baines was heading out one early morning for a painting trip in New Mexico, he captured an incredible image of the moon setting over the mountains in the pink tinged sky of a sunrise just down the street from our house. He couldn't wait to get back from the week long trip to explore the image. Yesterday he started that exploration by painting a 5x7 painting on panel and determined that this image will definitely be going big. Dix has been painting preludes or small images throughout the course of his career. Painting small is a way for him to visit an image and see if it is one that needs to go large. For the collector, both new and seasoned, it is a way for them to add to an art collection for a relatively small amount of money. For the last several years Dix Baines Studio holds two 5x7 auctions, the Summer Garden Party and Auction in August and Notes and Brushstrokes in November, where these small original paintings are auctioned with a starting bid of $150. The gem he painted yesterday is the first of this year's Notes and Brushstrokes Studio Auction and can be bid on by following the link below the painting. There have been a number of exceptional 5x7 paintings sold through the auction and these are just a few. Check the Studio Auctions page often over the course of the next two weeks, as new images will be posted and open for bidding as they are completed
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Ah, spring. It comes in with tulips and dandelions and leaves us with snapdragons and lilies. With the fresh smell of flowers in the air, springtime is a gardener's favorite time of year. Although we all love the beautiful bursts of color that flowers bring, there are also uninvited guests lurking beneath the surface, just waiting to bust through the soil. Among the unwelcome are various pests, critters, and a seemingly endless supply of weeds. Should you do it yourself? Consider the most common opponents you're most likely to encounter using the guide below, and then decide whether you're up for the challenge.
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Dix Baines“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 Archives
November 2016
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