VIEWS FROM THE PAST - SMALL TO BIG - DIX BAINES COLORADO LANDSCAPE ARTIST

Every painting is like a puzzle to be solved, with challenges and problems to be worked through. Often starting small is a way to work through some of the issues, before moving onto a larger canvas. Over the years Dix Baines has painted a number of 5x7 miniatures both to preview images for possible larger paintings and to sell at one of our two annual 5x7 auctions. The second of the auctions, "Notes and Brushstrokes,"  is always held the second Saturday of November and this year's event will be in two weeks on Saturday, November 12th. Typically, a dozen unframed, original oil paintings are offered, with beginning bids of $150. As they come off the easel, they are posted on the Studio Auctions page on this website and are opened for bidding. Here is a look back at some of the miniatures that turned into larger original oil paintings. -Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines

Notes and Brushstrokes "Cow Camp Cabin" 5x7 oil on board
SOLD 

​"First Light on Cow Camp" 9" x 12" oil on panel $1300
Available through the McLarry Fine Art Gallery @ 505.988.1161

Notes and Brushstrokes "Ranchos de Taos" 5x7 oil on board
SOLD 

​"Adobe Light on Ranchos de Taos" 30" x 22" oil on panel $5300
Available through the McLarry Fine Art Gallery @ 505.988.1161

Summer Garden Party and Auction "Pond Colors in the Summer" 5x7 oil on board
SOLD 

​"Sky Pond"      24" x 30"      oil on board     $5400
Available through The Broadmoor Galleries @ 719.577.5744