December 2009

 

 

 

New Painting

 

 

 

“Canyon Reflections”

9” x 12” oil on linen panel

(available at Michael Baum Art)

 

 

To see other paintings at the studio and in the galleries, click: Paintings

To Inquire about any painting, contact info@MichaelBaum.com or call (719) 685-1828.

 

 

News & Events

 

Happy Holidays!

 

 

Holiday Sale 

In honor of the season, all work here at the studio will be on sale at great prices. Contact me for details.

info@michaelbaum.com.

719-685-1828

 

 

 

 

 

On the Road

 

A Sojourn in the Desert

 

In late November, Patrice and I once again headed southwest to Arizona to explore the desert and gather images for future paintings.  We spent a couple of days with our archaeology buddies exploring the painted desert country around Holbrook, scouring the countryside for rock art. We found some amazing stuff. Motifs we had not seen before sent us on reveries of conjecture about what the native population experienced here in pre-Columbian times. This is food for the soul. It enriches my experience of the landscape and in turn, the depth of my paintings.

 

All images below are photos.

 

From here, we dropped over the Mogollon rim into the warm desert country. I love this short drive from the frigid high-desert to the warm Sonoran landscape 4000 feet below. The thermometer shot from 17° to 72° in a few hours. It is a renewing experience.

 

We visited the gallery in Scottsdale, delivering a new batch of paintings, then dropped down to Tucson to spend a warm Thanksgiving with close friends.

 

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Exploring the desert country around the Santa Catalina mountains, we hike through the upper Sonoran landscape across hillsides prickly with cactus, through dry washes choked with mesquite. The desert is golden green in the late-afternoon sunlight. I collect new images for paintings. I also collect a few cactus spines driven deeply and painfully into my hand. Being skewered by cactus is becoming a tradition on these trips, a sacrifice made to the desert deities in exchange for the chance at new paintings. I revisit some familiar places, hoping to see them anew. It takes many visits to a place, especially a strange and spectacular landscape like the Sonoran desert, before I begin to see it clearly. I like to get the landscape under my skin (literally in this case) before I try painting it. Did I achieve my goal on this trip? Only time in the studio will tell. 

 



 

 

 

 

 

More News & Events

 

 

 

New Gallery

Alpine Fine Art Center

I am pleased to be showing work at the Alpine Fine Art Center in Denver. The gallery focuses on small work by accomplished artists. I have several miniature paintings (6” x 8”) in the gallery at very reasonable prices.

The gallery is located in the heart of the Art District of Santa Fe in Denver, Colorado.

Next time you’re cruising the galleries in Denver, drop in for a look.

 

Alpine Fine Art Center

 (The Standing Sun Fine Art Gallery)

826 Santa Fe Drive

Denver, CO 80204

303-733-4847

John@AlpineFineArt.com

http://www.alpinefineart.com/

 

“Twilight at Greenland Ranch”

6” x 8” oil on canvas panel

See it at Alpine Fine Art

 

 

Continuing

 

“Gem Show”

At Wilde Meyer Gallery in Scottsdale

I have miniature paintings in Wilde Meyer’s annual “Gem Show”

December 3 through January 6.

These paintings make great (and affordable) holiday gifts for a loved one or for yourself. If you’re in Scottsdale, please visit the gallery. 

 



 

“Catalinas Study”

4” x 6” oil on canvas

 

     

 

                                    “Sabino Canyon Study”                                   “View from the Bajada”

                                      8” x 6” oil on canvas                                       6” x 6” oil on canvas

 

4142 N. Marshall Way

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 

480-945-2323

WildeMeyer.com

 

PS: I just delivered a new group of paintings to the gallery, so when in Scottsdale, stop by for a look.

 

 

 

If you are in Manitou Springs, check out this painting at the Manitou Outpost.

807 Manitou Ave. Manitou Springs, CO 80829

719-685-5026

 

 

“Spruce Canyon”

60” x 30” oil on canvas

(available at the Manitou Outpost)

 

 

 

Journal

Read the adventures (and non-adventures) of an artist. What’s the story behind the paintings? Every event is shockingly true. Read the Journal if you dare

 

 

Route66-Art.com

 

I’ve recently launched a new website, Route66-Art.com. This site features fine art giclee prints of images inspired by Route 66 and the great highways of the West. Subjects include images of the road, diners, gas stations, trucks, and western landscapes.

 

You can order your prints directly from the site using a convenient shopping cart feature.

 

 

 

Order prints online

 

Now you can order a wide selection of prints on the Michael Baum Art website using a convenient shopping cart. Michael Baum Art Prints

 

 

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