MARIE BAIRD
Contemporary artist painting in oils and mixed media
Contemporary artist painting in oils and mixed media
ABOUT MARIE
Marie Baird is an emerging Scottish contemporary artist originally from Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Having lived and worked in the Far East and Europe, she now lives in Norfolk, England with her husband John.
After successful careers in both the Public and the Private Sectors, an opportunity in 2015, allowed her to rekindle her love for painting that life and family commitments had put on the back burner for over 40 years.
In 2018, she completed her Diploma in Art through the Norfolk Painting School under the tutorage of Course Director and award-winning artist and writer Martin Kinnear, one of Britain’s leading contemporary painters.
In 2019, she was delighted and honoured to have an original painting selected by the ‘Institute of East Anglian Artists’ (IEAA) for their 2019 Summer Exhibition. The painting, ‘Bright New Day’, oil on canvas, from her series of flower paintings ‘When Words Are Not Enough’, was exhibited at The Gallery Holt – Art Gallery located in Holt, Norfolk the perfect platform to showcase her work.
“I am never happier than when I have brush in hand, loaded with oils, and a support (be it canvas or panel) before me… the anticipation is so incredibly exciting”.
“As music is the poetry of sound, so painting is the poetry of sight.” – James McNeill Whistler
“Welcome to my website! I’d love to share my joy of painting with you.”
Marie X
“For me, a landscape doesn’t exist in it’s own right…the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life.”
Claude Monet
“Art… demands the total involvement of the artist, otherwise it is nothing but decoration.”
Edvard Munch
ABOUT MARIE
Marie Baird is an emerging Scottish contemporary artist originally from Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Having lived and worked in the Far East and Europe, she now lives in Norfolk, England with her husband John.
After successful careers in both the Public and the Private Sectors, an opportunity in 2015, allowed her to rekindle her love for painting that life and family commitments had put on the back burner for over 40 years.
In 2018, she completed her Diploma in Art through the Norfolk Painting School under the tutorage of Course Director, and award-winning artist and writer Martin Kinnear, one of Britain’s leading contemporary painters.
In 2019, she was delighted and honoured to have an original painting selected by the ‘Institute of East Anglian Artists’ (IEAA) for their 2019 Summer Exhibition. The painting, ‘Bright New Day’, oil on canvas from her series of flower paintings ‘When Words Are Not Enough’, was exhibited at the The Gallery Holt – Art Gallery located in Holt, Norfolk the perfect platform to showcase her work.
“I am never happier than when I have brush in hand, loaded with oils, and a support (be it canvas or panel) before me… the anticipation is so incredibly exciting”.
“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” – Simonides
“Welcome to my website! I’d love to share my joy of painting with you.”
Marie X
“art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
Thomas Merton
EXHIBITIONS
2021 – Please check back occasionally for updates on any potential Covid Compliant Exhibitions.
You can see more of my work exhibited at The Garage Studio Art Gallery – 44 Docking Road, Ringstead PE36 5LA
The Studio has teamed up with the ‘Acre Per Village Initiative’ with all commissions from any sales of artwork supporting ‘in full’ the creation of the wild flower meadow beside Peddars Way South
Previous Exhibitions
IEA – Institute of East Anglian Artists
2019 Annual Open Exhibition, 1 – 12 November 2019
The Gallery, 23 Lees Yard, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6HS
The Institute of East Anglian Artists (IEA) aims to represent the finest established artists and emerging artists in the region. IEA is organised around the Annual Open Exhibition, which is growing in reputation for its high standard of artworks.
Norfolk Painting School Studios – June 2019
Colkirk Arts Festival – May 2019
“art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
“art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
Thomas Merton
“every child is an artist. the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Pablo Picasso
“painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do”
Edgar Degas
“art is too important not to share”
Romero Britto
“a picture is a poem without words”
Horace
CONTACT ME
“the principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke”
Jerzy Kosinski