MARIE BAIRD
Contemporary Painter in oils and mixed media
Contemporary Painter in oils and mixed media
ABOUT MARIE
Marie Baird is an emerging Contemporary Painter originally from Airdrie, Scotland. 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, children and family commitments had put on the back burner for over 40 years.
In 2018, she completed her Diploma in Art, and continues to paint in oils and mixed media from her studio in Dereham. Her paintings are hanging in private homes throughout the UK, Ireland and the USA.
In 2019, her painting, ‘Bright New Day’, oil on canvas, from the series ‘When Words Are Not Enough’, was selected by the Institute of East Anglian Artists (IEAA) for their 2019 Summer Exhibition.
“In my heart I have been an artist all my life. For me painting, especially in oils, is all absorbing. I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity, with the support and encouragement of my family, to explore my passion through my work”.
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 Contemporary Painter originally from Airdrie, Scotland. 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, children and family commitments had put on the back burner for over 40 years.
In 2018, she completed her Diploma in Art, and continues to paint in oils and mixed media from her studio in Dereham. Her paintings are hanging in private homes throughout the UK, Ireland and the USA.
In 2019, her painting, ‘Bright New Day’, oil on canvas, from the series ‘When Words Are Not Enough’, was selected by the Institute of East Anglian Artists (IEAA) for their 2019 Summer Exhibition.
“In my heart I have been an artist all my life. For me painting, especially in oils, is all absorbing. I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity, with the support and encouragement of my family, to explore my passion through my work”.
Marie X
“art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
Thomas Merton
Previous Exhibitions
2019 IEA – Institute of East Anglian Artists
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. eastanglianartists.com
June 2019 – Norfolk Painting School Studios
May 2019 – Colkirk Arts Festival
“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
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“the principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke”
Jerzy Kosinski