Posts Tagged ‘maryland institute of art’

Artist of the moment…….Donald Baechler

 

 

Donald Baechler was born in Hartford, Connecticut in the year 1956. Baechler is a painter often working with flowers, children, and items from the summer like an umbrella or beach ball as his subject of choice.

His was raised in the Quaker way of life, another artist James Turrell is perhaps the most well known Quaker artist.

Price range information: Works range from $5,000 to $50,000. Bacher is a great printmaker and his larger original works are usually in gouache or acrylics.

A great interview with Donald Baechler as he talks about painting skulls and other subjects:

 

For his artistic education Baechler attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and Cooper Union College located in New York. Baechler also studied in Germany.

In this clip we view a show featuring Donald Baechler that took place in 2010:

The artist is a painter and sculptor.

In the 1980s the artist developed a Neo- Expressionist Style.

Of all his artwork I enjoy his botanical and floral imagery the most.

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Artist of the moment……..Kevin Barrett

Kevin Barrett was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the year 1962. Barrett is a great sculptor who works with aluminum and bronzes. Barrett paints and sculpts in a very abstract manner. He also creates wall reliefs using this format. He produces the same wonderful shapes we might see in a Kandinsky work in three dimensions.

The artist is collected on a world wide basis.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

For his artistic education Barrett attended the School of Visual Arts located in New York City and the Maryland Institute of Art located in Baltimore, Maryland.

Over the years Barrett lived in Miami and New York City but is now based out of Massachusetts.

A link to the website of Kevin Barrett:

http://www.kevinbarrettsculptures.com/bio.html

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