Bonnie Baird: “As the Crow Flies”
August 12-September 25, 2016
Bonnie Baird paints the landscape that surrounds and holds her. She was raised on a 730-acre dairy farm in Vermont. She and her husband Robert are the third generation to own and work their dairy and maple farm. This outdoor experience has given her a deep connection with the land. Working in the natural environment every day in every kind of weather allows her to truly feel the horizon; warm or cool, dark or light, intimate or expansive.
Baird’s oil paintings are filled with an emerging fullness of heart, where light infuses life into air, becoming the magic that conjures a personal memory. Her paintings simultaneously evoke a simple lament and heartfelt joy. Using a limited palette and large simple shapes, Baird composes more than a visual observation. Her work is a perceptual experience: an intrinsic vivid memory.
Bonnie Baird studied at the University of Vermont and The Art Students League of New York. She has taken master classes with Eric Aho, Robert Liberace, Sherrie McGraw, and Thomas and Elizabeth Torak.
INFORMATION
Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater
68 South Pleasant Street
Middlebury 05753
(802) 382-9222
Hours:
Monday-Saturday, Noon-5PM
and one hour before any public events in the building
Image:
As the Crow Flies
by Bonnie Baird
oil on canvas
Courtesy of the artist