Jamo Sunset | Jennifer Baird

This body of new work is kind of a collaboration between me and my late father Geoff Baird. Dad made all the frames for this show. I had collected them over the years waiting for an opportunity to use them. Dad passed away in November 2024 and these paintings honour his legacy. He was always making things, particularly with wood.

My artist statement for this work ‘the paintings fell off the end of my brush into Dad’s frames like a hug.’

I have lived in Canberra for 16 years and am a multi media artist working over printmaking, collage and painting.

I create some of my art at Megalo Print Studios in Canberra. Lithography is a new passion and has taken my art practice to the next level. It is a very challenging print medium.

I am inspired by Canberra and surrounds. It’s landscapes and brutalist architecture. Kind of opposing inspirations but where I can explore the softness of a Winter in Canberra in an oil painting. To the strong lines of a building like Manuka Pool or the James Turrell ‘Skyspace’ at the NGA, through a lino print or collage.

I began my art journey at the Bondi Beach markets in 1994. During my early years and up until 2006 when Imogen was born, I was very prolific. I worked very hard but sustained my life as an artist, something I am very proud of.

My artwork hangs in private collections all over the world and there is no greater accolade, than someone loving your art and placing it in their home.

Jennifer Baird, 2025.

“Looking out the window from The Jamison Salvos, in winter.”

Jennifer Baird, 2025.

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