Jeffrey Smart Baisden

The next artist I want to look at is Jeffrey Smart Baisden. In some of her paintings there is a lot of pattern and repetition. She paints in a realistic quality and uses more color in some and less in others.

The Girlfriend Dance

I like these paintings because the combination of the title and the actual paintings tell a story. For instance "The Girlfriend Dance"does not focus on the people who are dancing, but rather focuses on the all-too-familiar scene of the pile of heels that accumulate as the night progresses and the girls' feet hurt from wearing the stylish heels.  The same thing happens with "Adjourned." The people that were sitting in the chairs are no longer there, well, because the meeting has been adjourned.

Adjourned

So the first painting that I saw of Baisden's was "Silver Lining." I was pulled to it because of the realism, the variation in design, and I love the polished silver of the spoons. They look so fancy, and the golden light reflecting off of them gives them a vintage look.

Silver Linings

White Collar

I like the lighting in "White Collar." It is like an early morning, right before the the man would go to work, and his clothes are hanging, ready on the closet door, with the morning light shining on it.

-Maria

http://jeffreysmartbaisden.com/GALLERY/Gallery.html <-- Here's the site where I found the pictures and info about the artist! Check it out!!