New Site Launch

Launching a redesigned website is energizing.  The design is more stripped down than the previous version and helps the art pop out more.

http://christopherbaer.com

Lines

A bunch of these are appearing now.  They really come out as eye candy on a wall.  I'm hooked.

Line Theory

I have been working on series called Palisades for some time now, which has been an exploration of styles on the 60 x50 format canvas.  Line Theory is an off-shoot of that series that is being made into its own series.

The lines have vibrant color relationships and speed; other artifacts show through the lines.  These are 20 x 20.

Goofy Dinosaur

This buck-toothed doggy is all saddled up and ready to thunder across the plains. Giddyup!

I love kid's art.

Palisades 30 & 31

These works are taking a new direction. I have always liked lines in abstract work; these push the lines to the front.  #31 is sold.

Palisades Series Works

Recent work completed in July, 2011.

White on White

I could spend a decade fooling around with white.  It has a dignified and transparent quality that both masks and reveals at the same time.

100

Learning to count to 100.  Nice arrangement.

Marilyn

I snapped this image in the bathroom of a bar in Brooklyn not long ago.  Why this image works, I don't know.

Moss

This image was shot last weekend in Virginia.  I love moss.

Key

I did a freshman project at RISD with another student named Margot. The project involved stringing 4 stories of florescent lights inside the Waterman Building incinerator shaft, at the base of which was a furnace where refuse was probably burned. It had been out of commission for a long time.  It was filthy.

The project was in most respects perilous, over-ambitious and ill-planned  --all of which were my personal hallmarks at the time. Still, the outcome was fantastic: the effect was a seemingly endless secret column of light in the darkness.  During the critique with our entire class and professor, Jack Massey, the project collapsed into a shower of sparks, shards of glass, and clanging metal. Somehow, no one was injured.

Anyway, while I was examining in the empty furnace, which was large enough for several students to stand in, I found this key and cleaned it off.  It looked old and well-crafted.

Then I inspected it and noticed a nice design feature that indicated the room to which it went.  Cool.

                     

It has been on a shelf in my studio ever since as a memento.

Copper Bowl

My friend Rebecca produced this copper bowl at RISD as requirement for the Jewelry & Light Metal curriculum.  I still enjoy looking at it and holding it all the time in my studio.

Graffiti

I saw this in Italy.

I Want One

Get your motor running...

Simplicity or Complexity

This is some gravel in the driveway of a friend in Italy.

So is this simple or complex?  You have 7 seconds.

Are You Receiving?

Roger, Houston.  We copy.

Durban

I painted Durban in 2006.  It is not large but still reaches me each time I view it, which is about once per year.

Keeping an Eye on Things

I snapped this image last Summer (2010) in Baltimore on a busy street corner. In addition to there being three separate cameras and two flashes, it is sculptural and tree-like.

Shoes from way back

This is an image from my sketchbook in the late nineties when shoe design was getting crazy.  This was an "approach shoe" (or something) in my friend, Josh's ridiculously large collection of sneakers and footwear.  The design is not outrageous by today's standards, but at the time mainstream footwear was just starting to explore these shapes and lines.

Palisades #20 | Sold

I am happy to report that Palisades #20 sold recently to a buyer in Richmond, VA.