Natural Forms
Shale
Growing up, I played in shale beds made of fragile layers of rocks. Recording history: These rocks are inscribed by water’s movement and contain fossil remains I collected in a jar.
18-Mile Creek: Shale Rock, Oil on Canvas, 60"x36"
Estonian Black Shale After Siim Sepp, Oil on Canvas, 48"x48"
Kinetic Shale, Oil on Canvas, 36”x60”
Plant Fossils, Oil on Canvas, 60"x36
18-Mile Creek: Icon, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"
Ms. Baer pours thin paint above a canvas on the floor and allows the paint to flow and settle for several hours, or she blows the paint with a fan reminiscent of the strong winds she experienced while living in Buffalo, NY.
Created by Gravity & Wind
Inside Out, Oil on Canvas, 22" X 24"
Orchid Mist, Oil and Sand on Canvas, 78"x57"
Quiz (Green and Purple), Oil on Canvas, 48"x48"
Decant, Oil on Canvas, 78"x57"
Chaos, Oil on Canvas, 22"x24"
Drift (Black, White, and Red), Oil on Canvas, 66"x72"
Fossil, Oil on Canvas, 55"x60"
Illuminate, Oil on Canvas, 25½"x24"
Time
In these works, Baer uses a process of building up and scraping through layers of paint to represent the creation and destruction of natural forms or the passage of time.
Tornado, Oil on Canvas, 36”x 33”
Mare Liberum #3, Oil and Beeswax on Panel, 36"x36"
Lurray II, Oil and Wax on Wood, 36”x36”
Fifty-Fifty, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"
Radiate, Oil on Canvas, 72"x61"
Sandstorm, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"
Square Route of River, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"
Half and Half, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 10"x8"
Summertime, Oil on Canvas, 60”x48”
Screen, Oil on Canvas, 36"x36"