Art Showcase @ the Library: Colleen Baxter

You can view more of Colleen's art @ studio1212.org or order prints @ www.artpal.com/colleenbaxter649. Her opening reception will be Wednesday, October 16th from 2:30pm - 3:30pm at the East Lake Community Library. This event will be free and open to the public.

Artist Bio:

Colleen Baxter grew up in the Midwest and discovered her natural talent for drawing at an early age.  She soon turned to painting, first with watercolors then oils and currently, acrylics is her medium of choice.  She continued to paint throughout the years but never exhibited her work.  Upon retiring in recent years, she is currently enjoying a second full-time career as primarily a landscape artist, with her paintings being exhibited in various galleries and venues throughout the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Orlando areas.  

More recently she has entered into the realm of mixed media.  Using a mono printing process, layers of acrylic paint, stencils, stamps and hand drawings on Japanese rice paper she has created her latest collection of mixed media fine art pieces titled “Whimsical Blooms and Undersea Fantasies”.  

Some of her paintings have found homes in Connecticut, Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Oklahoma, Italy and France. She is a member of Studio 1212 Art Gallery and the Creative Artists’ Guild both of Dunedin, Florida, and serves at the pleasure of the Safety Harbor, Florida, City Council on the Safety Harbor Public Art Commission.  Some of her works are available for sale on line at www.artpal.com/colleenbaxter649 and at studio1212.org.  She can be contacted directly at 813-505-7084 or paris50@verizon.net or colleenbaxter649@gmail.com.

General Artist Statement:

“I can’t remember when I wasn’t aware of the colors in the landscapes around me.  At every turn nature gives you a perfect picture.  Once in a while there is that tiny second when suddenly nature will give you the right combination of light, color and shadow.  I struggle to remember those moments for they will never come again and it is those moments that inspire me to pick up a brush and paint.”

See Collen's art from October - December 2024 here at the library.