Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art Vol 3 no 9

VL
Studio Visit Marcia Baldwin
I welcome commission orders. Some of the collectors
of my works of art, return for specific subjects and
compositions on commission. We talk by email and
by phone and decide on subject, size, and client photos
(if needed). Most of the time, requests come in
for a painting based on some of my past sold works,
and I enjoy those the most. The client will specify a
specific size canvas or will ask my opinion on size
that I feel is most appropriate for a particular subject.
It is always a joy to bring their requests to completion
and send the painting to the client for their first “reveal”
upon opening their carefully prepared shipping
package. I take great pride in every work I send out.
My love of horses goes way back about 56 years,
when my mom and dad got our first horse for our
family. I have owned and ridden horses ever since
and found you could learn something new about them
each day and still have much more to learn. In 1985,
I created a video of how to draw the horse anatomy
and the simple and short “how to video” was bought
by Walt Disney Productions for their study and an up
coming animated movie. I was thrilled. In college, I
still drew and painted horses, and at one point, one
of my professors told me that if I would quit using
bold colors and quit drawing and painting horses, I
might become a good artist.
This only made me want to explore the horse as a
subject more and use even bolder color. The true
love of horses, my intense desire to know them and
understand their psyche, their anatomy, the look in
their eyes and their true desire to please you, has
brought me to this point in my painting style when
painting horses. It is the awareness of the beauty of
this magnificent creature that I want to convey in my
paintings. I want viewers to understand how important
this gift from God is and the need to protect our
wild horses in America and beyond.
Ebony and Ivory Gypsy Vanner Horses
www.mbaldwinfineart.com
56 | VL Magazine - VisualLanguageMagazine.com