Baird’s paintings are both a study of the physical and metaphysical. Exploring the natural landscape and investigating the way light behaves in these environments are constant sources of inspiration for her work. Deconstructing these complex environments into the basic elements of art, Baird transcribes the line, shape, form, and colour of these quiet moments in nature. Citing painters, Emily Carr and Lawren Harris, as inspiration for both their artwork and their spiritual journey, Baird continues the tradition of Canadian Landscape painting through her recording of scenes in and around the Canadian Shield. Baird has a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from the University of Toronto. She has also completed studies internationally and at the Haliburton School of Arts, the Royal Conservatory, and the Art School of Peterborough. Baird has exhibited her work at the Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre, Ethel Curry Gallery, the Art School of Peterborough, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Varley Art Gallery, Rails End Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. She has participated in many studio tours including Peterborough, Uxbridge, and the Kawarthas. Baird was a Guest Artist at Lakefield College School in 2016, a past Board Member at the Art School of Peterborough from 2010-2012, and has been featured as a Guest Artist on HGTV. She has also taught children’s art classes at the Varley Art Gallery and numerous school boards in Southern Ontario as well as Lakefield College School and the Art School of Peterborough.CV Education2004 BA with Distinction, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON2005 Painting from Zero Point, Michelle Cassou, Taos, New Mexico, USA2007 Haliburton School of the Arts – Contemporary Landscape Painting2007 Varley Art Gallery – Thanka Painting2008 Art School of Peterborough – Abstract Painting2010 Royal Conservatory – Artist Educator Foundations Course Solo Exhibitions2020 The Canopy, Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON2019 Up Came The Sun, Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON2013 Trees, Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre, Unionville, ON2011 Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2011 Peterborough Golf and Country Club, Peterborough, ON Selected Group2019 Buckhorn Festival of the Arts, Buckhorn, ON2019 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2019 Trees, Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON2019 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2019 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Gala Auction, Peterborough, ON2018 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2018 The Land Between, Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON2017 Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, Haliburton, ON2017 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2016 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2015 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2015 Art Show & Sale in Support of Syrian Refugees, Peterborough, ON2014 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2012 PRHC Foundation, Art and Healing Show and Sale, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough, ON2012 Triennial, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2012 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2012 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2012 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2011 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2011 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2011 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2010 Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON2010 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2010 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2010 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2009 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, ON2009 Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON2009 Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2009 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2008 Peterborough Courthouse, Artists of the Art School of Peterborough: Selected Teachers and Students, Peterborough, ON.2008 Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2008 Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, ON2006 Varley Art Gallery, Art Instructors’ Outdoor Art Exhibition, Unionville, ON2006 Uxbridge Studio Tour, Uxbridge, ON2000-2005 Markham Museum, Art in the Park, Markham, ON2001-2006 Uxbridge Town Hall, Juried Art Exhibit, Uxbridge, ON CollectionsPeterborough Regional Health CenterGallery RepresentationThe Ethel Curry Gallery, Haliburton, ONColborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, ON Related Experience2016 Facilitator, Lakefield College, Lakefield, Ontario.2013-2014 Facilitator, Taruna Poshana Department, SYDA Foundation, South Fallsburg, NY. Children's art activities.2009-2014 Facilitator, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, Ontario.2010–2012 Board of Directors, Art School of Peterborough, Co-Chair of Annual Art Auction2010–2012 Facilitator, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON2009 Facilitator, Peterborough Kinark/Strive Program, Peterborough, ON2008-2012 Facilitator, The Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON. Children and Adult art classes.2005-2008 Facilitator, The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON. In-house and Outreach School Art Programs and Corporate Workshops.2007 Juror, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Thornhill, ON.2005-2012 A Vision Quest into the Mandala WorkshopThe Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON.Curry’s, Unionville, ON.Kairos, Peterborough, ON.York and Durham Region Elementary SchoolsSt. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto, ON.Artist’s Studio in PeterboroughPeterborough Kinark/Strive ProgramPrince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON. BibliographyThe Artists of Kawartha, book, by Andrea Hillo, pgs. 10-11, copyright 2018.The Link, Front Cover, Autumn Equinox 2016.The Link, “Painting a Deep Spiritual Connection” by Janet Jarrell, pg. 5, Autumn Equinox 2016.HGTV, Custom Built with Paul Lafond, Season 1, Episode: The Hunter Yoga Kitchen, 2015.CHEXTV, “Newswatch at 6”, Art Show and Sale in Support of Syrian Refugees, December 7, 2015.The Link, “The Eclectic Eye”, Thunderbird Mandala, pg.11, Winter Solstice 2014.Snap Markham, Vol.7, No.1, August 2013Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, “Autumn Studio Tour Previewed”, Peterborough Examiner, Pg. 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