Mary Baxter, “Horsewalker at Belkin’s Ranch”, Oil on Polyfibre
$4,000.00
Mary Baxter, “Horsewalker at Belkin’s”, Oil on Polyfibre.
Sight: 19.75″ x 47.75″
Frame: 20″ x 48″
Provenance: This piece was exhibited and sold in the Hunt Gallery in San Antonio, TX
Mary Baxter has always had a keen interest in art, particularly as a result of family camping trips to the Chihuahuan Desert. She pursued her passion at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she studied painting and advanced printmaking and earned her Bachelor of Science degree. Fully self-financing her studies, Baxter worked across the country on the high goal polo circuit. Baxter moved to the Big Bend region when she leased a ranch Southwest of Marfa for raising cattle and training horses. It was there that she began to see the beauty of the rugged desert and interpret it in her paintings. After several years, she was able to free herself of ranch duties to paint full-time. She relocated to Marathon and opened the Baxter Studio and Gallery in the old Shoemake Hardware Building. There, she continued to produce and sell her works for ten years. Baxter currently splits her time living and working between Marfa Texas and southern New Mexico. She usually gathers ideas and sketches while hiking, or riding her mule, and then uses this material for larger pieces which she finishes later in her studio. This approach has helped Baxter truly convey the beauty of the desert landscape. Source:AskART Auction Records
