#landscape

May 27, 20191 min read

Crickhowell Open Studios 2019

Crickhowell Open Studios has just finished for this year. A big thank you to everyone who came to see my studio. I hope you all enjoyed...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Apr 9, 20191 min read

Trees by the track to the old quarry

Trees the on side of the mountain track to the quarry on Mynydd Llangatwg. The path is worn deep into the ground and must be very old....

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Mar 29, 20191 min read

The Fox on the Mountain

I'm just starting to edition my latest print 'The Fox on the Mountain'. It is a simple four colour reduction print. I've been wanting to...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Mar 21, 20191 min read

Jackson's prize, Longlist.

I'm chuffed to bits, my painting 'Twisting Tree' has been longlisted for the Jackson's open painting prize. I'd been looking at some of...

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'Artist in Residence' for a day at Oriel Cric Gallery.

Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Feb 16, 20191 min read

'Artist in Residence' for a day at Oriel Cric Gallery.

Today I have been painting and talking to visitors in the Oriel Cric Gallery from 10 till 5. An enjoyable and interesting but tiring day....

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Feb 14, 20191 min read

Windy Day Tree

Yes it's my favourite tree again! When I started out to walk up the hillside it was bright and crisp. By the time I got to the view over...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Feb 3, 20191 min read

Snowy day tree

This is a painting I've just finished in the last couple of days. This is only the second oil painting, I've now completed, after...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Jan 18, 20191 min read

Oil painting

Familiar subject...unfamiliar medium. My first oil painting for a few decades. I'm quite pleased with it. The brushstrokes are more...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Jan 9, 20191 min read

New Year Exhibition in Oriel Cric

I'm really pleased to say that my work is part of a fantastic looking exhibition for the New Year at Oriel Cric in Crickhowell. I have...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Jan 5, 20191 min read

Autumn Tree

Autumn Tree. The Bracken in November was such a bright orange/red in the frosty morning light. This small (30x24cm) acrylic on linen...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Dec 31, 20181 min read

2018

2018 was a year of painting trees for me. Some have already gone to good homes and some will be on show in the Cric New Year exhibition....

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Dec 13, 20181 min read

Frosty Tree

Frosty Tree, Sugarloaf mountain in the distance. Acrylic on Linen, 70x50cm. Probably finished. This will hopefully be one of my...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Nov 14, 20181 min read

Red Kite over snow

Red Kite from above, flying over a snowy early morning landscape

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Sep 2, 20181 min read

Agapanthus, fennel, birds and bees

A summer painting of Agapanthus and Fennel flowers, birds and bees.

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

May 4, 20181 min read

Barn Owl and Winter Hedgerow

I've recently completed another largish reduction linocut print. It is of a Barn Owl, not one of the most common birds in the area (I...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Apr 30, 20181 min read

Crickhowell Open Art Competition

I'm very happy to say that I've had two pieces of work accepted for Crickhowell Open Art Competition at Oriel Cric Gallery. One is my...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Mar 26, 20181 min read

Winter Hedgerow

With all of the wintery weather we've been having it has been nice to walk some of the lanes and look over the hedges at the landscape....

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Mar 12, 20181 min read

Oriel Cric Gallery Spring Exhibition

Cric gallery in Crickhowell have three of my paintings in their spring exhibition starting today. Two of them framed and ready to go. The...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Mar 1, 20182 min read

Otter Moon

Otters have been sighted in the River Usk, in the valley where I have my studio space, for several years now. I’ve only been lucky enough...

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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art

Feb 3, 20181 min read

Craft Renaissance Gallery

I was very happy to see my art and that of other artists on show show at the excellent Craft Renaissance Gallery. Very busy this...

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