Spindrift

"I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life and so far, it's been pretty fun." -  Roland Barthes

Welcome to the world of spray-paint art. On this site, I simply want

to tell you folks a little about myself and the work I love to do.

Please feel free to check out our videos

and art show schedule at the bottom of this site

for the latest up-dates!

Our First Show Of The Season!

We open a new Art Season with a great and geeky show called, Concinnity 2025! Concinnity is a Science Fiction, Gaming and Anime convention held in Milwaukee Wisconsin - spicificly, at the Milwaukee School Of Engineering at the Dwight & Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall (1025 N. Milwaukee Street). It's also being co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Time Lords. (How cool is that?) They're also celebrating a whole quarter century of all things nerdy, geeky and fun! This neat event is all happening on Saturday, April 26 and runs from 10am to 10pm! Whew! For more info, check out: https://fancons.com/events/info/24554/concinnity-2025 .  So, keep an eye on the schedule at the bottom of this site for updates as they come! Already, applications for 2025 shows are coming in, so stay tuned! Until then, stay safe and be kind to each other. Peace.

Hope to see you at Concinnity2025!

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Your Search For Fine Art Lies Just Beyond The Mist

"Through a painting we can see the whole world." 
- Hans Hofmann -

Now give yourself, or someone

you love, not only the world -

but a whole universe of

breathtaking and magical worlds!

Welcome to the world

                of spraypaint art.

Different from the traditional 
forms of art such as oil, water-color or acrylic painting, spraypainting brings to the table a novel and unique way of painting.  From its early and crude beginnings as common street-art graffiti, spraypainting is now expanding and is fully being explored as a true and innovative form of art.

 

Painting dimensions are standard to fit most traditional-sized picture frames.  The painting sizes are (in inches) :

11x17, 11x14,  8 1/2x11 and 5x7

You can also find a line of 5x7 greeting cards here.  Featuring original hand-painted pieces and prints on the outside of the cards, and blank on the inside for your own personal message. And, they make great little paintings that can be framed
and placed anywhere in the home.

Are you, or is someone you know, a person who loves to read?  Continue to spark the imagination with unique laminate-covered book markers!  (10 1/2" x 2 1/2")

spindrift   \`spin-drift\  n.  [nautical]:  spray or mist blown from waves at sea.

    Steven M. Baughman  –  Spraypaint Artist

     While vacationing in Mexico we came across a local street artist demonstrating this unique art form.  Sitting on the ground on a large piece of tarp, he proceeded to spraypaint beautiful space-scenes of planets, stars and moons.  Then with some simple templates, he would create Aztec jungles with ancient Mayan pyramids rising above the trees with a full moon floating above them.

     Using no paint brushes, and nothing more than simple cans of spraypaint, a few small pieces of sponges and a pallet knife, he would produce beautiful works of art right there in front of the vacationers.  I quickly became intrigued with this distinctive style of painting and decided to begin exploring the techniques of this type of art for myself.  Studying different spraypaint artists, I slowly began to see, and became quite excited about, all of the different possibilities and types of scenes that could be produced by simple cans of spraypaint.

     What I find most intriguing about this style of

painting is the complete “serendipity” about the whole process.  I can paint 5 paintings of the “same” subject matter or scene and no two paintings will ever come out completely the same.  You just never know for sure how the spray is going to come out of the can and hit the surface.  Each painting is therefore unique and one-of-a-kind!

     In my own art background, I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Whitewater, Wisconsin.  I studied traditional oil and acrylic painting, drawing, art history and commercial art.  Through the years I have held many different positions in the commercial art arena all centered around layout and design ­- from newspaper and magazine ads to projects including newsletters, flyers, designing letterheads, business cards, logos, commercial films and fashion.
     After many years of traditional commercial art, I find it’s fun and exciting to be “getting my hands dirty” and painting once again.  With every day that passes by, I continue to experiment and learn more and more about this distinctive style of art.

Spraypaint:  It’s not just for lawn furniture and graffiti anymore.

Videos

The Abstracts

The Landscapes

Sy-Fy & Fantasy

Blue Moon

Fox 6 Interview

Our 2025 Art Show Schedule

April 26 - Concinnity 25  Confirmed. To take place at the Milwaukee School of Enginering at the Dwight & Dian Diercks Scince Hall.  Hours: Saturday, 10am to 10pm.

June 28, 29 - Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair  Confirmed. To take place in downtown, Spring Green, Wisconsin.  Hours: Saturday, 9am to 5pm, Sunday, 9am to 4pm.

July 11 - 13 - Kitsune Kon  Confirmed. To be held at the KI Convention Center, downtown, Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Hours:  To be announced.

August 9, 10 - Anime 414  Tentative.  To be held at the Baird Convention Center, downtown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vendor Hall.  Hours: Saturday, 10am to 6pm, Sunday, 10am to 5pm.

November 8, 9 - Winter Art Fair Off The Square  Confirmed. To take place at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in downtown, Madison, Wisconsin.  Hours: Saturday, 9am to 5pm, Sunday, 10am to 4pm.

Thanks for all your interest and support!  If you can make any of the shows we’ll be in, be sure to stop in and say “Hi”.

   Your Search For Fine Art Lies Just Beyond The Mist

Spray Paint Art by

Steven M. Baughman

Ph: 414-364-6143    Email: artofspindrift@gmail.com
www.spindriftart.blogspot.com

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