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 Next Big Show!

We're gearing up for the 35th Annual Firefly Art Fair! It's all happening on Saturday, August 7 and runs from 10am to 7pm! Yep, this year, the Firefly Art Fair is a one day event - but, it's adding some extra hours to give everyone some extra time, some extra fun and some extra excitement to your art fair going experience! The show, put on by the Wauwatosa Historical Society, features ceramics, art glass, painting (including some fine paintings by yours truly), fiber, sculpture, jewelry, graphics paper-making, photography, wood, and much more! The Fair is located on and around the historic Kneeland-Walker House & Grounds, 7406 Hillcrest Drive in Wauwatosa Wisconsin. You'll be sure to find us (at Booth #23) and just about anything else you'd like, for yourself or your home! Come and check out this fun event - you're gonna love it and have a great time! For more info, you can check out: https://www.wauwatosahistoricalsociety.org . Until then, stay safe folks! And as always, thank you for all of your kind thoughts and support!

Hope to see you at the 2021 Firefly Art Fair!

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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 2021 Art Show Schedule

August 7 - Firefly Art Fair  Confirmed.  To take place at the Kneeland Walker House & Grounds, 7406 Hillcrest Drive, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Hours: 10am to 7pm.

August 21, 22 - GeekCraft Expo  Confirmed. To be held at the Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Hours: Sat. 10am to 5pm and Sun. 10am to 4pm.

August 27 - 29 - Artstreet 2021  Confirmed. To take place in Downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Hours: Fri. 3pm to 7pm, Sat. 10am to 6pm and Sun. 10am to 5pm.

September 12 - Mount Mary Starving Artists' Show  Confirmed. To be held on the grounds of the Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hours: Sun. 10am to 5pm.

September 18 - Holy Hill Arts And Crafts Fair.  Confirmed. To take place on the grounds of Holy Hill, Hubertus, Wisconsin. Hours: Sat. 10am to 5pm.

November 13, 14 - Winter Art Fair Off The Square  Confirmed. To be held in downtown Madison, Wisconsin at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Hours: Sat. 9am to 5pm, Sun. 10am to 4pm.

Thanks for all your interest and support!  If you can make any of the shows we’ll be in for 2021, 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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