Oil Painting
Madison Baird
Madison Baird is an Australian-born artist working on Gadigal land. Baird’s practice encompasses a range of bush landscapes, still life, and figurative works, exploring human relationships and the emotional reprieve found in nature.
Artist Profile
Madison Baird is an Australian-born artist working on Gadigal land. Baird’s practice encompasses a range of bush landscapes, still life, and figurative works, exploring human relationships and the emotional reprieve found in nature.
Baird completed a bachelors of fine art in painting 2022. Her paintings often draw from her immediate surrounds, particularly the Australia bush where she represents it’s gentle rhythms and tangled patterns.
Artist Interview
What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?
I mainly use oil paint, it’s slow drying nature, beautiful pigments and glossy finish has drawn me to this medium.
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
I generally draw from what’s around me, go for a bush walk, collect things and create different compositions from what I find. I love to play with colour so I’ll try out different palettes before I get to the final painting.
Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?
I love going bush walking and painting plein air when I can. Otherwise in the studio I work from drawings, photographs or still life setups with things I have collected.
Artist Quote
– Showing with Michael Reid 2025– Sydney Contemporary Art fair with the NAS booth 2023
– National Emerging Art Prize finalist 2022||PARAGRAPH_BREAK||
