Aoife Baldwin-Maher Art

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Aoife Baldwin-Maher Art

Multimedia and Multidisciplinary Artist

26/11/2025

I just really love this drawing and how I mounted it. I have another in this series that is halfway finished but the charcoal process is so dang tedious I need to be in the right headspace to really buckle down on it. In any case please enjoy this nice photo of the drawing mounted at my last exhibition.

13/10/2025

Close-up Sky Diaries series, watercolor live paintings
These were on display at .sanc
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It gives me motivation to turn back to this ritual and to create a whole new wall for the next year. Who knows how it might take shape or what new interests might be discovered. I love how looking at these works in sequence has given me such a sense of pride and excitement. Putting together so many works gives me so much inspiration for moving forward. Maybe also one day I will learn more about the sky, maybe this is foreshadowing to my future career as a meteorologist? In any case, I think being present with the moment and nature and taking life exactly as it is in the moment is a constant practice and challenge. Sometimes I am more up for it than others, clearly this last year I've had other things on my mind! But it's never too late to come back to other types of self

06/10/2025

I love to take pieces of small moments and assemble them into one big picture. Something happens in the act of relation. Like colors placed together, we understand things when they are contrasted or grouped together. Like making the ultimate playlist for a roadtrip or as a serious showoff affection.
Well my friends, here is an album of works on display for you. I have you enjoy.

Sky Diary Series, watercolor graphite and marker, mainly studied from life but some works are from photos, works spanning Mar 2024 to Aug 2025
Photos from past exhibition at .sanc

02/10/2025

These moons were definitely a preliminary peak into my current work!

24/08/2025

Studio selfie

16/08/2025

As you look upon reality shapes emerge in your mind. The way the star twinkled brought about a new imagined reality. It's just another way of seeing that still holds truth. I found it interesting how what emerged had a very religious reference to it. I guess when you're raised in a religion the imagery lives in your subconscious for the rest of your life. It makes sense for those experiences to surface, I think this new series is really a spiritual hunt of sorts. Can you feel me grasping, searching, wondering?
Trying to wrap my mind around really finding and feeling and painting a quiet humble glow. I don't think I achieved my goal but I'm very fascinated by what emerged, it's been a while since I played with abstraction and geometry.

09/08/2025

Breathing in the forest air is the ultimate self care for me

04/08/2025

I don't fully know what to do with these moments of inspiration. But I have to share the way that going out into quiet wild spaces makes me feel. How much time do you take to just look and breathe?

01/08/2025

This isn't the greatest photo taken of this statue, but I couldn't help feel the pull of serendipity when I saw this statue of Queen Victoria while I was visiting Victoria in British Columbia. For some reason this year I've been fascinated by Victorian craft styles. Especially all of the ornate design work on many Victorian everyday objects. Perhaps there's something about imbuing a banal item like a desk or even just a spoon with fascinating intrigue and detail. Although, seeing this statue and walking around Victoria I was noticing many Victorian style houses. I finally made the connection of the British and Queen Victoria's role in the colonization and federation of what became Canada and how this also connects with the visual language at the time. I'm not sure what this means for me and my visual interest and exploration of these styles, but it's very interesting that I am exploring a style that is synonymous with the project of colonizing Canada while also wanting to approach decolonizing my own self. I think honoring craft and handcraft is very pertinent to our current creative culture because of the dawn of artificial intelligence. Yet, I also feel a conflict in honoring a visual style that was created by the British Empire while they had a huge number of colonies. The more I learn through my visual interest, the more intrigue I have.

09/07/2025

If there was no social media would I be making art?
I know the answer is a definite and resounding yes. But, I'm sure that the work I'm making would be different. Whether or not I am capable of consciously knowing or not my artwork is inevitably shaped by my participation in this medium of sharing.
What would excite me the most, is gaining more opportunities to show my works in person. This is why I am planning an art show with Studio Sanctuary .sanc .
Sure, there is some kind of interaction when it comes to people scrolling past my art on their phones. Some people might even pause the furious motion of their finger or thumb. Maybe even their pupils will scan over the photograph I've taken of this paper I spent hours agonizing over. Maybe my digital record of all this labor will be given approval via little digital thumbs up and little digital hearts.
But truly, my artistic soul really enjoys a true dialogue. Seeing and connecting to Art in person allows you to see and feel the real part of my soul that I put into the artwork. I think we all spend a lot of time scrolling, but it's easy to forget that art needs to be seen in person. How can we possibly consume art mindfully only through the digital record and screens?
This drawing I made of clouds was an extreme study from my own photographic reference. It's a small drawing but, it took a huge mental and technical effort. If you ever have the luck to see this in person, you will feel the intensity.

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25/06/2025

Some moments of inspiration 💙🩵💚
These little moments of beauty inspire me so much and give me both visual ideas but also the mental space to breathe into my creativity. I couldn't give you the scientific names of these clouds or plants (yet) but trust me when I say that we are already close friends.

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