John Baird 'Engineered Still Life' painting She began painting in the

She began painting in the late 1980s at Warlayirti Artists in Balgo alongside her lifelong friend and mentor Eubena Nampitjin

appearing as a solitary focal point in the vivid blues

especially those from the ‘Schoolgirls’ and ‘Alice’ series

Chair dimensions: 38 x 38 x 84 cm

John Baird 'Engineered Still Life' painting She began painting in theThis intimate bronze maquette by Mornington Peninsula artist John Baird captures four decades of looking, making and refining in a sculpture that feels both assured and quietly playful. A finalist in the 2025 McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery Maquette: Sculpture Award for his bronze Engineered Still Life, Baird brings to this work the same considered sense of composition that defines his paintings his characteristic intimate picture plane here