{"title":"John Baird","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"baird-john-engineered-still-lif-17822","title":"John Baird 'Engineered Still Life'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 unfolding into three dimensions and gently occupying space with quiet confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking within the award’s 50cm scale, Baird embraces the pleasure of restraint. The composition is distilled yet lively: botanical forms poised like a small theatre of leaves and stems, at once structured and slightly whimsical. Cast in bronze, the sculpture carries a sense of permanence, yet it retains an intimacy that invites close viewing. Light moves softly across its patina, revealing nuance and warmth. For collectors, this maquette represents not only the convergence of Baird’s modernist influences and long fascination with constructed space, but also a moment of joy - an artist delighting in form, balance and the simple, enduring beauty of a still life reimagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/john-baird\"\u003eJohn BAIRD\u003c\/a\u003e (1954 - )\u003cbr\u003e'Engineered Still Life' 2022\u003cbr\u003ebronze sculpture\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 41 x 38 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 41 x 38 x 38 cm \u003cbr\u003eComes with a Letter of Provenance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work was a finalist in the 2025 McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery Maquette: Sculpture Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: \u003cstrong\u003eExcellent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(c) The Artist or Assignee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art and Collectors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44746412884038,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/baird-john-engineered-still-lif-17822-2.jpg?v=1773626725"},{"product_id":"baird-john-william-morris-vase-18127","title":"John Baird 'William Morris Vase'","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Baird’s visual language is distinctive - in strongly defined forms and boldly contrasted patterns, Baird constructs still life compositions that exist somewhere between reality and personal perception. Working across painting, collage and sculpture, Baird uses his works to explore how slippages between utilitarianism and decoration inhabit everyday objects. Infused with a lingering element of nostalgia, household objects and floral arrangements are elevated from the everyday and given new purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn ‘William Morris Vase’, Baird presents a vibrant arrangement of flowers placed on a small black table. Set against a moody red ground, the composition is heightened by vivid patterning and assertive formal contrasts. The titular vase, constructed from collaged William Morris fabric, introduces a pronounced tactile quality that runs throughout Baird’s practice. By deliberately conflating foreground and background, he creates a subtle visual instability, infusing the work with a dreamlike sense of surreality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaird has exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions around Australia, and his work is held in major national collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, and Artbank. Baird was a featured artist in Amber Creswell Bell’s ‘Still Life: Contemporary Australian Artists’ and in 2026, Baird was selected as a finalist for the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. For collectors drawn to richly constructed still life compositions and significant contemporary Australian painting, Baird’s work offers a compelling and evolving practice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/artandcollectors.com\/collections\/john-baird\"\u003eJohn BAIRD\u003c\/a\u003e (1954 - )\u003cbr\u003e'William Morris Vase' 2026\u003cbr\u003emixed media on board \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage Size\u003c\/i\u003e: 50 x 50 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions\u003c\/i\u003e: 53 x 53 x 6 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigned\u003c\/i\u003e: JOHN BAiRD \/ WILLIAM MORRIS VASE \/ JUNE 26 verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:\u003cstrong\u003eExcellent:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(c) John Baird \/ Copyright Agency\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art \u0026 Collectors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188692017222,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0499\/8229\/files\/baird-john-william-morris-vase-18127.jpg?v=1781662040"},{"product_id":"baird-john-green-table-18128","title":"John Baird 'Green Table'","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Baird’s visual language is distinctive - in strongly defined forms and boldly contrasted patterns, Baird constructs still life compositions that exist somewhere between reality and personal perception. Working across painting, collage and sculpture, Baird uses his works to explore how slippages between utilitarianism and decoration inhabit everyday objects. Infused with a lingering element of nostalgia, household objects and floral arrangements are elevated from the everyday and given new purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 'Green Table', John Baird constructs a colour-rich composition centred on a vase of flowers placed atop a green table. Set against a similarly green background, the vibrant floral forms are sharply articulated with bold black contour lines, heightening their clarity and contrast within the scene. Across the surface, Baird incorporates collaged fabric elements, introducing a pronounced tactile quality that reinforces the materiality of the work. By deliberately conflating foreground and background, he creates a subtle visual instability, infusing the composition with a dreamlike sense of surreality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaird has exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions around Australia, and his work is held in major national collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, and Artbank. Baird was a featured artist in Amber Creswell Bell’s ‘Still Life: Contemporary Australian Artists’ and in 2026, Baird was selected as a finalist for the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. 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By deliberately conflating foreground and background, Baird introduces a subtle visual instability, infusing the work with a dreamlike sense of surreality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaird has exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions around Australia, and his work is held in major national collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, and Artbank. Baird was a featured artist in Amber Creswell Bell’s ‘Still Life: Contemporary Australian Artists’ and in 2026, Baird was selected as a finalist for the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. 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