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John
Baughman
Born in Michigan in 1947, John Baughman studied
art at the University of Michigan, the University
of California at Berkeley and Otis Art Institute
in Los Angeles. He also learned papermaking
at the TwinRocker Paper Mill in Indiana. After
many majors in several colleges and a hitch
in the US Navy, John Baughman returned to his
place of birth, Grand Rapids, Michigan in the
early 1970’s. He started an art sales company
and began doing custom art projects for the
contract furniture manufacturers in his backyard.
Baughman worked with the facilities Design Groups
at Herman Miller, Steelcase, Westinghouse ASD,
Hayworth, Stow-Davis, Knoll and others providing
custom art for their corporate facilities, Neo-Con
Showrooms, Designer Saturday Showrooms and dealerships.
In the late 1980’s John formed Marshwood Studios
Inc., with his wife, Jan Richardson-Baughman,
who is also an artist. They share a passion
for the outdoors and landscape. They raise horses
and work in their studio on their small farm
in Western Michigan. Since turning full-time
to printmaking in 1985, Baughman has worked
with virtually everyone in the industry. Designers
have placed more of his art than anyone else
in the world. John’s current work incorporates
layers of color and wax on paper and canvas.
An avid trout fisherman, he has always used
veils of color reminiscent of water in a stream.
His work is elegant yet strong. Layers of color
and nuance of motion are the background, while
division of space with characters and elements
of landscape form the frontal plane of his work.
John Baughman’s work has been widely exhibited
and included in private and corporate collections
worldwide.
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