Andrew Baines (born 1963) is an Australian artist based in

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, known for his "quasi-surrealist" paintings of politicians in exposed positions and bowler-hatted office workers on beaches, and "

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s". He does a lot of work for charities, particularly those focussed on the plight of

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Early life and education

Baines was born in

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, England, in 1963, then migrated to

with his parents as an infant. Baines grew up in the beachside suburb of

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, spending school holidays at various other coastal places, including Coobowie on the

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, Normanville and

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. His father was a semi-professional

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player and electrician. His mother was a housewife, who loved painting, reading and music. He has two younger brothers. His mother placed drawing materials in his hands as soon as he could sit up and Baines showed great aptitude, astonishing a

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teacher with his aerial

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of the area they lived in.Official website
, About the Artist He attended Grange Primary, and attended painting classes at the Henley and Grange Art Society when he was ten years old.BMG Art
Andrew Baines Resume Baines became the

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for the ''Western Suburbs Schools Soccer Newsletter'' that same year, earning two dollars a cartoon. He was also an unpaid profile artist for the Grange Primary newsletter. By age eleven, he was selling pencil sketches for to teachers and parents at the Grange Primary School.ABC Landline
''Art Down Pat'' He then went to Seaton High School, developed a passion for soccer player and worked for

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after finishing school at the age of 16, in 1979. There he produced artwork for the "Magic Cave" and backdrops for window displays, and met his future wife, Jacqueline. In 1980 and 1981, Baines spent two years at the

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at Underdale, but clashes with his soccer training schedule caused him to drop out and he returned to work at John Martins.

Career

In his twenties Baines discovered the works of

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and

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, and saw the life he wanted. In 1984, he resigned from John Martins to start ''Baines Graphics'' (set up in 1983), producing murals, cartoons, and other artworks for high-profile companies and events, such as BP, the

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and the South Australia Soccer Federation. In 1999, he became a full-time painter, on the advice of his wife Jacqueline. During the

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, Baines accumulated a lot of debt, and almost found himself homeless. Baines's work has attracted media attention through his "human sculptures" on coasts around the country, which have parallels with the work of

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, known for his

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album covers. Baines' work is represented by many major commercial galleries and is held in many collections across Australia and abroad, but Baines his work has not made it into the

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. A

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, ''The Search for Sanity'', is mounted by BMGArt in July–August 2022. , Baines lives and works in

, with his wife Jacqueline.

Art practice and works

Baines describes himself as a "quasi-surrealist painter and installation artist". He particularly admires the work of

and

Jeffrey Smart Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart (26 July 1921 – 20 June 2013) was an expatriate Australian painter known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are "full of private jokes and playful allusions". Smart was born and educated ...

. He has put

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in a red door on the beach;

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and Kirsten Alexander, mayor of the

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in full mayoral gown and gold chains, in the sea, drinking tea; two dozen leaders of various faiths holding hands along the water's edge, including both the

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and

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; arranged for the

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to play a symphony in the sea;Avax News
, ''Human Sculpture Created at Henley Beach'' put a herd of cows in the Indian Ocean; stood former prime minister of Australia

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and over 100 suited volunteers holding

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aloft in the dawn surf at

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, then replicated this with former

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premier

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and suited volunteers at

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; seated twelve suited volunteers on toilets reading papers along the water's edge, including Australian politician,

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; and provided brightly coloured sheep to the SA branch of the

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"to mark the International Year of Family Farming". Since 2005, he has created dozens of installations on Australian beaches, collaborating with

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, Leigh Warren Dance Company, Holstein Australia, the Western Australian State Gallery, Anglicare, Flinders Medical Centre Foundation and Wirra Wirra Vineyards. Volunteer subjects have included Sir James and Lady Hardy, and Sir Eric and Lady Neal, among many others. ''Busselton Bovines'' (February 2011) involved placing five

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in the sea at

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. It came about when Baines was approached by representatives of the national Dairy Innovators' Forum at a gallery opening in

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. A few local dairies agreed to take on the challenge of introducing their cows to the sea. Two months later the cows stood happily in the shallows, long enough for photographs to be taken. Local media embraced the event and news of the installation went global. ''Post Modern Backyard'' (May 2011) involved transporting eight full size

s to

from Adelaide, and have them erected. Hills loved the concept and organised two professional erecters and eight Hills hoists to be in place at 5 am on Bondi beach. In ''Waiting for the Bus'' (September 2012) one hundred "

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-wearing, classic 'Englishmen'" lined up along Henley Beach and struggled to read the newspaper in the wind. ''The Coalition of the Constipated'' (August 2012) at Henley Beach was a political statement, made to highlight the need for toilet facilities at the popular beach. Amanda Vanstone and radio personality, Bob Francis, were involved in the installation. Vanstone had purchased his paintings, for herself and the Australian Embassy in Rome, when she was Ambassador, and Baines had painted Bob Francis' portrait as an entry in the

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competition. Soho Galleries Sydney described it as his "''most famous installation/photo shoot ... a guerrilla protest that featured 12 suited people sitting on toilets reading papers, on the water's edge at Henley''". ''Doorways to Potential'' (January 2013) was a fundraiser, developed to raise awareness for non-profit charity Common Ground Adelaide, which provides assistance and aid to homeless people in the area. Local men, including former politician

, contributed each to the charity to participate, dressing in suits and bowler hats and gathering together on the beach, as a symbol of the possibilities that the future holds. ''Sea of Knowledge'' (February 2014) gathered people aged in their 70s, 80s and 90s on Henley Beach for a photoshoot to "portray their lives, roles and sea of knowledge in a bid to challenge the stereotypes of ageing".

Commissions

Amongst others, Baines has been commissionedPaintbox Fine Art
, Andrew Baines to paint a book cover for Surf Life Saving in S.A., a wine label painting for Wirra Wirra Vineyard, a CD cover painting for

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, featuring the

's Principal tuba player Peter Whish-Wilson, and the cover for Steven Ogden's book ''I Met God in Bermuda.'' He cites his favourite commission as a portrait of

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, former Liberal member of the

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, which hangs in

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. In January 2023, after being commissioned by Lutheran Care to create a work of art that would highlight the plight of homeless people in Adelaide, Baines created a "living

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" featuring seven well-known South Australians covered in gold paint, as

s in

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in the

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. Baines chose gold as a mark of irony, as it is associated with wealth. The subjects represented various forms of homelessness experienced by a variety of people, played by

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player

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;

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director

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;

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elder Uncle Mickey O'Brien; Human Services Minister Nat Cook; and former

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striker

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Other activities

Baines was appointed as an art advisor to the

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, and is working on a project about micro-plastics in the ocean, for

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. He commits himself to two charities per year, in particular those which assist

the homeless Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing. It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, liv ...

. He has imagined the concept of statues of homeless "trolley women" in the city, with QR code that lead to the stories of their lives.

Film, video and TV

A 2009 episode of ''

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'' features Baines's interest in painting cows. Ash Starkey uploaded a three-minute screener to

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in 2010, which contains scenes from a half-hour documentary, ''Edge of Nothingness'', that he made about Baines. In 2013, ''Photography Life'' released a one-minute

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film on

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of Baines setting up his installation, ''Doorways to Potential'', on Henley Beach in South Australia. Anna Creoddity released a short film (2014) on YouTube called ''Art Day! Andrew Baines'', in which she shows and discusses his art work. In 2014, Baines, Aaron Schuppan and Carlo Petraccaro, produced a short film called ''Escape of the Corporate Battery Hens'', which shows many South Australian identities in unguarded moments, including

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and Kirsten Alexander, former mayor of the

. The film, along with a short documentary, ''The Existentialist'', about Baines' philosophy on life and art, were screened at The Arts Theatre in

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, Adelaide, on 18 January 2015.

Awards

Baines has not yet won a major art prize, but has been a finalist in several, including: *Adelaide Cathedral Art Prize, SA (2006) * Adelaide Fringe Festival Poster Competition, SA (2006) *Corangamarah Art Prize, Vic (2008) *Cromwell's Art Prize, NSW (2004) *

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, NSW (2004 & 2006; semi-finalist, 2013) *

Fleurieu Art Prize The Fleurieu Art Prize is a non-acquisitive award open to Australian visual artists aged 18 years and older. The prize encompasses any two- or three-dimensional artwork submissions that follow an annual thematic concept and includes a monetary g ...

(2004, 2006 & 2008) *Gray Mast Art Prize, SA (2004) *Heysen Prize for Landscape, SA (2005) *Maritime Art Awards, Vic (2009) *Mortimore Art Prize for Surrealism, NSW (2012) *

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Art Prize for Still Life, SA (2011) *Spirit of the Outback, Qld (2005) *

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, SA (2004, 2006 & 2007) *Whyalla Art Prize, SA (2007 & 2009)

Collections

Baines' work is held in various collections, including:Alternate Visions Gallery
, Andrew Baines (Surrealist artist) *

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, Singapore * Australian Embassy, Rome, Italy * National Dairies *Nichi Engineering, Malaysia *

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* St Aloysius College *

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South Australia * Smorgan Collection *Wirra Wirra Winery, South Australia

Exhibitions

His paintings have been exhibited in many private galleries, including *Accent Fine Art, NSW *Accent Fine Art, WA *Adelaide Hilton International Gallery, SA *Art Images Gallery, SA *Aviva Fine Art Gallery, Vic *Axia Modern, Vic *Bay Discovery Gallery, SA *BMG Art, SA *Framed the Darwin Gallery, NT *Gallows Gallery, WA *Glenn Gallery, SA *Greenaway Gallery, Vic *Greenhill Galleries, SA *Greenwood Gallery, Vic *Harrison Galleries, NSW *Hester Gallery, NSW *Jahroc Gallery, WA *Jenny Pihan Fine Art, Vic *Lombard Art Gallery, SA *Lynne Wilton Gallery, Vic *Maree Mizon Gallery, NSW *Monsoon Gallery, WA *Paint Box Fine Art, ACT *Pilbara Fine Art Gallery, WA *Pivotal Gallery, Vic *Raglan Gallery, NSW *Red Dot Gallery, SA *Redhill Gallery, Qld *Rembar Gallery, Vic *Richard Martin Gallery, NSW *Rushcutters Bay Gallery, NSW *Stafford Studios of Fine Art, WA *Xanadu Gallery, WA *Shayne Gallery,

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, Canada *Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong *International Surrealism Now,

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, Portugal *Artery Gallery,

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, Scotland *Red Sea Gallery, Singapore *Galerie TOAAC

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*Dart Gallery

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, England *Blackheath Gallery, England *Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, California, USA *Gallery Diamante, California, USA *Joanne Coia Gallery, Florida, USA

Publications

Baines is listed in the ''Lexikon der phantastischen Künstler''. His paintings have appeared in such publications as ''ArtSlant New York'', and ''Glow Magazine''.

References

External links

* *
Andrew Baines at BMG Art

The interview with Andrew Baines on the Art in Adelaide YouTube channel
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