Gretchen Baer (born 1963, in
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Oak Bluffs is a New England town, town located on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,341 at the 2020 United States census. It is one of the island's ...
) is an American
painter
Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...
and
performance artist
Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...
living in
Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is southeast of Tucson, Arizona, Tucson and north of the Mexican border. According to the 2020 United States census, ...
.
Baer is known for painting mile-long murals on the southern side of the
US-Mexico border fence in collaboration with a group of Mexican children known as the "Border Bedazzlers."
Baer is also known for her art cars, including the "Hill Car" which features a large portrait of
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...
on the hood of a 1989 Toyota, and the "Fortune Telling Lion".
During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Baer founded the Hillary Clinton Army, raising money for the presidential candidate.
Baer is known for her colorful oil paintings and her flamboyant art, political and musically themed events. She formerly ran the El-Change-O! art gallery in Bisbee, Arizona.
Books of Baer's work
* Blank, Harrod, "Wild Wheels". Blank Books, 2001. .
References
External links
paintressgretchen.blogspot.comU.S. Department of State – Exchanges Connect
The Amazing Hillary Car, or Hillcar, of Gretchen Baer!2008
Painting with the Czars2010
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20th-century American painters
21st-century American painters
Living people
People from Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
1963 births
20th-century American women painters
21st-century American women painters
People from Bisbee, Arizona