About
The Artist
His interest piqued at age three
by his beloved journalist/painter grandmother, CASH BAXTER became the youngest
student of Chicago Art Institute’s Roy Keister. At age fourteen, Baxter had the good fortune to be invited to
spend time studying with the master illustrator, Norman Rockwell, in his New
England studio. At Southern
Methodist University, where he exhibited in many university shows, he studied
painting with Jerry Bywaters, a founding member of the 1930’s pace-setting
artists, the “Dallas Four,” and was given two one-man shows by The Shuttles
Galleries. His work now appears in
galleries and private collections in Arizona, California, Indiana, Illinois,
Florida, Nevada, New York, Texas, Oregon, Germany and South Africa.
Currently, Cash Baxter is
teaching his third course that he created called “Catching the Light,” a
painter’s view of the international impressionist movement, at California
State University at San Bernardino, Palm Desert Campus for the Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute. Mr. Baxter is a
four year resident of Palm Desert, along with his wife, Dr. Betty Baxter.
Artist’s
Philosophy
A painting is a personal reaction
to an observed moment on a pathway called “life.”
All of us see that moment from different perspectives based on our
individual differences. As a visual artist, I attempt to express a feeling of that
fleeting observation with a passion and skill that will involve the viewer in my
experience to make it a “shared” one.
There is no guarantee that every
painting will work, of course; some paths are stony, some smooth and cool.
Variety is a part of the nature of things and can serve to keep us in
tune with the world around us. As
Chief Seattle said in 1853, “The Earth does no belong to us, but we belong to
the earth . . . All things are sacred to us.”
I share his belief, if not his eloquence.
I also share Helen Keller’s belief that “Life is either a daring
adventure or nothing.” One of my
adventures is painting.