Gretchen Baer
Gretchen Baer (born 1963, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts) is a noted American painter and performance artist living in Bisbee, Arizona.
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."[1][2][3]
Baer is also known for her art cars, including the "Hill Car" which features a large portrait of Hillary Clinton on the hood of an 1989 Toyota,[4][5][6][7] and the "Fortune Telling Lion".[8] During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Baer founded the Hillary Clinton Army, raising money for the presidential candidate.[9]
Baer is known for her colorful oil paintings and her flamboyant art, political and musically-themed events.[10] She formerly ran the El-Change-O! art gallery in Bisbee, Arizona.[11]
Books of Baer's work
- Blank, Harrod, "Wild Wheels". Blank Books, 2001. ISBN 093362168X, 9780933621688.
Videos
References
- ↑ Artists brighten up U.S.-Mexico border fence, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 23, 2012.
- ↑ Artists brighten up U.S.-Mexico border fence Rose Law Group Reporter Dec. 23, 2012
- ↑ Arizona artists ‘bedazzle’ border wall in binational art project Latina Lista, Dec. 26, 2012
- ↑ USA Today, Mar. 2, 2011
- ↑ Washington Post, April 21, 2008
- ↑ Getty Images
- ↑ Hillary Clinton Campaigns is West Virginia
- ↑ Art Car Agency
- ↑ Does Hillary’s biggest fan live in Bisbee? Tucson Citizen, Nov. 5, 2007
- ↑ Sierra Vista Herald, May 17, 2012
- ↑ Does Hillary’s biggest fan live in Bisbee? Tucson Citizen, Nov. 5, 2007