Hi, I’m Beth

black and white portrait of Beth Bailey smiling in her backyard surrounded by overgrown woods

I’ve been making art for as long as I can remember, thank you for being here.

Beth Bailey is a visual artist and gardener rooted in the South Shore. Her studio practice draws on the fearless, uninhibited creativity of childhood to explore the natural world.

Whether she is capturing a sweeping landscape, or the intimate details of a floral arrangement, Beth paints to evoke a memory. Her work invites viewers to step inside the feeling of a place, blending the bold lines of her earlier design work with the organic beauty of the garden.

My deal:

I’m a visual thinker

(what kind of thinker are you?)

and have leaned on that since childhood.

After my parents finished washing the crayon murals off the walls of our home, they started dropping me off at a friend’s studio (shout out Pam Golden) and enrolling me in art classes.

This eventually led to my pursuit of two BFAs from MassArt: one in Art Education with Studio Specialization and one in Painting.

I’ve been teaching art in my community for over a decade.

My studio focus shifted to clay in 2015.

Working with clay is like going back to my roots, covered in mud like the child I was in my family’s garden.

I am thrilled to add my training in painting and drawing into the glazing process and genuinely feel like I’m playing while in the studio,

what a dream!

If you’re looking for functional art or to open up some Creative Pathways in your mind,

I hope you’ll check out my work and class offerings.

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