From The Diary of a Tree Standing On It’s Head John Moriarty describes a dream in which he hears a knock on his door late at night. He opens the door to the incarnation of the constellation of Orion. Orion as a representative of the whole Universe has come to deliver a message to … | Continue reading
Painting of the events from the second half of Revelation chapter 19 | Continue reading
The Wild Man Underworld Asclepias Speciosa | Continue reading
This drawing is part of The Diary of a Tree Standing on it’s Head series I’ve been working on. I also decided to make some prints of this one. They are for sale here at Baumwerkshop.com | Continue reading
The School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theater presents “The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot” Tabor College, March 22nd at 7 pm and March 23rd at 7 pm Free Admission There will also be a display of artwork entitled POLYPHONY from Jack Baumgartner | Continue reading
Exploring the Recurring Theme of the Great Beast and the Prone Man I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the recurring image of the Lion/Dog-Chimera/Beast standing guard over the prone man in my work from the past 2 1/2 decades. The Beast Himself shows up in many ot … | Continue reading
An Ongoing Series of Drawings Exploring Polyphonic Resonant Wonder | Continue reading
The painting is back on the easel after a resting since spring. Gilding the letters of the divine and sacred promise to the land at the threshold of the picture was the first order, now I am glazing the purple field behind them, before addressing the errors in the gilding. All th … | Continue reading
“I cannot bear, nor even hear the voices of men unless they be in song and sore-amazed at the nearing nearness, soaring -soaring in awful timbre about the unified flame” from the Diary of a Tree Standing on Its Head | Continue reading
His Eyes Are Like a Fiery Flame This is a work in progress of the 1st of what will be a diptych of two large linen panels (60″ x 36″) representing the events of Revelation 19: 11-21. | Continue reading
The Diary of a Tree Standing on Its Head Being the Tree Root Dreams of Walking Man more to come….. | Continue reading
“Go On, Adam, Breathe” a new linocut This linocut of the Creator God breathing life and spirit into Adam is based off of an earlier drawing I made a number of years ago. I’ve also printed a few colored versions from this block as well. All of these prints are available for sale i … | Continue reading
I would like to share these images of a black walnut bedroom, including a king-sized bed, side tables and a dresser, designed and built with my best friend Cody Rolph. We started this project in 2017 and finished it in 2020. The design and joinery of the pieces in this group hope … | Continue reading
The Order of the Dung Beetle The Order of the Dung Beetle, 2022 linocut The Order of the Dung Beetle Sticker v my good friend Seth Wieck wrote this poem Stercus Sanctus For Jack Gavel gather our Order of the Dung Beetle. Convene the turd rollers who work the earth’s treadle. Six- … | Continue reading
The Coutts Museum of Art website | Continue reading
Today my work will be featured on a segment of a television show called “Artful”, produced by Monument tv. It will air at 8 am MST and then again at 1 pm on the BYU tv channel, and then it will be available for streaming after that on the BYU TV website. While I haven’t […] | Continue reading
Go On, Brother Lawrence is a small wood engraving, carved and printed by hand from a boxwood block. Brother Lawrence (born Nicolas Herman) was a 17th century Discalced (barefoot) Carmelite monk. I will fall short to try to describe him in a brief statement, rather, I encourage yo … | Continue reading
This is a progress update of a painting that I began last year illustrating one of the visions of the old testament prophet, Zechariah. After making a complete grayscale (grisaille) in egg tempera, I have been doing a base color layer in egg tempera with a limited palette, of two … | Continue reading
Christogram in black walnut as the central panel in a pulpit that my friend Taylor Johnson is building. | Continue reading
The Stone Hefter is a small (3″ x 5″) wood engraving that I first carved and printed in 2020. I think it must have struck a chord with people dealing with the weight of the pandemic and the resulting economic and cultural fallout. The first edition of 40 prints sold out rather qu … | Continue reading
When I learned of the passing of my cousin this week, this song became a prayer and requiem. I had already thought of the title, “A Man Walks Into a Clearing” and it seemed right for one who had lived such a life as my cousin, Clayton. I recorded an iPhone video of myself playing … | Continue reading
I wanted to share a series of images showing the process of the making of an underpainting which I have been working on for the past few months. The image itself is an illustration of a vision of the biblical prophet Zechariah laid out in chapters 3 and 4 of the book of Zechariah … | Continue reading
Hummingbird Spoon in Cherry This spoon was carved on commission to be given as a gift to a Kansas poet and photographer, Michelle Terry. Amos’ Spoon in Osage Orange I carved this humble eating spoon for my friend Seth Wieck, a poet in Amarillo, Texas, in reference to his epic poe … | Continue reading
The Lawrence Arts Center, in Lawrence, Kansas, recently had an exhibition featuring work from across the rich artistic career of my Aunt, Chris Wolf Edmonds. There are many creative people in my Aunt’s immediate family: her father (my grandfather), her children, Jason Edmonds and … | Continue reading
the drawing isn’t finished but it is close. Still adding value to a number of areas. here is the same drawing a few years ago- before any inking | Continue reading
Five bowls turned from part of a salvaged Ash tree from Peabody, Kansas. The tree was well over one hundred years old and was nearly five feet in diameter. Most of it we milled into lumber but some was set aside for making wooden bowls. It is a humbling and awe-filled experience … | Continue reading