Dwight Baird Art

Havana, Cuba – There is never much very interesting on TV on the four state run channels and most families don’t have a lot games or toys. When not in school, many children spend mos...

Cortés, Costa Rica -I was travelling there in early January, walking around and exploring village life when I came across this little blue house still decorated for the festive seaso...

Trinidad, Cuba – Trinidad is a smaller, colonial city on the southeast coast of the island.Many houses are painted bright, tropical colours and the horse is still one of the main mea...

Matanzas, Cuba – Mantanzas is a smaller city about an hour west of Havana on the north shore of the island. It is where three rivers meet and is sometimes referred to as the Venice o...

Havana, Cuba – I often refer to this painting as a reverse composition – the majority of artist would have painted it from the other side of the pillars. But I liked the composition,...

Havana, Cuba – I very much enjoy using a kind of silhouette style in my work where there is an object or person in the shade. I find this accentuates the play or dark and light and m...

Havana, Cuba – Although often a very frenetic city, life on some side streets away from the centre are often quite quiet. Here, a young man sitting in the shade waits for someone who...

Holquien, Cyba - A hot day in Holguien, Cuba, a city on the west side of the island. Just off the main plaza, someone seeks a bit of shade from the heavy, mid-afternoon heat. Small ...

Havana, Cuba - Whoa! What a crazy weather day! Driving rain, wind and the spray of the waves smashing over La Malecon. But a streak of yellow cuts through the grey, bringing a bit of...

"Another rainy day in Havana – “tiempo bruto” as the locals say. But life goes on, people come and go and those old, classic cars just keep chuggin’ on, through the rainy mist as th...

Havana, Cuba - Many people have very little to do many days in Cuba, especially the elderly and the young – ‘Nada que hacer.’ Just sitting around. Waiting for a change that never ha...

Havana, Cuba - On a rainy day a man sits quietly waiting for a bus. Life in the street splashes by as people try and hide from the downpour - under umbrellas, if they have them - whi...