Dwight Baird Landscape Paintings

Havana, Cuba - Time marches on everywhere. In Cuba, as in many tropical countries, the pace seems slower in the country and in the villages, but accelerated, almost frenetic, in big ...

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...

Gibara, Guba – Good to get out of the city once in a while – out to the country and see life in the village – el pueblo. Gibara is a quiet town on the east side of the island about a...

Havana, Cuba - There is nothing glamourous about the work that keeps a city clean. And keeping a city like Havana clean is a pretty monumental task. There are a lot of piles of garba...

Havana, Cuba – Chess is very popular in Cuba. It is a common sight to see people playing on the street, in doorways and in parks under the shade of overhanging trees. Here, two young...

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...

Gibara, Cuba – In Cuba, they say Columbus landed in America in Gibara, small town about half an hour from Holguien , on the western end of the island. But then, it Columbus seems to ...

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...

Havana, Cuba - Ah, the full moon. Havana is such a romantic city and what better romantic activity can one do then stroll along the waterfront on La Malecon with your sweetheart, und...

Havana, Cuba - Honk, honk! Beep, Beep! Oye! Andele acere! Lots of cars, noise and people on many of the city’s busier streets. And forget about any kind of anti-pollution device. Nop...

Havana, Cuba - They say for every building they manage to save and renovate in Havana, ten others fall down. It is a daunting task trying to re-build and entire city after so many ye...

Havana, Cuba –In most southern, tropical cities, buildings are designed in a way to hide from the hot, afternoon sun and Havana is no exception. Pillars support balconies of the old,...

Baracoa, Cuba - Not only is this vintage blue out of gas, so is the entire station. A neglected fuel oasis in a forgotten corner of the small, end of the island town, of Baracoa. Loc...

Holguien, Cuba - Woman working accompanied by small children is a common sight in Cuba. Daycares are non-existent and leaving a child with someone is rarely an option as most people ...

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...

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...