By
Jodie Baehre
Piece description from the artist
Buffalo's architecture is diverse in style, with a collection of buildings the 19th and 20th centuries. Most structures and works are still standing, such as the country's largest intact parks system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. At the end of the 19th century, the Guaranty Building—constructed by Louis Sullivan—was a prominent example of an early high-rise skyscraper. The 20th century saw works such as the Art Deco-style Buffalo City Hall and Buffalo Central Terminal, Electric Tower, the Richardson Olmsted Complex, and the Rand Building. In this painting you can see the Am&A's building on the left – Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company (AM&A's) was a chain of department stores based in Buffalo, New York. It was an institution to generations of shoppers in the Buffalo area and remained family owned until its sale to The Bon-Ton in 1995. Also on the left side of the piece you can see the Hotel Lafayette. It is a seven story steel frame and concrete building designed in the French Renaissance style. The original building was designed by the firm of Bethune, Bethune & Fuchs, including noted architect Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), and built between 1902 and 1911. In its prime, the Lafayette Hotel was considered one of the 15 finest hotels in the country. Besides elevators, every room featured hot and cold water and a telephone. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Jodie Baehre is an acrylic urban landscape painter living and working in Dorchester, MA. Drawing her inspiration from the works of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Baehre uses light and shadow to create mood, atmosphere, and memory in her work.
Baehre has been in over 30 exhibitions in Boston. Her work is on permanent reserve at the Boston Public Library, and permanent exhibit Harvard University, Tango Therapeutics, and Massachusetts General Hospital. She has three works in State Street Bank’s permanent art collection and has been featured in Boston Magazine, DigBoston, Daily Artspace, Bezar, The Boston Globe and Apartment Therapy, among other publications.
In 2015 Jodie was nominated for the prestigious Brother Thomas Fellowship through the Boston Foundation and in 2018 (and again in 2019) Baehre was honored by The City of Boston as a Fay Chandler Emerging Artist. In 2019 she participated in an artist residency in Epsom, NH awarded through Getaway. In 2021 Jodie was nominated by the St. Botolph Club, Boston for an emerging artist grant and she was featured online by the Edward Hopper House in Nyack, NY. In 2022, Baehre was awarded The People’s Choice Award for the National art competition, “Emptiness” for her painting titled "Last Call". Later that year Baehre was awarded a curatorialship from the Fort Points Art Community for "There Once Was Parking", an exhibition that was funded in part by The City of Boston. "There Once Was Parking" was on view in 2022 at the Assemblage Gallery in The Envoy Hotel, Boston, MA. Castle Island Brewing Company created a limited edition brewery label for the gallery exhibition featuring Baehre’s award-winning painting "Last Call". Later in 2022, Baehre received a second grant from The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture to produce another series of creative events in Dorchester, MA under the title "There Once Was Parking II". Featuring concerts, art markets, exhibitions, and more, this series of events was free and open to the public. In 2024 Baehre was awarded an Artist Residency through Getaway in Connecticut and also in 2024 she completed a major multi-painting commission for Tango Therapeutics.
Baehre is a member of the Fort Point Arts Community, The National Guild for Community ArtsEducation, The Edward Hopper House, in Nyack, NY, The American Iris Society, and the Western New York Iris Society. She also volunteers for Michael E. Haynes Legacy, The Africa Hope Development Initiative, and the Western New York Iris Society.
Baehre studied Industrial Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Printmaking and the History of Italian Gardens at the Lorenzo De Medici school in Italy. She received a bachelor’s of fine arts from the Art Institute of Boston, and a master’s of science in art administration from Boston University. She has worked for over 10 years at Project STEP, a non-profit music organization for children of color as the Director of Development & Fundraising.
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