Education
1979
Liberal Arts, Colby Sawyer College, New London NH
1981
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Photography, UC Riverside, Riverside CA
2020
Studied with Pamela Dulong Williams, Charles Ray, Constance Kiermaier, Helen Cantrell, Chris Shore, Lenny Moskowitz, Vickie Marsango and Theresa Girard
Bibliography
Television
Featured in This Old House: Season 41 on PBS "The Westerly Ranch House"
Interview
Spectrum Visions 2020, Carriage Barn Art Center talk about “Downtown Blues"
Havyn 2020, talk about my “Babbling Brook” painting
Catalogue
“Moments in Time” Solo Show, Townley Gallery, NYC
"Art Poetica" An Ekphrastic Passage
Newspaper
32963
Vero News
The Darien Times
The New Canaan Advertiser
The Norwalk Hour
Westerly Sun
Magazine
Liv Vero
Canvas Rebel 2024
Vero Beach Magazine
Hill Pond and Preserve Magazine
New Canaan Darien Rowayton Magazine
At Home
Serendipity
The Beat
Venü
Newsletter
Darien Blue
Rowayton Arts Center
Online
Darien Patch
Solo Exhibitions
2025
"In the Meantime Brendan's 101 Rowayton, CT
"Britt Bair Art" M.Maison Vero Beach, FL
2024
"Britt Bair Art" M.Maison Vero Beach, FL (sold out)
2023
"Color Me Happy" Avondale Arts Watch Hill, RI
2022
"Fresh Perspective" Center for Spiritual Care Vero Beach, FL
2021
"Britt Bair Art" SONO1420 South Norwalk, CT
2021
Britt Bair Art "Expressions in Color" Darien, CT
2021
“Here I Am” Hazel House, Vero Beach, FL
2019-2020
"Moments in Time" Townley Gallery, Tribeca, NYC
2017
"Back Porch Bovines" Estias Back Porch Cafe, Darien, CT
Juried Exhibitions/Awards
2024
"New Vision" One of ten selected, Cavalier Gallery, NYC
2023
Faber Birren National Color Show Stamford Art Association Stamford, CT
2020
Spectrum “Visions” 30th Annual Juried Contemporary Art Show, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Spring All-Media Juried Show, Rowayton Art Center, Rowayton, CT
2015
RAC 'Plein Air' Show, Rowayton, CT- First Place Winner
57th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT-Second Place Winner
2014
56th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT-Second Place Winner
52nd Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2013
55th Annual Darien Art Center Juried Art Show, Darien, CT
51st Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2012
"To the Table", Darien Historical Society Juried Art Show, Darien, CT- Second Place Winne
50th Annual CCNS Juried Art Show, Rowayton, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2025
"Weekapaug Art Show" Weekapaug, RI
"Shelter Harbor Art Show" Westerly, RI
2024
"Color Into Spring" Group Show Darien Nature Center Darien, CT
2022
"Abstractions" South Norwalk, CT (Three person show)
2020
Hayvn Art Exhibit, Darien, CT (Group show
Live Girl “She is Rising” Exhibit and Art Showcase, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
“Home” Rowayton Art Center, Rowayton, CT
2019
"Fresh Air Fresh Ideas" Darien Nature Center, Darien, CT (Three person show)
"Capturing New Canaan" Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
"Marine and Coastal Art Show" Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
"Weekapaug Art Show" Weekapaug, RI
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
2017
"Big Anniversary Small Works" South Norwalk, C
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
"Down on the Farm" Darien Nature Center, Darien, CT (Two person show)
"ReAwaken" WALA, Artworks on the Green, Norwalk, CT (Group show)
2016
"Sense of Place" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
"Artists of Grove Street Plaza", Darien, CT
"Nukitchens Nuart" WALA, South Norwalk, CT (Group show)
2015
WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
First Annual "Artists in Grove Street Plaza" Darien, CT
2014
"Explorations" WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
FCPAP "Water Views" Brendan's 101, Rowayton, CT (Group show)
FCPAP "Pink Day" Gilberties Herb Farm, Westport, CT (Group show)
FCPAP Roton Point Annual Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2013
WALA Art Show, Brendan's 101, Rowayton, CT (Group show)
4th Annual Art for Aids Benefit, Artspace, Hartford, CT
Junior League’s 21st Annual Art Show, Fairfield, CT
WALA Open Studios, South Norwalk, CT
Corporate Collections
US Chemicals, Darien CT
Darien Butcher Shop, Darien, CT
Private Collections
New York to California and Europe
Memberships and Affiliations
2007-2017
Co-Founder and Co-President Wilson Avenue Loft Artists, Norwalk CT
1998-2015
Co-President of Fairfield County Plein Air Painters
Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton CT
New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Art Club, Vero Beach, FL
F.O.C.A. (Friends of Contemporary Art), Vero Beach, FL
Galleries
Cavelier Gallery, NYC
Avondale Arts, Watch Hill, RI
Geary Gallery, Darien, CT
M.Maison, Vero Beach, FL
The Little Plucky Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Related Work Experience/Professional Experience
2024
Teaching Workshop "Anything Goes" Darien Library, Darien, CT
2023
Teaching Workshop "Anything Goes" Darien Library, Darien, CT
2020
Juried into the Silvermine Art Center as an exhibiting member, New Canaan, CT
2020
Juried into Art Residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
2010-Preset
Rowayton Art Center: Juror on the selection committee for new exhibiting members
2004-Present
Teaching Private Painting Classes to Adults and Children, Private Studio
Sip and Paint classes to Adults- Darien Nature Center, Private Studio
2017
Teaching Workshop: Technique and Process to Art Faculty at Darien High School, Darien, CT
2016
Art Talk and Demo: Artworks on the Green, Norwalk, CT
2007-2017
Wilson Avenue Loft Artists, Co-Founder and Co-President: Planned quarterly meetings, organized Open Studio Events, exhibitions, gallery shows and landlord, South Norwalk, CT
2006-2008
ArtWorks Darien: Organizing committee to show art in the windows of downtown Darien
2005-2016
Darien Art Center: Co-Chairman and organizing committee of the Annual Art Show, Darien, CT
1998-2015
Fairfield County Plein Air Painters Co-President: Organized locations, critiques and exhibitions
1988-1994
Britt Bair Design, Principle in Graphic Design Firm: Designed company logos and promotional material, catalogues for art galleries. New York and San Francisco
1988-1992
Freelance Graphic Designer, New York and San Francisco
1986-1988
Graphic Design Assistant to Principle, New York, New York