John Baughman Works

Born in Michigan in 1947, John Baughman studied art at the University of Michigan,the University of California at Berkeley and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.  He also learned paper making at the Twin Rocker Paper Mill in Indiana.  After many majors in several colleges and a hitch in the US Navy, John Baughman returned to his place of birth, Grand Rapids, Michigan in the early 1970’s.  He started an art sales company and began doing custom art projects for the contract furniture manufacturers in his backyard.  Baughman worked with the facilities Design Groups at Herman Miller, Steelcase, Westinghouse ASD, Hayworth, Stow-Davis, Knoll and others providing custom art for their corporate facilities, Neo-Con Showrooms, Designer Saturday Showrooms and dealerships. In the late 1980’s John formed Marshwood Studios Inc., with his late wife, artist Jan Richardson-Baughman.