Baker Artist Portfolios

My work is a reflection on finding one’s place in the world. My landscapes and cityscapes depict scenes often overlooked in everyday life, like small alleys with trash or fields of grass, so the viewer has the experience of a local inhabitant and appreciates these opportunities of sunlight and beauty in the mundane. I am curious about the natural biology of towns and cities. I investigate the ways in which plants, nature, and ecology are intertwined within the landscape, and how the local environment shapes one’s identity. It is through my landscapes and cityscapes that I seek to connect place and identity, the timeless and the temporary. By painting plein-air when the weather permits, and in my studio, I am able to explore the temporary effects of changing light and changing seasons on the timeless landscape and architecture.