Baker Artist Portfolios

Do traditional art methods have a place in contemporary art? My career as an artist has been devoted to answering this question. I have always had a love and appreciation for the skill of the Old Masters. I came to Baltimore to study their materials and techniques in the atelier program at the Schuler School of Fine Art. For me the future of art includes a return to beauty, draftsmanship, and classical concepts. 
In my own art I use traditional skills to portray contemporary themes. I love immortalizing the people and scenes around me with timeless methods. This journey has been very personal to me as it has reinvigorated my love of humanity. I feel honored when I study peoples features, anatomy, expressions, and stories in depth. This has become the most rewarding experience of my life. 
My commitment to classical art involves making my own paints, canvases and grounds. I am also constantly studying new science and materials to keep my art archival. All mediums in classical art fascinate me. From silverpoint, to painting in tempera and oil, and especially sculpture, I strive to learn the skills artists once possessed. Adding the images and stories of our generation with the best practices of those before us is the goal of my art.