Baker Artist Portfolios

Duane was born in Texas, grew up in California, and lived in New York City and Florence, Italy prior to moving to Maryland in 1988.
He was fortunate to have a mentor in his high school art teacher, Robert Worthington, who challenged Duane to develop himself through rigorous drawing, painting, and the study of art history. Worthington opened the door to understanding that creative life is a thread into the many domains that link achievement to humanity and self-actualization,
Creating and experiencing art is crucial to developing cognitive and emotional, whole-brain, and whole human, capacity. As a studio painter Duane is dedicated to the inner voice and the pursuit of the elusive "zone", the flow - that perfect, elemental moment when everything flows. As an art educator his objective remains the human core, but the goal is now extrinsic: to teach and train individuals with diverse backgrounds and abilities to tap into their strengths, challenge their fears, and to learn to see for themselves. These are noble pursuits.
Duane is an award-winning painter with an active exhibition record. He taught art for 25 years in Baltimore County Public Schools and since 2001 has been a painting instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
He has resided in Granite, western Baltimore county, for the past 23 years with his wife Amy.