Baker Artist Portfolios

Miniatures are experiments in attitude, color, and detail, offering the viewer an opportunity to see the world through a different lens. I have found that people either love or hate to see art in such small dimension. My paintings are no larger than 3.75 x 3.25 inches and are often smaller. I have drawn panoramas sized roughly 1 inch by 3 inches. In fact, the pictures you see on the computer screen may actually be larger than the original artwork.
 
I was inspired to create miniature art in 2015 after a visit to the international exhibition of miniatures at the Strathmore Museum. A self-taught artist, I experiment with oil-based inks with plastics as the surface medium. During the pandemic I discovered the versatility of alcohol inks and incorporate them into the oil-based ink drawings and paintings.
 
My earlier work comprised whimsy: brightly colored figures, animals, and scenes. Prior to the pandemicI focused on political vignettes, montages representing an issue or cause. Since then I have become enamored with trees, forests, and swamps.
 
I am an invited member of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington DC, the oldest miniature society in the US and the second oldest in the world. I am the recipient of their Honorable Mention in Drawing Award (2017) and multi-media (2023).