Baker Artist Portfolios

Ephemeral Permanence, references the natural world in an effort to consider the transitory essence of being, and to confront my own sense of existential dread. Finding comfort in the transient cycle of Nature, I hope to convey tranquility and solitude in an era of chaos and uncertainty. This body of work contains two separate series, one created by digital means, the other utilizing traditional photographic techniques, specifically the Sabattier effect. I hope to honor historical tradition, while also embracing modern methods of photographic image creation.

For several years now I have walked along the Loch Raven Reservoir several times a week.  This project began as a series of Instagram posts. I would post each time I visited the res, and so there are hundreds of images. I have edited the series down to roughly 180 images. Recently, I began pairing the images into diptychs, as seen here.

I do sometimes photograph things that other people like to photograph. The most successful of these images are usually of small things. Some of my best are presented in this ongoing project.

   Be it the valley that exists between the peaks or the infinite space that lies next to a bubbling proton, this is where my most recent exploration has taken me. I am curious about those spaces that exist regardless of scale or proprtion. These spaces  contain a vast aray of detail, structure and atmosphere. This body of work aspires to illustrate these atmospheres and capture their complexity. The paintings are multidimensional and layered with tissue trying to illustrate the overlapping of every moment that has passed.

This collection focuses on the challenges women face and how they can rewrite thier rehearsed scripts by letting go of what they believed they are to become who they need to be.

From a 400-foot tall bridge in Dallas, Texas to a boarded-up window in a warehouse, human-made structures allow me to create photographs ranging from straightforward architectural studies to almost unrecognizable abstracts. My photo of a Quonset hut, a simple storage building on a Westminster farm, was the first image that gave me confidence in my vision as an artist.

A place where forest and animals are has one  in Twelve Trees
Where you see the moon arise above the trees and become a light...Twelve Trees

In my drawings I play with color, and imagery relating to pattern, fake nature, and celebrations.