Baker Artist Portfolios

New Realism means finding in the current, what recurs; in the busyness, what abides.

Collectedboxes (2010) was the first of a new series of spray-painted assemblages of boxes, flattened at one end and glued together almost like the cedar shakes overlap on the walls of my hose. The paint was sprayed from multiple directions to accentuate the "faces" of the boxes. Day-glow colors are important. The pattern is more casual than the past, with variations in the size of the box elements.

â??Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.â?
Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction

What does the human face look like when its features are unrestricted in the shapes they can make? My aim in this project has been to rearrange the perceived notion of what the human face should look like; to instead show it in all of its weird, embarrassing, audacious, honest, beautiful, freakish, whimsical, cross-eyed, painful, complex, emotional glory.

The LED Board, across from Baltimore's Penn Station, projects artwork 51 feet high providing an opportunity for artwork to be visible for miles. 

This video, part of a series called “Motivation on Mondays”, was filmed and edited by Myles Banks of Just Stunt Productions.  Our conversation happened inside the exhibit "Gina Pierleoni: Untitled Flag.

Installation shots show paintings flat on the wall and  wrapped around architectural elements.

The love of fabric inspires me the most. From the yards of toile, to contemporary fibers, to whimsical textiles, fabric is the paint on my paint brush with many colors to choice from. Through this love of fabric the series, Celebration Of Women Through Faces In Fabric, evolved. As I completed more pieces in this series, incorporating one or more faces into the design, a sense that these were faces of women became clear, some with a story to tell about the various facets of their lives.