Baker Artist Portfolios

Judy Lalingo enjoys her time outdoors sketching, painting, and photographing everything from horses and hounds to birds and wildlife. Her work ranges from tightly rendered miniatures in acrylic to looser oils of landscapes and animal studies. The artist values her experiences in the field and feels that it lends authenticity to her work.

Her formal studies began with the New School of Art in Toronto, a UNESCO project where working professional painters led courses in drawing, anatomy, colour, design and painting. Throughout the years, she has participated in several workshops with notable painters, including animal artists Robert Bateman, Matthew Hillier, Greg Beecham, Julie Chapman, and Jill Soukup. 

Judy has embraced the miniature art world for the past three decades, exhibiting her award-winning paintings in many of the miniature art exhibitions throughout the US and beyond, including Russia and South Africa. Her oils are somewhat looser than the tiny paintings, giving her a welcome contrast to explore subjects in a format somewhat larger than 25 square inches.

The artist is a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists (SAA) and the Miniature Artists of America (MAA). She also retains memberships in several art groups, including the Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF), American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA), and Resident Member of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington D.C. (MPSGS).

Originally from Toronto, Canada, she was honoured as Ducks Unlimited Canada's Artist of the Year in 1997. Judy's work has appeared on the back cover of Reader's Digest, as well as in various galleries, collections, and museums. She lives and works in the beauty of northern Maryland’s horse country.