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Bernard Baker
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| Painter |
| Artist's Statement |
I like to compose my paintings, trying to
re-create the visual mood of the subject. I prefer to use gouache
paint mainly because it provides flexibility from pure watercolour
through to an opaque and sometime impasto technique.
Most paintings are landscapes or should I say 'treescapes' since
I have always been influenced by them in all their changing
colour schemes through the seasons. But perhaps, mainly for
their individual characteristics (almost human) from the wayward
green sapling through to the mature upright forms and beyond
to the ageing silver grey sculptured remains to be found in
our Suffolk parklands and ancient woods.
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| Biography |
Bernard Baker studied at Norwich and Birmingham
colleges of Art. In London he entered the competitive world
of advertising art, firstly as a graphic designer but then turning
to creative illustration, sharing a studio with two colleagues
in Soho. At this time he was elected to the Membership of The
Society of Industrial Artists. Later, and now with an agent
he was able to work from his studio in Suffolk receiving commissions
from London advertising agents and publishers, including The
Central Office of Information, London Transport and The Tourist
Board.
He always made time for his real love for painting subjects
discovered in his native East Anglian Countryside.
In recent years he has had 'one man' exhibitions in France,
at Toulouse and Cahors. He has also shared exhibitions at La
Galerie Atelier in Toulouse and at the John Russell Gallery
in Ipswich
elier in Toulouse and at the John Russell Gallery in Ipswich.
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| Contact Details |
Rekabas House
High Street
Rattlesden
Suffolk
IP30 0RA
Tel: 01449 737491
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