Artist Statement:
Louise Baker is a painter working in oil and acrylic, known primarily for her thoughtful impressionistic compositions. Her paintings are characterized by a sensitive use of colour and dynamic brushstrokes: with her subjects sometimes dissolving in their pale environments in a flurry of unfocused strokes; sometimes jumping out of the canvas in contrasting bright colours with some judicious strong lines; but always capturing a mood, the quality of light, a season, a sensation.
She earned a degree in design and visual communications from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since her retirement as an art director, she has made painting a priority. Louise has taught workshops and accepts private commissions.
Louise has been part of many juried group exhibitions as well as one woman shows. Her paintings are held in private collections throughout North America and Europe.
Professional/Teaching Experience:
2015 Instructor Private Lessons
2012-13 Instructor Acrylic Workshop
2012-13 Instructor, Mentorship Through The Arts , Halifax School Board
2010-11 Instructor, Drawing and Painting Workshops
1990- 2001 Art Director Bristol Communications
1980-95 Art Director, Saga Communications
1975-80 Instructor, German Rosemailing
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2016 "Different Strokes" Gallery Nineteen Nineteen
2015 "In Retrospect" Happynest, Halifax Nova Scotia
2014 "Expressions" Visual Voice Fine Art, Truro
2013 ‘In Color" Hydrostone Gallery, Halifax
2012 ‘By The Seas", Lunenburg Art GAllery
2008 Neptune Theatre, Halifax
Group Exhibitions
2015 'Realism', Visual Voice Fine Art, Truro
2015 Tiechert Gallery, Halifax
2014 'Island Girls', Art Sales and Rental Society, AGNS, Halifax
2013 'Vision', Visual Voice Fine Art, Truro
2012 Contemporary Art, Halifax
2011 Tiechert Gallery, Halifax
2009 Tiechert Gallery, Halifax
2008-09 Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Halifax
2007 Contemporary Art, Halifax
2006 Contemporary Art, Halifax
2005 Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Halifax
Artistic Influences:
Russian Painters, Earthrowl, Wolf Kahn
Artist Tags:
dramatic, serene, impressionistic, contemporary, bold, colorful
