As a mid career fine artist, muralist and illustrator Garin Baker actively exhibits his work in New York City and the Hudson Valley region.
Garin Baker works in oils, watercolors and pastels. Working primarily from life and on the spot studies he documents a moment in time. His subjects include complex compositions to simple figure studies. His realism, combined with an expressive nature shows passionate engagement with a variety of contemporary subject matter including large New York cityscapes filled with bustling people set in dramatic light situations to spacious rural landscapes reminiscent of the Hudson River School of Painting. At the core of his work is a strong sense of humanity and its relationship to the environment. He shows no limits to his interests and explores new subjects with passion and diligence.
Garin Baker also teaches life painting and drawing at Carriage House Art Studios. To his credits are numerous gallery exhibitions and awards. He has been listed in the Encyclopedia of Living Artists and his reputation as a New York Realist was recognized with a nationally reviewed show entitled Three Generations of New York Realist in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1999.
Garin Baker works in oils, watercolors and pastels. Working primarily from life and on the spot studies he documents a moment in time. His subjects include complex compositions to simple figure studies. His realism, combined with an expressive nature shows passionate engagement with a variety of contemporary subject matter including large New York cityscapes filled with bustling people set in dramatic light situations to spacious rural landscapes reminiscent of the Hudson River School of Painting. At the core of his work is a strong sense of humanity and its relationship to the environment. He shows no limits to his interests and explores new subjects with passion and diligence.
Garin Baker also teaches life painting and drawing at Carriage House Art Studios. To his credits are numerous gallery exhibitions and awards. He has been listed in the Encyclopedia of Living Artists and his reputation as a New York Realist was recognized with a nationally reviewed show entitled Three Generations of New York Realist in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1999.