Beverly Baker
Painting with awe for the fluid power of nature...
Iceberg series
Arctic adventures in oil on panel catch the light as it changes
A voyage to Greenland inspired this series. Beverly works in both large and small formats to capture the changing landscape of this sacred place where ice and ocean meet.
Interrupted Lunch
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Iceberg, Afternoon
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Large format work
"Walking up to the canvas is like entering another realm, the colors and forms just draw you in."
~Gallery Viewer
Beverly's work in large format oil on canvas, like this eight by twelve foot landscape, brings the outdoors in, inviting us to wonder at its awesome power.
Golden Twilight
Chattahoochee Series
Rendering seasons of this local treasure
Renewal This heavy rain is cleansing itwashes away the neurotic bits thosefragments of angst, the art puzzles that clogmy pores the rain is to rejoicein and of itself a lifesustaining elixir I thought as Iwalked under my English umbrellathe one with Van Gogh's Iris butme the artist under his umbrella?So, which ear should I choose?Or, should I have a Gene Kelly moment?yes!
Beverly's paintings on display in the Fernbank Museum of Natural History dining room.
Chattahoochee Spirits
Dana Moses’s Tin Drum Creatures enjoy the balcony.
Whimsical work in mixed media
Inspired by a tropical retreat
Where will Beverly find her next inspiration for art and poetry? Whether traveling or at home, she looks to nature with a sense of childlike wonder, and humor whenever possible.
ART MAZE: I ameither at the end or beginninghedges, shaped inventions; excitements/frustrations. I persevere. NO EXIT(Stumbling retreat would mock my shrubbery.)From the maze, the question is alwayswhether to prune or leapbut not out.
Permanent Collection, Fernbank Museum
The Four Seasons: the evolution of trees in geologic time, oil & mixed media, each: 8 by 10 feet. Above: Spring, Paleozoic Era
Works that evoke geologic time
Summer, Mesozoic Era
Fall, Cenozoic Era - Tertiary
Above: Winter: Cenozoic - Quaternary from the Four Seasons. Below: Book Cover Illustration for Life Along the Etowah River: An Archaeological and Historical Perspectiveby Garrett Silliman and Lori Thompson for Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.
"For as long as I can remember, I have relied on natural forms for inspiration. Visiting a stand of Horsetails as a child and learning that they stood 40 feet high over 300 million years ago fascinated me. Naturally, I had to include them in my work. Trees are another favorite subject. They carry a cultural repository by virtue of all the myths and legends that emphasize (them). "
- Beverly Baker, interview at Fernbank
FORESTKEEP series: "Primeval stirrings"
oil on canvas 42" x 42"