John Baker is a widely exhibited painter based in Boston and New York whose solo exhibitions have been favorably reviewed in the Boston Globe (his paintings demonstrate that the human figure as a source of fresh ideas still endures), Art New England (Baker’s collages raise a bunch of interesting issues) and American Art Collector (John Baker’s wonderful and worthy project). A native of New York City, Baker was a pupil of Donald Judd for two years. The influence of the sculptor’s constructivist method remains an influence on Baker’s collage process, but Baker’s artistic results are more sensual and emotional as he adds the elements of subtle color harmony and reliance on impulse.
"The Death of Nelson Rockefeller", Portrait, Nude, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Death of Nelson Rockefeller”, a double portrait, is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches in pinks, grey...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Maternal Love", Surrealist Portrait, Pink, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Maternal Love” is a 18 x 13 ¾ x 2 ¼ inch acrylic on canvas with collage in pinks, greens and blues. The nurturing mother gently kisses her near adolescent daughter; inn...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
"Thoughts of the Great Outdoors", Contemporary, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Thoughts of the Great Outdoors” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 82 x 36 inches in rich and resonant greens and blues sug...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Surprise in the Garden", Surrealist, Green, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Surprise in the Garden” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 31 ½ x 28 ¼ inches brightly colored in greens, blues, oranges, rose and russet, and cream. Little ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$8,500
"Picnic Kiss", Surrealist, Orange, Blue, Green, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker's "Picnic Kiss" is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 63 x 41 1/16 inches in oranges and blues with green and red accents. The self-confidence and ease of the youn...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$8,500
"Brownstone Tympanum", Surrealist, Yellow, Brown, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker's "Brownstone Tympanum" is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 70 1/4 x 43 3/16 inches in golden yellows and browns with green, red and blue counterpointing accents...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Thumbs Up", Contemporary, Portrait, Brown, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Thumbs Up” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches, in greys, lavenders, browns and flesh tones. The upbeat meaning...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Best of Both Worlds II", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Best of Both Worlds II”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 25 x 22 x 1.5 inches (frame 4 inches wide), is a self-portrait in...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Blind Surgeon", Contemporary, Portrait, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Blind Surgeon” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 18 inches in flesh tones and light greys. Unkempt, one eye closed and the other pressed by a mysteriou...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Cramming for the Exam", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Cramming for the Exam” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 30 x 30 inches in dark blues and straw yellows. Although sparks of understanding flicker a...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,000
"A Good Scratch", Contemporary Portrait, Blue, Yellow, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “A Good Scratch” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 20 x 1.5 inches in royal blues, golden yellows and flesh tones. Part of the modernist and post-modern...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"They Now call it Grooming", Contemporary, Black, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “They Now call it Grooming” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in blacks, purples and greens. His tie being adjusted and his hair being patted down, a young innocent...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$4,500
"An Evening at Chess", Contemporary Portrait, Red, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “An Evening at Chess” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 50 x 40 x 1.5 inches in cadmium red-orange, lime greens and deep and lighter blues. The king’s crown ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,900
"Young Man with a Bouquet of his own Thoughts", Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Young Man with a Bouquet” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 48 x 36 inches in strong yellows, reds, blues and greens. The painting depicts a youth sadly co...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,300
"Down he Goes IV", Contemporary Portrait, Man, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Down he Goes IV,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in yellow and red ochres with blacks and greys, is from the artist’s “Fall of the White Male...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,300
"Down he Goes V", Contemporary Portrait, Male, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Down he Goes V,” an acrylic painting on collage with collage 20 x 16 inches in yellow and red ochres with black and greys, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White M...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Young Debutante with a Mask of her Mother", Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Young Debutante with a Mask of her Mother”, an acrylic painting with collage on canvas 25 x 21.75 inches in dusty lavenders, blues and pinks, is from the artist’s Mask Series...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,100
"Imaginary Portrait of Wanda Landowska", Surreal, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “ Imaginary Portrait of Wanda Landowska”, a 72 x 32 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in rich azure and ultramarine blues with ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,400
"Aurora", Contemporary, Woman, Green, Blue, White, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Aurora” is a 31 x 34 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas in luminous greens, blues and pearly whites that depicts a young woman contemplating a display o...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,680Sale Price|20% Off
"Eating and Drinking I", Surrealist, Green, Yellow, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in reds, greens and yellows against a neutral background. What at first glance appea...
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Lifelong Priorities of a Priest", Contemporary, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Lifelong Priorities of a Priest” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in maroon, flesh tones and blacks. Bedecked with official awards from his superiors, but also wearing a bird badge...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,000
"Old Madman #1", Contemporary Portrait, Maroon, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Old Madman #1”, an imaginary portrait 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches in maroon, grey, blues and pinks, is the inaugural work in the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats w...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Old Man Winter", Contemporary, Blue, Grey, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Old Man Winter” is a 16 x 12 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in tans and blue greys. The weather-beaten face of the wizened o...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Siblings: An Imaginary Portrait", Contemporary, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Siblings: An Imaginary Portrait” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 11 x 9 x 1.5 inches in pinks, blues and whites. A quintessential image of gender, the pai...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Imaginary Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa", Contemporary, Acrylic, Collage
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Imaginary Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa”, Eighteenth Century Empress of Austria, is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,900
"The Two Dummies", Surrealist, Brown, Tan, Grey, Mixed Media, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Two Dummies” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 24 x 1.5 inches wide in browns, tans and greys with red and yellow accents. The wooden neck lever of the ventriloquist suggests that he is in reality the dummy of the young boy; and yet, impossibly, both seem to be the dummies of one another! Regardless, the brightness of the props on the prop table...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Old Madman 3", Contemporary Portrait, Grey, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Old Madman #3”, an imaginary portrait 24 x 18 x 1.5 inches in flesh tones, greys, browns and whites, is from the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats wrote: “An...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Self Portrait Painting", Contemporary Portrait, Blue, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Self Portrait Painting” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 32 x 27.5 inches in russets and greys with bursts and dispersions of prismatic highlights, chiefly blues, yellows and reds. The artist, with loaded palette and brush, is simultaneously his actual self and the image of himself...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"The Ego and the Id", Contemporary Portrait, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Ego and the Id” is an imaginary portrait, acrylic on canvas with collage 15 x 10 x 1.5 inches in flesh tones, greys and tans with red highlights. The painting’s tit...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Music in the Garden", Contemporary, Nude, Pink, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Music in the Garden” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 48 x 46 inches in orange, green, lavender, pink and yellow. A sense of ebullience is everywhere throu...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,700
"Her Beautiful Thoughts", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Her Beautiful Thoughts” is a 23.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 inches acrylic painting with collage on canvas in light pinks and blues and deep russets. The active dispersion of small ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,900
"Young Son with his Parents", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Young Son with his Parents” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 39 x 30 inches in rich, mid-range blues with maroon and yellow accents. The son has triumphed: two of his four hands are clasped above his head in celebration like those of a victorious boxer, while his upended parents express their inverted and subordinate positions in the nuclear family...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$800Sale Price|20% Off
"He Stayed behind in Katmandu I", Contemporary, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “He Stayed behind in Katmandu I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 23 x 16 x 1.5 inches in light Prussian blues, russets and flesh tones. The western “suit” ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$900
"Urban Melancholy: An Imaginary Portrait", Contemporary, Blues, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Urban Melancholy: An Imaginary Portrait” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches that compounds the reflective sadness of two sisters, one a ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,400
"Down he Goes I", Contemporary Portrait, Male, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Down he Goes I,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys, greens and earth tones, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White Male Series.” T...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,800
"Southern Belle: An Imaginary Portrait", Contemporary, Pastel, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Southern Belle: An Imaginary Portrait”, a 43 x 32 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas is from the artist’s Socialite series...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Smoker", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Pencil Drawing
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s portrait “Smoker” is a pencil drawing on paper with collage 22 inches by 14 ½ inches. Concentration and disorientation are both well captured in the smoker’s face, which...
Mixed Media, Paper, Pencil
"Harvest", Contemporary, Figure, Woods, Collage, Acrylic, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Harvest” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 60 x 44 inches in deep greens, and light pinks and yellows. The sun is the dominant motif in this intricate compo...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Indecision", Contemporary Portrait, Blue, Red, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Indecision” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 18 inches in sapphire blue highlighted by rich orange-reds and soft whites. The portrait of a young woman...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$5,000
"Mountain Embrace", Contemporary, Floral, Blue, Pink, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Mountain Embrace” is an acrylic painting with collage on canvas 67 x 46 x 1.5 inches in pinks, blues, greens and yellows. The cluster of intertwined, nearly life size f...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"New Year's Eve", Contemporary, Woman, Red, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “New Year’s Eve”, a 60 x 30 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas, is painted in ruby reds, aquamarine blue-greens, and deep Prussian blues. Two women (or perhaps three) have allowed a small boy to stay up with them until midnight; he joins the raucous celebration by blowing on a yellow noise maker...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$3,100
"Masks of a Novelist: An Imaginary Portrait of Tom Wolfe", Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Masks of a Novelist: An Imaginary Portrait of Tom Wolfe”, a 42 x 32 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas, is not so much a depiction of Tom Wolfe’s appear...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,750
"Down he Goes II", Contemporary Portrait, Earth Tones, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Down he Goes II,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in tans, whites and earth tones with red and green highlights, is from the artist’s new “Fal...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
"Man of the World", Contemporary, Portrait, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Man of the World”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, an imaginary portrait 27.5 x 21 inches, in muted neutral tones highlighted by lemon and golden yellows and chalky reds, is from the artist’s “Mask” series...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Pygmalion and Galatea", Contemporary, White, Grey, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Pygmalion and Galatea” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 63 x 36 inches, in pearl whites and a wide range of greys: green grey, grey white, and dark, rich g...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,900
"Old Man Releasing a Caged Bird", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Paint
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Old Man Releasing a Caged Bird” is an imaginary portrait painting, acrylic on canvas with collage, 24 x 18 x 1.5 inches in browns, blues and f...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"A Good Read", Contemporary, Girl, Yellow, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “A Good Read” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 46 x 40 inches in yellows and lavenders with dusty red accents. Anecdotal to the extreme, the painting depict...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Three Lovers", Contemporary Portrait, Pink, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s portrait “Three Lovers” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in pinks and blues standing forward from a broad array of rich greys. The third love...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,900
"The Interpretation of Dreams: An Imaginary Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Interpretation of Dreams: an Imaginary Portrait”, an acrylic painting on canvas 30 x 30 inches in maroons, tans and mint green, is from the artist’s “Psychoanalyst ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Southern Belle II", Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media Collage Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s Southern Belle II, a 41.5 x 29 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage, is from the artist’s “Socialite” series. Painted in past...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"In the Sea", Contemporary, Ocean, Men, Woman, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “In the Sea” is a 47.75 x 29.5 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas that is an expressive depiction of men and women in the ocean. The freely brushed blue ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"The Greatest Possible Success", Portrait, Man, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Greatest Possible Success” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 20 inches in greys, silvers and whites. The dramatic verticality of Gotham’s architect...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Target Practice", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Mixed Media, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Target Practice” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 26 inches in rich browns and blacks complementing the buff color of the collaged paper. The merciles...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,000
"He Stayed Behind in Katmandu II", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “He Stayed Behind in Katmandu II” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 20.25 x 17.75 x 1.5 inches in blues, tans, pinks and flesh tones. The western “s...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$4,100
"Rush Hour Tryst", Contemporary Portrait, Red, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Rush Hour Tryst” is an acrylic painting on canvas with college 40 x 30 inches in reds and blues with multi-color details. The painting depicts a chance meeting of stran...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Evening Downpour", Contemporary Portrait, Woman, Blue, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Evening Downpour” is an acrylic painting on canvas 40 x 30 inches in rich lavenders and electric blues. The smiling young woman is totally unperturbed by the complete i...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Domestic Dispute", Contemporary, Woman, Man, Blue, Red, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Domestic Dispute”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 48 x 36 x 1.5 inches in blues and flesh tones with red and white accents, depicts a violent moment in a b...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Birth of a Galaxy", Contemporary Portrait, Nude, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Birth of a Galaxy” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage measuring 43 x 28.75 inches, in maroon, green and flesh tones, depicting a galactic density of stars, s...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$4,500
"Any Three-Year-Old Could Paint That", Contemporary, Red, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Any Three-Year-Old Could Paint That” is a 35 x 50 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in bright yellows, reds, blues and whites. The young artist wears an expr...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Rough Going on the Inside", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Rough Going on the Inside” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 28 inches in olive greens and dark reds. Unlike in Chagall, where the inverted heads sugge...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic