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 Post-Truth Era V", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era V “ is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in blues, whites, tans and browns. In our post-truth era it is next to impossible to...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$3,500
"Foot Feel", Contemporary, Figure, Nude, Blue, Pink, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Foot Feel” is a contemporary acrylic painting on canvas with collage 48.5 x 36 inches in pastel pinks and blues, and cream whites and lemon yellows. The toes of the gen...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,700
"Cabinet Secretary in his Office", Surrealist, Portrait, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Cabinet Secretary in his Office” is an acrylic painting on canvas 36 x 42 inches in pinks, blues, reds, whites and greys. The secretary’s energies are depicted as both ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pacific Celebration", Contemporary, Blue, Yellow, Red, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Pacific Celebration” is an acrylic painting with collage on canvas 66 x 50 inches in greens, blues, yellows and rose reds. As though at a fantastical wedding, the color...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$4,000
"The Lonely Crowd", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Lonely Crowd” is a multi-colored acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 60 inches. Blues, yellows and greens predominate while reds provide color accents. The...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Studio Sketch of Valerie", Surrealist, Brown, Pink, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Valerie” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 18 x 14 inches in pinks, greys and browns. When Valerie visited my studio she at first stayed ve...
Acrylic, Canvas
$640Sale Price|20% Off
"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
"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...
Acrylic, Canvas
"Abstraction", Contemporary, Women, Man, Vibrant, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Abstraction” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 48 inches. A full and vibrant color symphony, the image depicts a large abstract painting being created ...
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
"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
"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
$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
"Song", Contemporary Portrait, Female Singer, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s "Song" is a 59 x 47 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas whose multi-colored brushstrokes-mostly reds, blues and oranges-give intricate visual form to the music and spirit of an enraptured female singer...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"A Treat for Sasha", Contemporary Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “A Treat for Sasha” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 24 x 1.5 inches in oranges, greens, browns and reds. The twirling hands of the pet owner manipulat...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$3,200
"Madman I", Contemporary Portrait, Man, Grey, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Madman I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 27.25 x 23 inches, an imaginary portrait in muted tones of brown and grey. From the artist’s “Insanity” series,...
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
"A Meeting in Rome I", Contemporary, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “A Meeting in Rome I”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 26 inches, in Cardinal red, pink and greens, is from the artist’s “divided self” series. A figure,...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"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
"Down he Goes III", Contemporary Male Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Down he Goes III,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in silver greys and yellows, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White Male Series.” The ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,160Sale Price|20% Off
"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
"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
$1,900
"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
"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
"Heavyweight Executives", Surrealist Portrait, Acrylic, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Heavyweight Executives” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in dark greens, deep silver greys, and flesh tones. The two executives have put on ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,600
"Eating and Drinking II", Surrealist, Green, Yellow, Collage, Acrylic painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking II” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in yellows, reds and greens on a neutral background. In one sense an illustration o...
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
"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
$1,040Sale Price|20% Off
"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
Acrylic Collage Painting, "The Apple does not fall far from the Tree"
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Apple does not fall far from the Tree” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 26 x 25 inches in greens, blues, pinks and greys. Whether born alive or from an...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,175
"The Post-Truth Era VIII", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VIII” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 14 inches in blues, yellows, pinks and whites. In the post-truth era normal interpersonal in...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
"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
"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
"Multiple Personality Disorder", Contemporary Portrait, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Multiple Personality Disorder” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage and custom frame 28 x 26.5 x 4 inches in greys, blacks, whites and flesh tones. Outer and i...
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
"Forest Embrace", Sureal, Green, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Forest Embrace” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 38.5 x 26 inches in a rich variety of greens, silver greys and whites, with blue and yellow accents, is fr...
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
"The Post-Truth Era X", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era X” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches in reds, greens, pinks, oranges and greys. In the post-truth era there are no real way...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"The Post-Truth Era VII", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VII” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 14 x 10 7/8 inches in whites, yellows, greys and green. The post-truth era has seen a resurgence o...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense", Contemporary Portrait, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Ego and the Mechanism’s of Defense” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in beige, blues, greens and ochres. The painting borrows its title from Anna Freud...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,200
"The Book Mark", Surrealist, Portrait, Woman, Maroon, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Book Mark” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 30 x 24 inches in maroon, orange, white and blue. A young woman, dressed in prim fashion, has looked up fro...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Time Passes #1", Surrealist, Portrait, Grey, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Time Passes #1” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys and blacks with red and flesh. From the “Life is Short” series, the painting is a ...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Poetry and Painting", Surrealist, Portrait, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Poetry and Painting” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 21 x 18.75 inches in reds, blues, greys and pinks. In this image the sister arts of poetry and painti...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
"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
"Self Chaperone", Surrealist, Portrait, Mixed Media Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Self-Chaperone” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 28 x 22 inches in flesh tones, yellows and greys. The portrait depicts the inner conflict between uninhibi...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Studio Sketch of Ella", Surrealist, Cream, Brown, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Ella” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in creams and browns. The painting is from the “Studio Visitors” series. When Ella a...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Time Passes #2", Surrealist, Portrait, Grey, Red, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Time Passes #2” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys and blacks with red and flesh. From the “Life is Short” series, the painting is a ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Surrealist Acrylic Collage on Canvas, 40x30, "The Judge and his Laws"
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Judge and his Laws” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 30 inches in reds, yellows, greys and browns. The judge is festooned with fragments of appare...
Acrylic, Canvas
"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
$1,840Sale Price|20% Off
"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
"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
$880Sale Price|20% Off
"The Collyer Brothers", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Mixed Media Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “The Collyer Brothers” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 20 x 20 inches in silver greys. Mad as hatters, crazy as bedbugs, and most of all oddly sym...
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas
$2,400
"At the Easel", Contemporary, Portrait, Nude, Red, Acrylic, Collage, Mixed Media
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “At the Easel” is a 36 x 30 inch acrylic on canvas with collage in midnight blue, lobster red and flesh tones. Calculated ambiguities and imp...
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
"AI Takes Over", Surrealist Portrait, Brown, Black, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “AI Takes Over” is a 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in greys, blacks, browns and pinks. The impending excessive reliance on AI (for informati...
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Studio Sketch of Dmitri", Surrealist, Tan, Blue, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Studio Sketch of Dmitri” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in tans, greys, blues and whites. When he arrived at the studio Dmitri was immedia...
Acrylic, Canvas
"Shotgun Wedding", Contemporary Portrait, Green, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Shotgun Wedding” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 56 x 30 x 1.5 inches in greens, whites, flesh tones and yellows. The bride is radiant on her wedding day,...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"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
$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
"Regression and Development", Surrealist Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Painting
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Regression and Development” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage in tans and browns with red and yellow accents. Although the painting depicts a smiling young ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic