Lydia Baker
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Biography
Lydia Baker is an American painter whose work blends abstraction and figuration to explore memory, emotion, and personal history. Using layered paint and gestural brushwork, Baker creates compositions that are both intimate and expressive. Her work has been exhibited in galleries across the U.S., contributing to the evolving dialogue on contemporary painting.
Works
Keepers of the Night2022 · colored pencil and wax pastel on paper · 44 × 30 in. Midsummer2021 · colored pencil on paper · 15 × 20 in. Matriarch I2021 · monotype on Kitakata paper · 20.5 × 17 in. She's Not Heavy, She's My Sister2020 · Colored pencil on hand-painted Fabriano paper · 22 × 30 in. Grey Water2020 · Monotype & hand-coloring on Mulberry paper · 12 × 9 in. Thicket2021 · monotype, wax pastel and colored pencil · 18 × 24 in. I Can Hear Music2020 · Monotype & hand-coloring on Masa paper · 13 × 17 in. Strawberry Legs2020 · Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper · 30 × 22 in. Matriarch II2021 · monotype on Kitakata paper · 20.5 × 17 in. Heat Wave2021 · Monotype, colored pencil & wax pastel on Awagami paper · 18 × 14 in. Sea Fruit2020 · Monotype on Masa paper · 15.5 × 21 in. They Found Grace In The Soil2020 · Colored pencil on Rives BFK paper · 22 × 30 in. Another Day2021 · colored pencil on paper · 40 × 30 in. Tale of Two Mountains V2021 · Monotype, colored pencil & wax pastel on Stonehenge paper · 18 × 14 in. Lily Pad III2021 · monotype with hand-coloring on Awagami paper · 20.5 × 17 in. Tale of Two Mountains IV2021 · Monotype, colored pencil, & wax pastel on Stonehenge paper · 18 × 14 in. Study (for Cog in the Wheel)2021 · colored pencil on paper · 14 × 26 in. The Wedding2020 · Colored pencil & watercolor on Fabriano paper · 18 × 14 in. Matriarch IV2021 · monotype on Kitakata paper · 20.5 × 17 in. Dancing In Bluish Light2020 · Monotype on Masa paper · 13 × 10 in. Matriarch III2021 · monotype on Kitakata paper · 20.5 × 17 in. Putrefaction2020 · Colored pencil on Fabriano paper · 25 × 19.5 in.