Beneath The Blue Painting

The blue gradients in Beneath The Blue speak to a light beneath the surface of water. The brushstrokes create a delicate energy of something emerging. There is softness amongst hard shapes that allow for an explosive moment of origination. The large and small brushstrokes create a sense of floating or drifting through the rectangular surface. Kale Baker’s process begins with walks and runs through the bog near her home in Newton, NH. Baker’s paintings mirror the tunnel vision state of mind that physical activity creates through spontaneous actions involving mark making and gesture. Her work evokes the feeling of being present through movement and also references the passing of time. The surface of the works are layered, physical and subtracted. Subtle and abrupt transitions between hard edge and atmosphere suggest the hazy line of clarity between internal and external awareness.  These paintings seek stillness through movement, providing a sense of wholeness in the combination of their parts. Making these works has allowed Baker to relive the pain and excitement of the sometimes crushing weight of life. These paintings do not aim to represent imagery from the bog near her home, but an internal landscape of learning to cope with the holes that the happenings of life can present. This painting has a hanging wire attached to back This painting is signed and dated on the back.