Melt No 3 Painting

Melt No 3 suggests genesis of light from beneath water. The square canvas allows for a sense of both energy and stillness at the same time. Reductive painting methods create space within flatness, while the blue and yellow palette speak to submersion and discovery. 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. Hanging wire included on back. Edges painted white. This painting is signed and dated on the back.