Red Hot Painting

Red Hot was inspired by the light in Johnson Vermont and the all white walls in my studio at the Vermont Studio Center. The lack of color inside made me look more closely outside. A deep glow it's created through dark green and semi pastel glazes. Kale Baker’s Vermont Series speaks to the emotional responses of experiencing a new place. These works evoke light, landscape and wonder. Through the act of looking Baker’s paintings capture moments of Vermont’s aura, while at the same time project a sense of interior reflection through color and mark making. Vermont in November boasted winter skies filled with pink cascades of warm and icy pastels. The rest of the landscape was cold and white except for the incredible array of brightly painted homes, complete with visible lapses of repair and changing tastes. Baker aimed to create these brilliant jewels of color to capture the personality of both the people and the landscape she experienced at the residency. Painting comes with hanging wire attached to back. This painting is signed and dated on the back.