Emily Baker

A native New Yorker, Emily Baker studied Studio Art at
Middlebury College and has since built an extensive portfolio of watercolors and oil paintings. Emily is often inspired by beauty found in nature; her work in oils captures the subtle details of natural landscapes—a dramatic sunset, low-laying clouds or a solitary tree — while incorporating elements of the modern world. Her more recent pieces are inspired by water. Growing up spending half the time at her family’s home in Shelter Island, she has always been drawn to the sea. These paintings focus on water’s movement and include both vast seascapes as well as zoomed in, textural pieces.

Emily pays particular attention to the framing of her images, so that the subject matter becomes less important than the viewer’s angle and the light in which it is composed. “When I’m choosing an image to paint, I don’t strive for photo realism,” she explains. “I’m more interested in capturing the feeling that inspired me in the first place, whether it’s the darkness of an oncoming storm or just the possibility of the open road.” As a result, her paintings feel at once intimate and vast, and often explore the concepts of discovery and contemplation—how a person can be so affected by their sur...

B.A. Middlebury College: Middlebury,VT (1997-2001)
Major: Studio Art, Minor: Spanish

Instituto Internacional: Madrid, Spain (Fall 2000)

The Chapin School: New York, NY (1984-1997)

2017
• Art Students League: Cenedella Figure Drawings
*Blue Dot Winner*
New York, NY May 2017

2016
• Dakor Home: Emily Baker Artist Reception | Greenwich, CT April 2016

• Art Students League: Cenedella Figure Drawings
*Blue Dot Winner*
New York, NY April 2016

2015
• Art Students League Exhibition Outreach: The Conference Board
New York, NY September 2015

• Serena & Lily: Featured Artist, online Art Collection
June 2015

• The Painted World: Saatchi Gallery Showdown Competition, Semi-Finalist
May 2015

2014
• Art Bomb NY: Auction
New York, NY May 2014

2013
• Scope Art Fair: See.Me Booth
Miami, FL December 2013

• Story of the Creative: Angel Ortiz Foundation
New York, NY August 2013

2012
• Art Show on Broadway: Dacia Gallery
New York, NY November 2012

• Mad About Art and Design: McNeill Art Group’s Tribeca Project Space
New York, NY April 2012

• The Lonely Planet: Linus Gallery
Pasadena, CA, April 2012

2011
• Viewpoints: Studio Montclair at Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art
Newark, NJ, June 2011

• 100th Exhibition 2011: Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Mystic, CT June 2011

• The Modern Landscape: Dacia Gallery
New York City, May 2011
...