Profile

Greg Baker is a multi-award winning artist living in the Hills of Perth in Western Australia. His paintings might be characterized as Impressionist or Post-Impressionist, genealogically related to the great masters of late 18th and early 19th century Europe. His concern is with capturing the visual impression of the moment, particularly in terms of light and colour.

His skills are unusually diverse and the range and breadth of his subject matter is extraordinary. He has mastered the spectrum of visual art mediums and is celebrated for his oils, pastels, acrylics and watercolours. His paintings are figurative, and embrace the human form and still-life, as well as much-acclaimed landscapes and cityscapes. Some artists are limited by a recognisable palette. Greg’s palette responds faithfully to the demands of place and time.

From Greg’s paintings you can recognise two particular loves in his life. First, the coastal waters of Western Australia, particularly around Rottnest Island, allow him to display a remarkable ability to paint the play of light on water; and second, his annual pilgrimages to Europe provide him with the opportunity to capture its countryside, villages and cities, particularly Paris and Venice, with an outsider’s eye and a devotee’s heart.

Greg’s paintings have been shown in exhibitions in London, Berlin, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as throughout Australia. His many commissions include works for corporate collections such as Shell, Woodside and Rio Tinto. Overseas commissions include the Sultanate of Oman.

In order to share his skills he runs unique art tours where students live on and travel by barge along the canals of Europe. Greg Baker, whose paintings former Premier Geoff Gallop called “Wonderful works of art,” is a West Australian to be proud of.

Bibliography

‘Go West’ The Adventure of Western Australia – Nicols West Australian Publication
Artists and Galleries of Australasia – Max Germaine
Australian Imaginings – Hodder Headlines
Australian Artist – Artists Chronicle

Representation

  • Perfect Prescription NY USA
  • SGIO
  • Wesley College
  • Perpetual Trustees
  • La Salle College
  • Western Power
  • Burswood Hotel Perth
  • Robe River Mining
  • Rio Tinto
  • Woodside Petroleum
  • Sussan Collection
  • Paterson Ord Minnett
  • Salitage Estate
  • City Mutual
  • Hale School
  • Court Family Collection
  • Princess Margaret Hospital
  • Dale Alcock
  • Bunbury Catholic College
  • Marks, Healy, Sands
  • Hong Kong Tourist Association
  • Padthaway House South Australia
  • Phillips Fox Collection
  • McPhail & Co
  • LJ Hooker Collection
  • Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
  • Albany Council
  • Melville City Council
  • Guildford Grammer
  • Perth Building Society
  • Town of Cambridge

Solo Exhibitions

1978 ‘First Solo Exhibition’ – Paul Rigby Gallery, Nedlands West Australia
1978 ‘Paintings by Greg Baker’ – Signature Galleries, Nedlands West Australia
1979 Invitation Exhibition of 12 Western Australian Artists to Commemorate the State’s 150th Birthday – Allendale Square Bldg, Perth WA
1979 ‘Fine Artists of Western Australia’ – Arts Centre, Hong Kong
1979  One Man Exhibition During Festival of Perth – Paul Rigby Gallery, Nedlands WA
1980 ‘Paintings by Greg Baker’ – Signature Galleries, Nedlands WA
1981  ‘Paintings by Greg Baker’ – Fine Arts Gallery, Nedlands WA
1982  Fine Arts Gallery – Perth WA
1984  ‘Art Australian Style’ – Nedlands WA
1985  One Man Show During Festival of Perth – Art Australia Style, Nedlands WA
1985  Alexander Galleries – Aberdeen St, Perth WA
1986  Ric’s Gallery – Nedlands WA
1986  Local Images Gallery – Penola SA
1987  ‘America’s Cup Exhibition’ – Perth WA
1987  Europe ‘87’ – Perth WA
1988  ‘Collection of New Works’ – Local Images Gallery, Penola SA
1988 ‘River Images Exhibition’ – Fremantle WA
1988 ‘Living Images Exhibition’ – ‘The Abbey’ Adelaide SA
1989 ‘Impressions at Green Landing’ – Greens Landing Studio, Carmel WA
1990 ‘Europe & Australia Exhibition’ – Greens Landing Studio, Carmel WA
1990 ‘Winter Pilgrims’ Exhibition – Montmartre Gallery, Perth WA
1991  Local Images Gallery – Penola SA
1991 ‘The Winds of Change’ – Quadrant Bldg, Perth WA
1991 ‘Farewell to Greens Landing’ – Greens Landing Studio, Carmel WA
1992 ‘Winters Exchange’ – Exchange Plaza Bldg. Perth WA
1992 ‘Postscript From Paris’ – Spring Rd Studios, Kalamunda WA
1993 ‘Summers Exchange’ – Exchange Rd Studios, Kalamunda WA
1994 ‘Rottnest in the Hills’ – Spring Rd Studios, Kalamunda WA
1994 ‘Windows to the Old Town’ – The Old Flour Mill, York WA
1994 ‘Theme for a Dreamer’ – Fine Woodcraft Gallery, Pemberton WA
1995 ‘Go West’ – Burswood Hotel, Perth WA
1995 ‘From Rotto to Freo and a Road by the Swan’ – McKenzie Gallery, Claremont WA
1996 ‘France Tour 95’ – Spring Rd Studios, Kalamunda WA
1996 ‘9×5’ Exhibition – McKenzie Gallery, Claremont WA
1996  Lake Karrinyup Collection – Country Club, Karrinyup WA
1997  ‘Paintings by Greg Baker’ – Dalkeith Fine Art Gallery, Dalkeith WA
1997  Variety Bash Exhibition – Lesmurdie WA
1998 ‘Chasing the Light’ – Michael Commerford Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney NSW
1998 ‘Paintings by Greg Baker’  – Local Images Gallery, Penola SA
1998  Western Power Collection including Mural – Perth WA
2000 ‘Summer Paintings a New Direction’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill WA
2000 ‘Greg Baker Paints Oasis’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill WA
2001 ‘Venice’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill WA
2001 ‘Penola Coonawarra’ – Local Images Gallery, Penola SA
2002 ‘Play of Light’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill </span>WA
2003 ‘Around the World from My Balcony’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill WA
2003 ‘The Secret Valley’ – Linton and Shaw Gallery, Subiaco WA
2003 A Series of Commissions for Robe River Mining, Woodside Petroleum – Rio Tinto
2004 ‘Beautiful Day’ – JahRoc Galleries, Margaret River WA
2004 ‘Upon Reflection’ – Linton and Shaw Gallery, Subiaco WA
2004 ‘Looking Out, Seeing In’ – Gooseberry Hill Studio, Gooseberry Hill WA
2005 ‘New Exhibition’ – Gooseberry Hill WA
2005 ‘From a High Window Exhibition’ -  Perth WA (Dec)
2005 Commissions for the Sultanate of Oman – Muscat Oman
2006 ‘Studio Exhibition’ – Gooseberry Hill WA
2006 ‘Small Paintings’ – Gooseberry Hill WA
2006 ‘Paintings on Tour’ – Australian Embassy Berlin Germany
2007 ‘New Paintings’  – Gooseberry Hill  WA
2007 ‘Journeys Exhibition’ – Perth WA  (Sept)
2007 ‘Christmas Exhibition’ – Perth WA (Dec)
2008 ‘Il Carnevale’ – Perth WA
2009 ‘Two Faces of My Life’ – Perth WA (May)
2009 ‘Four Paths – One Passion’ – (Greg Baker, Drewfus Gates, Cedric Baxter, Greg James)
2010 ‘Four Days in December’ – Gooseberry Hill Studios WA  (March)
2010 ‘Sojourn – Paris, Venice, Paris’ – Gooseberry Hill Studios WA  (July)
2010 ‘Time Passages’ – Penola South Australia (Aug)
2010 ‘The Magic of Penola – Past and Present’ Penola South Australia (Oct)

2011 ‘Paris’ – The Western Australian Club – (Feb)

2011 ‘Greg Baker’s Western Australia’ – Woodside Plaza Perth WA (Sept)