ECHO BAKER

MEDIUM

Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Echo Baker aspires to reveal the beauty and the captivating characteristics of her subject in her work. Her paintings present a unique balance between the classical realism and the refreshing impressionistic light and color.”

ARTIST BIO

Art critic Brian Sherwin, Editor of The Art Edge, commented on Echo’s portrait paintings. Sherwin said, “Artist Echo Baker’s fantastic portrait paintings capture the light and life of her subjects. The portrait paintings I observed offer a charming sense of personality. Her work offers an intriguing visual narrative… viewers are left wanting to know more about these individuals.”

When painting portraits, Echo believes that a great portrait not only reflects the physical likeness of the subject but more importantly captures the essence of that person. In her works, Echo aspires to reveal the beauty and the captivating characteristics of her subject. Her paintings are strong in the form and subtle in the use of color. Her works possess a unique balance between the classical realism and the refreshing impressionistic light and color.

Echo has shown an intense interest in drawing, especially in the human face, since childhood. At age ten, she began her self study of art from books and from a college art teacher to whom her parents sent her on weekends. During this time, Echo learned the fundamentals of European classical art and was introduced to some of the Renaissance art masters including Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and others. This experience further sparked her passion for art.

Echo’s dream of becoming an artist, however, took a destined detour. When she started college in China, she majored in English due to the scarcity of support for aspiring artists like herself. Later, she pursued a Master’s degree in English at Chapman University in Orange, California when she came to the United States in 1987. With the desire to become an artist still burning in her heart, she enrolled as an art major after getting her MA in English and received a BA degree in Fine Art from Chapman University in 1993.

Since her graduation, Echo has worked as a graphic designer, a computer animator and a college instructor. In 2004, Echo was happy to be able to pick up her paint brush again after life’s changes. She could finally rekindle her dream of pursuing art. She attended master painting workshops such as Morgan Whistlilng, David Leffel, Daniel Greene, Michael Shane Neal and Mian Situ among others. Echo has been an active member of several national artist organizations and have been invited to judge art shows and give painting demonstrations in the past years.

To Echo, art is her calling and a life long journey.

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