George Baker

George Baker was born in Portland and raised in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with a BA in Political Science. After a tour in the Peace Corps in Colombia, he attended and received a MA Degree in Political Science from the University of Tennessee. He then spent the next 27 years in Federal Service in both domestic and international assignments. He has two grown children; a son who is an artist, and a daughter who is an architect. George lives in Georgetown, Maine and Burke, Virginia.

Artist Statement

George has been a painter, in oils, for over 45 years. He was inspired by his father, a recreational painter, who continued to paint until the age of 95. The artist Winslow Homer was another early inspiration. Composition and color are the two important ingredients in his art. Landscapes and seascapes have been favorite subjects, from such diverse places as Provence, Paris, the Amazon River, Iraq, Monhegan Island, and coastal areas near his Georgetown, Maine residence. George also collects and restores antique frames, which he often carefully matches with his paintings.