40 x 50 cm | 15 x 19 in
Subject: People
Tags:
Forest,
Green,
Pink,
Isolation,
Twilight,
Roots,
Branches,
Undergrowth
Original painting in oil on linen.
"A modern fairy tale; A young girl is caught in a wooded forest and in turn a bird is caught in her grasp, the fable of the wood is known to us so well from a wealth of folklore and fairytale - In this modern twist the girl is not a lost child, but a modern girl in gum boots and has captured a bird herself."
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There is a palpable tension and edginess in Sophie Baker’s landscapes. Her deserted frontiers, abandoned quarries and overgrown woodlands bear witness to man’s intrusive activity and impact on the landscape. Her compositions suggest a recent exchange or happening, perhaps uncanny – and an atmosphere of hurried departure, of business unfinished.
The reference to human activity permeates the narrative of her compositions as evidenced in the object abandoned or longed for. There is an element of the ritual of human activity that is undefined, at times sinister and yet somehow portentous, and when figures do appear, they seem lost in thought, unguarded and altogether inextricable from their environment.
This sense of drama, speaks of man’s ongoing attempt to interact with the land, make sense of it and define it, while being always entranced and consumed by it’s romance.