35 x 45 cm | 13 x 17 in
Subject: People
Tags:
Women,
Bathing,
Lake,
Pastel Palette,
Peaceful,
Serene
Original painting in oil on canvas.
"A swimmer often appears as a motif in my work and in particular the moment of entering the water, it's a personal moment of transformation for the swimmer and can represent so many human states from rebirth and baptism to cleansing and private reverie - in this image a swimmer cautiously enters into the water in a secluded paradise of tropical plants."
Sophie Baker’s paintings track the internal, felt dimension of landscape - holding close to the visual field while letting something stranger press through. Paths appear, then blur. Figures are latent or occluded. A spider’s web reads as architectural, devotional. The eye keeps circling. Visually, the works seem to resist forward motion: no clear vanishing point, no directional pull - an evocative felt sense of recursive presence. Each work evokes a state of being - of crossing, shelter, entanglement.