• Michael Albrechtsen
• Barbara Applegate
• Kenn Backhaus
• Garin Baker
• Simon Balyon
• Susan Blackwood
• Marianne Caroselli
• Scy Caroselli
• Beth Parcell Evans
• Howard Friedland
• Michael Godfrey
• Paula Holtzclaw
• Mostafa Keyhani
• Marla Korr
• Dorothy Lampl
• Lili Anne Laurin
• Elizabeth Miller McCue
• Alexandria Michaels
• Nicholas Oberling
• Neil Patterson
• Arleta Pech
• Elizabeth Robbins
• Margret Short
• Brian Slawson
• Rene Snyman
• Karen Vance
• Leonard Wren

Garin Baker

Club Fight	Larry	Rangers vs Flyers
Liz Relaxing	Into the Light at Bethesda Fountain	Niagara Falls
Lobster Boy	Male Back	East River View

Female Nude Back

Garin Baker is a contemporary representational artist working in the great traditions of American Realism. His works hang in many private, corporate and museum collections throughout the US and Europe. Born and raised in New York City he now lives in a beautifully renovated 1790 stone house, carriage house and post and beam barn/studio along the Hudson River in New Windsor, NY. He received his BFA from Pratt Inst. with additional studies at the Art Students League. As a trained from life, old school painter, Garin uses on the spot studies and countless drawings and photographs to create involved dynamic compositions as well as simple plein air paintings. His works exemplify a modern day American Realist, passionately engaged with a variety of contemporary subjects that speak to a simple and compelling human story.

In addition Garin is an accomplished Muralist having completed countless commissions all across the US. He also offers many opportunities to young artist through apprenticeship programs as well as figure painting and drawing workshops.

Recent Awards

• 2011 Best of Show in the Brandywine River Valley Paint-Out
• 2011 Best in Show, Cranford Paint Out
• 2011 Best In Show, "Our Town" Exhibition Hudson River Towns, NY
• 2010 Best In Show, Cranford Paint Out
• 2011 Best in Show, National Art Museum of Sports

Selected Exhibitions

• 2011 The Butler Institute of American Arts, 75th National Exhibition
• 2010 "Hard Times", Salmagundi , NYC, Nationally reviewed and NY Times noted
• 2010 National Art Museum of Sports, Indianapolis, IN
• 2010 Allied Artists of American, National Art League. NYC
• 2010 The American Artist Professional League, NYC
• 2004 Constructing a Mural, (One Man Show), A Taste of Art Gallery, Soho, NYC
• 2003 Realism 2003, The Stage Gallery, NYC

Selected Publications

• PleinAir Magazine, summer issue, 2011
• American Art Collector, Featured article, Summer 2010
• American Artist, Featured article, "The Mural is The Message", Feb 2009

Arts Organization Memberships

• Founding Member, Newburgh Arts & Cultural Commission, Chairman 2005 –2007
• Board Members, Orange County Arts Council, 2007- present
• Board Member, Newburgh Center for the Arts 1995-1999