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Echo Baker

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Echo Baker

United States

Born in 1963

Joined Artisor: November 2024

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Total pieces for sale: 1

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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 captures the physical likeness of the subject but also brings out the essence of that person. In her works, Echo aspires to reveal the beauty and the captivating characteristics of the 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, an ESL teacher, and she has also gotten married and become a mother of two boys.  In 2004, Echo was happy to be able to pick up her paint brush again after life’s changes, to rekindle her childhood passion, and to finally re-embrace her dream of pursuing art. To Echo, art is her calling and a life-long journey.

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        Education
        1993 BFA with emphasis in graphic design,
        Chapman University, Orange, CA

        1990 MA in English with emphasis in Teaching
        English as a Second Language, Chapman
        University, Orange, CA

        1984 BA in English, Sichuan University, Chengdu,
        China

        Art Judging & Painting Demo
        2020 Invited to be the judge for San Clemente Art
        League’s monthly art show, San Clemente, CA
        2014, 2017, 2020 Life portrait painting demo at
        Saddleback Art League, Mission
        Viejo, CA
        2022 Life portrait painting demo at
        Cypress Art League, Cypress, CA
        2017, 2024 Invited to be the judge at San Diego
        County Fair’s Art Show in “People”
        Category, San Diego, CA

         

        Selected Exhibitions & Prizes:
        2024, HeArt of Orange County Mixed Media Show, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
        2024, The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach, CA
        2024, Coast Guard Art Program Collection, Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY
        2023, Award of Excellence by American Art Collector Magazine for the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach, CA
        2023, California Art Club 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
        2023, NOAPS Best of America Small Works Exhibit, Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
        2023, Honorable Mention in HeArt of Orange County Mixed Media Show at Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
        2022, Award of Excellence in Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit, Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX
        2022, Award of Excellence in NOAPS Best of American National Exhibit, Wilcox Gallery, Jackson, WY
        2022, Third Place in Bold Brush Contest September 2022
        2022, California Art Club 111th Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
        2022, The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach, CA
        2022, Best Portrait/Figurative in NOAPS Best of America Small Works Exhibit, Beverly McNeil Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL
        2022, Third Place in Traditional in HeArt of Orange Mixed Media Show, Chemers Gallery, Tustin, CA
        2021, American Artists Professional League 93rd Grand National Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NYC, NY
        2021, California Art Club 110th Gold Medal Exhibit, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA
        2021, The Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach, CA
        2021, Honorable Mention in National Juried Small Works Show, The Rice Gallery of Fine Art, Kansas
        2021, California Art Club,”Excellence in Traditional Fine Art – Renewal and Rebirth” Online Exhibit
        2020, California Art Club, “Welcome to California” online show
        2020, The Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, virtual gallery
        2019, The Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
        2019, 108th California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibit, Pasadena, CA
        2019, National Portraits & Figures Show, The Rice Gallery of Fine Art, Kansas
        2018, Emerging Artist Finalist, Art Muse Contest
        2018, California Art Club OC Chapter juried show, Small on the Wall, Newport Beach, CA
        2018, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, Mary Williams Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
        2018, Best In the Show of US president painting category, Lisa McKnett Gallery, Laguna Hills, CA
        2016, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Marshall Gallery of Fine Art
2015, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe 119th Annual Open Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY, NY
2015, 1st Place in oil, Scottsdale Biennale 2014, Wee Galley, Scottsdale, AZ
2014, Women Painting Women 5th International Annual Show, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2012, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Art Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
2010, 2nd Place in oil, 14th Orange Open Juried Exhibition, Orange Art Association
2009, Honorable Mention,  Idyllwild Plein Air Competition
2007, First place in oil painting, Artist’s Eye Competition, California

        Memberships:
        Artist member of the California Art Club
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
Exhibitor at the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach
        The National Oil &Acrylic Painters’ Society
        Elected Artist Member of American Artists Professional League
        The Coast Guard Art Program

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