Mixed Media Portrait Paintings

John Baker’s "Song" is a 59 x 47 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas whose multi-colored brushstrokes-mostly reds, blues and oranges-give intricate visual form to the music and spirit of an enraptured female singer...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era V “ is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in blues, whites, tans and browns. In our post-truth era it is next to impossible to...

John Baker’s “Siblings: An Imaginary Portrait” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 11 x 9 x 1.5 inches in pinks, blues and whites. A quintessential image of gender, the pai...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VI” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 17 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches in pinks, yellows and greens. In the Post-Truth Era facial expressions have ...

John Baker’s “The Ego and the Mechanism’s of Defense” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in beige, blues, greens and ochres. The painting borrows its title from Anna Freud...

John Baker’s “Heavyweight Executives” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in dark greens, deep silver greys, and flesh tones. The two executives have put on ...

John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking II” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in yellows, reds and greens on a neutral background. In one sense an illustration o...

John Baker’s “Down he Goes IV,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in yellow and red ochres with blacks and greys, is from the artist’s “Fall of the White Male...

John Baker’s “Lifelong Priorities of a Priest” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in maroon, flesh tones and blacks. Bedecked with official awards from his superiors, but also wearing a bird badge...

John Baker’s “Her Beautiful Thoughts” is a 23.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 inches acrylic painting with collage on canvas in light pinks and blues and deep russets. The active dispersion of small ...

John Baker’s “Down he Goes V,” an acrylic painting on collage with collage 20 x 16 inches in yellow and red ochres with black and greys, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White M...

John Baker’s “Down he Goes III,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in silver greys and yellows, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White Male Series.” The ...

John Baker’s “Target Practice” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 26 inches in rich browns and blacks complementing the buff color of the collaged paper. The merciles...

John Baker’s “Eating and Drinking I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 30 inches in reds, greens and yellows against a neutral background. What at first glance appea...

John Baker’s “Best of Both Worlds II”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 25 x 22 x 1.5 inches (frame 4 inches wide), is a self-portrait in...

John Baker’s “A Treat for Sasha” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 24 x 1.5 inches in oranges, greens, browns and reds. The twirling hands of the pet owner manipulat...

John Baker’s “Down he Goes I,” an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in greys, greens and earth tones, is from the artist’s new “Fall of the White Male Series.” T...

John Baker’s “Old Man Releasing a Caged Bird” is an imaginary portrait painting, acrylic on canvas with collage, 24 x 18 x 1.5 inches in browns, blues and f...

John Baker's "Pickpocket at the Inauguration" is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 50 inches in reds, yellows, blues and whites. Amid the colorful riot, the manic pagea...

John Baker’s “The Apple does not fall far from the Tree” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 26 x 25 inches in greens, blues, pinks and greys. Whether born alive or from an...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VII” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 14 x 10 7/8 inches in whites, yellows, greys and green. The post-truth era has seen a resurgence o...

John Baker’s “Multiple Personality Disorder” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage and custom frame 28 x 26.5 x 4 inches in greys, blacks, whites and flesh tones. Outer and i...

John Baker’s “Harvest” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 60 x 44 inches in deep greens, and light pinks and yellows. The sun is the dominant motif in this intricate compo...

John Baker’s “The Lonely Crowd” is a multi-colored acrylic painting on canvas with collage 40 x 60 inches. Blues, yellows and greens predominate while reds provide color accents. The...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era IX” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 13 7/8 x 11 inches in greys and browns with red highlights. In the post-truth era straightforward, ...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era VIII” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 14 inches in blues, yellows, pinks and whites. In the post-truth era normal interpersonal in...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era X” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 23 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches in reds, greens, pinks, oranges and greys. In the post-truth era there are no real way...

John Baker's "A Strong Drink" is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 48 1/2 inches x 31 inches including frame, in lavenders, pinks, reds and yellows. The young woman is abou...

John Baker’s “The Two Dummies” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 32 x 24 x 1.5 inches wide in browns, tans and greys with red and yellow accents. The wooden neck lever of the ventriloquist suggests that he is in reality the dummy of the young boy; and yet, impossibly, both seem to be the dummies of one another! Regardless, the brightness of the props on the prop table...

John Baker’s “Thumbs Up” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches, in greys, lavenders, browns and flesh tones. The upbeat meaning...

John Baker’s “Old Madman #4”, an imaginary portrait 14 x 18 x .75 inches in flesh tones, greys, browns and whites, is from the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats wrote: “An...

John Baker’s “The Collyer Brothers” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 20 x 20 inches in silver greys. Mad as hatters, crazy as bedbugs, and most of all oddly sym...

John Baker’s “AI Takes Over” is a 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting on canvas with collage in greys, blacks, browns and pinks. The impending excessive reliance on AI (for informati...

John Baker’s “Shooting the Rapids” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 48.5 x 36 inches in rich blues with auburn and red counterpoints and highlights. The young woman’s mood of contemplative reverie contrasts with the pleased and excited feelings of the helmeted crew. Obviously relieved, they float in their white water raft...

John Baker’s “Surprise in the Garden” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 31 ½ x 28 ¼ inches brightly colored in greens, blues, oranges, rose and russet, and cream. Little ...

John Baker’s “Masks of a Novelist: An Imaginary Portrait of Tom Wolfe”, a 42 x 32 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas, is not so much a depiction of Tom Wolfe’s appear...

John Baker’s “They Now call it Grooming” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in blacks, purples and greens. His tie being adjusted and his hair being patted down, a young innocent...

John Baker’s “The Ego and the Id” is an imaginary portrait, acrylic on canvas with collage 15 x 10 x 1.5 inches in flesh tones, greys and tans with red highlights. The painting’s tit...

John Baker’s “A Good Scratch” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 20 x 1.5 inches in royal blues, golden yellows and flesh tones. Part of the modernist and post-modern...

John Baker’s “Regression and Development” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage in tans and browns with red and yellow accents. Although the painting depicts a smiling young ...

John Baker’s “A Family of Means” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 38 x 50 inches in blues, reds, and pinks. Depicted in their commodious library, the wealthy family exudes a sense of arrogant privilege and shameless materialism. The matriarch displays her rings to the spectator as though their monetary value was proof of her worth as a person, while her son, in his prep school blazer...

John Baker’s “Evening Downpour” is an acrylic painting on canvas 40 x 30 inches in rich lavenders and electric blues. The smiling young woman is totally unperturbed by the complete i...

John Baker’s “Southern Belle: An Imaginary Portrait”, a 43 x 32 x 1.5 inch acrylic painting with collage on canvas is from the artist’s Socialite series...

John Baker’s “Eating at the Airline Diner” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 30 x 30 inches in reds, yellows and blues with green accents. The iconic diner, in Queens, New York, i...

John Baker’s “Indecision” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 24 x 18 inches in sapphire blue highlighted by rich orange-reds and soft whites. The portrait of a young woman...

John Baker’s “He Stayed behind in Katmandu I” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 23 x 16 x 1.5 inches in light Prussian blues, russets and flesh tones. The western “suit” ...

John Baker’s “Shotgun Wedding” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 56 x 30 x 1.5 inches in greens, whites, flesh tones and yellows. The bride is radiant on her wedding day,...

John Baker’s “Cramming for the Exam” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 30 x 30 inches in dark blues and straw yellows. Although sparks of understanding flicker a...

John Baker’s “Young Man with a Bouquet” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 48 x 36 inches in strong yellows, reds, blues and greens. The painting depicts a youth sadly co...

John Baker’s “Self Portrait Painting” is an acrylic on canvas with collage 32 x 27.5 inches in russets and greys with bursts and dispersions of prismatic highlights, chiefly blues, yellows and reds. The artist, with loaded palette and brush, is simultaneously his actual self and the image of himself...

John Baker’s “Rough Going on the Inside” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 36 x 28 inches in olive greens and dark reds. Unlike in Chagall, where the inverted heads sugge...

John Baker’s “Pygmalion and Galatea” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 63 x 36 inches, in pearl whites and a wide range of greys: green grey, grey white, and dark, rich g...

John Baker’s “Old Madman #1”, an imaginary portrait 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches in maroon, grey, blues and pinks, is the inaugural work in the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats w...

John Baker’s “Old Madman #3”, an imaginary portrait 24 x 18 x 1.5 inches in flesh tones, greys, browns and whites, is from the artist’s important “Madman Series”. As Yeats wrote: “An...

John Baker’s “The Post-Truth Era XI” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 20 x 16 inches in blues, yellows and pinks. In the post-truth era the interpretation of facial expr...

John Baker’s “He Stayed Behind in Katmandu II” is an acrylic portrait painting on canvas with collage 20.25 x 17.75 x 1.5 inches in blues, tans, pinks and flesh tones. The western “s...

John Baker’s “Rush Hour Tryst” is an acrylic painting on canvas with college 40 x 30 inches in reds and blues with multi-color details. The painting depicts a chance meeting of stran...

John Baker’s “Music Makers” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage 30 inches x 40 inches in blues, oranges, pinks, yellows and browns. The image is accomplished in contrasting...

John Baker’s “Eclipse Chaser”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 44 x 24 inches, depicts the inner human experience of a total solar eclipse. Deep solar orange counterpoint...

John Baker’s “Domestic Dispute”, an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 48 x 36 x 1.5 inches in blues and flesh tones with red and white accents, depicts a violent moment in a b...