About

About the Artist

Artist Jim Baker

JIM BAKER, is in the great tradition of American regional Art, capturing the color, lighht, and motion of the Southwest in his vivid human and animal figures, along with moody landscapes. After a succsesful career as Art Director of a television station in Amarillo, Texas, during which time he served on the advisory committee of Commercial Art and Advertising Technology for Texas State Technical Institute, Baker moved to Oklahoma, where he has been capturing the unique visual character of the West and its people in paintings with rich textural surfaces and dynamic, spontaneous brushwork. The winner of over 33 First Place, and Best- of-, Show awards, His work has been presented in numerous museums and featured on the cover of a national magazine.

                                  Collections
                                  Dr and Mrs. David Eisenberg, Toms River, NJ
              Nancy Snow, Weaton, IL               Marquis Landrun, Tishomingo, OK

Judge Edward N. Gilboe, El Paso, Texas Johnny Johnson, Sulphur, OK

Jimmie Way, Waurika, OK Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Shaw, Sherman,Texas

Kendall Frazier, N.C.A., Denver Colorado Betty Tabor, Ft. Worth, Texas

Harv and Carolyn Kenner, Eagles Nest, NM

Sondra Hugg, Portales, NM Mr and Mrs. Carl Rubin, Sulphur, OK

Julian Fite, Attorney, Muskogee , OK Jeff Wilson, POrtales, NM

Mr and Mrs. Ralph McCalmont, Guthrie, OK

Joe Mc Bride, Jr. Anadarko, OK Ed McAlvain, Wichita Falls, Texas

Elliotes Design, Rancho Dominges, CA up George Caporal, Oklahoma City, OK

Lavonne McKillup, Muleshoe, Texas