Above
Painting
Underwater at the Paddle Out
Acrylic on canvas
110cm x 170cm
I See You
Contemporary portrait
Hand etched in print ready ply.
120cm x 120cm unframed
Wall of Perpetual Momentum
25 piece wall installation.
Wood carved drawings on ply.
Each disc is 41cm x 41cm
some discs are available
Turtle
Custom carved Alaia surfboard
180cm x 42cm
Turtle
Fine etched traditional alaia surfboard
180cm x 42cm
Requiem
Paddle out installation
Created from board shaped cuttlefish and clay.
Hand cast, fired glass, steel and east coast pumice stone.
10cm - 20cm
Available
As individual pieces or create your own group.
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Paddle, paddle my brother to another place Cool and green, free of body Light as air to new dimensions We wish you well Splash, splash my brother We shout your name Joy and sadness intertwined Fly, fly my brother As your light fills the sky Our hearts lift you beyond this place Our spirits with you, higher and higher Swim, swim my brother You, water and sky are one Love, love my brother Tears fill an ocean where we ride the waves A sacred place One, one my brother One with God and earth You play joyfully Jo St Baker.
Champagne Ride
Hand etched drawing on fine finished tradition Alaia surfboard.
Custom carved commissioned artwork
6ft 6 Alaia
Surfers Meditation
Fine etched carving in wood
90cm x 30cm unframed
Noosa to Hokusai
Acrylic on Canvas
80cm x 140cm
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The most famous arts wave in the world was created between 1829 and 1833 by Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese woodblock carver and printmaker. Noosa to Hokusai fuses contemporary subject, being Noosa Beach and headland in a very tradition Baroque style painting presenting a contemporary take on local subject.
I like to paint the world around me in ways that inspire and inform. Morphing woodcut and painting, my two main mediums.
The Banksia
From the paddle out circular formation installation.
Hand cast, fired glass, steel and east coast pumice stone.
14cm x 5.5cm x 4.5cm
Requiem
Paddle out installation.
Created from board shaped cuttlefish and clay.
Hand cast, fired glass, steel and east coast pumice stone.
14cm - 30cm
The Dream
Norries Headland
Acrylic on canvas
101.5cm x 152.5cm
The Sandman - Bronze
Sculpture
Hebel Stand
30cm
The Sandman - Seated
Sculpture
Bamboo, wire, expandable foam, sculpted, sealant and sand.
110cm x 120cm x 100cm
Wall of Perpetual Momentum
25 piece wall installation.
Wood carved drawings on ply.
Each disc is 41cm x 41cm
The Shadows We Cast. The Light We Leave.
Sculpture bamboo board
Wall mounted or freestanding
310cm x 60cm x 30cm
Whole
Wood etched drawing on MDF
60cm x 17cm unframed
The First Wave
Woodcut
The First Wave with industrial steel frame
128cm x 248cm
One Grain of Sand
From the paddle out circular formation installation
Hand cast, fired glass, steel and east coast pumice stone
13cm x 5.5cm x 4.5cm
The Shadows We Cast. The Light We Leave.
Sculpture bamboo board
Wall mounted or freestanding
280cm x 600cm x 30cm
Turtle
Etched drawing on timber
40cm x 40cm unframed
The Flame
From the paddle out circular formation installation
Hand cast, fired glass, steel and east coast pumice stone
14cm x 5.5cm x 4.5cm
The First Wave Poster
59.4cm x 42cm
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Baroque philosophies fuse with contemporary subject in this exhibition. The First Wave pushes conceptual boundaries of culture and spirituality to explore tribalism, brotherhood and ceremony.
St Baker’s innate engagement with form and nature define her wood-carved fine art, painting, sculpture, poetry and video as she deftly blends the sensuous vitality and drama of cultural ages and histories all around a contemporary coastline.
Detail
Tattoo & Turtle
Commission
The Sandman - Standing
Sculpture
Bamboo, wire, expandable foam, sculpted, sealant and sand
300cm x 90cm x 90cm
The First Wave
Line and dot etched wood
Industrial steel frame and rivets
128cm x 248cm
The Sandman - Seated
Sculpture
Bamboo, wire, expandable foam, sculpted, sealant and sand
120cm x 100cm x 110cm
Collection Queensland
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Image from The First Wave Exhibition at the Hub, Caboolture Regional Gallery, Queensland, 2018.
Tiny Phantom…Poem…Jo St Baker
Open hands lift
As you fall through my fingers
I hold your history, a lifetime, a land, a world
Unified
Rocks and glaciers, oceans and streams
Life from the sea, life from the land
I hold in my hand
Ages past and present together
Ancestors singing with tiny voices,
No borders, no prejudice, no names
Just one
Grain of sand