It all started with Legos.  As a kid it was houses.  Later it was designing skyscrapers stretching to the ceiling.

 

I dabbled in art at school, but it was by accident that an art career ever developed. I have always loved architecture, history and exploring new places. The three came together several years ago after a trip around the world.   While working for a model train manufacturer, I began sculpting   small house facades, the results- Brian Baker’s Déjà vu Collection and later the Brian Baker Collection.

 

Recently I’ve turned to two dimensional works to express the same love of the outdoors, history, and architecture.  I love to delve into our nation’s history and scenic variety as much as I can.  This love has also taken me to some forty countries; I am intrigued by how different cultures express themselves in architecture, art and design.  Though my mediums are now scratchboard drawing and oil painting.  I am very pleased to have this opportunity to share all these divergent inspirations with you.

 

Now about that “accident”…  I had just returned from a six month trip around the world.  I took the first job I could find which turned out to be as exciting as spraying paint into flat molds for model train parts.  To keep awake I would dream of all the wonders I had visited.  In Paris I had seen paintings which brought out the character of the local buildings.  Why not, I thought, make a mold like the very ones I was working with and make a few Christmas presents?  I created a little French hotel from some clay and made my mold.  Everyone loved it, including the owner of the company.  After making a few more, my collection debuted at the San Francisco Gift Show.  We had created a sensation, and the rest as they say, is history.  Right place.  Right time.  Now I share my dreams with scratchboard and oil.  Who knew?

 

And it all started with Legos.

 

Brian Baker house sculpture collections - Master List with available statistics on each