Brent Baker was born in Athens, Ohio located at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Always drawing and painting from childhood, he excelled in art by winning awards throughout his formative years and college at Ohio University. After graduation with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts & Business Administration, Baker took a sales position with the Enro Shirt Company in Louisville, Kentucky and five years later was hired by the Manhattan Shirt Company located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Within two years of arriving in Atlanta, Baker decided to return to his passion of painting and had his first solo exhibit at the Midtown Gallery. Throughout his early days in Atlanta he exhibited mainly in the local market as he developed his style. During these years he also experimented in depth with printing techniques and created a series of hand printed figurative works entitled “Language of Form”. These works gained the attention of frontrunner gallery owner Fay Gold and helped benchmark his reputation of becoming a serious artist. He also tried his hand at self-employment starting and developing a unique specialty wall painting business geared to the design trade. What was started as a temporary job has lasted and today his talents have been recognized in both regional and national publications, as well seen on the national HGTV network.
Since 2007 he has continued to promote his works mainly to the design trade and built a close working relationship with an increasing group of art consultants and designers. Baker’s years of studio art and business, along with a diversified catalog library of work gives him enormous leverage for obtaining projects in today’s vast competitive markets.
Baker views a large portion of his paintings as being autobiographical. Growing up in Ohio one often had to create imaginary ideas to replace the ordinary daily existence called life. His early memories of southeastern Ohio are filled with colors, sounds, and visions often expressed in his works today. The strongest memory that has had the lasting impression is that of self and the concrete heritage of family roots. His use of organic shapes probably started forming in his mind during the summer visits to the eastern coast while growing up. He sees painting in the abstract as a way to chart thoughts intuitively and this form has always held a passionate place in his soul. By blending intuitive and experimental lyrical marked references, his paintings take on a distinct personality of their own. An interesting observation of his work is that no matter if it is an abstract, landscape, or floral the handling of line with color seems to have a transcending spirit that holds your interest and takes you by surprise.
Baker now partially resides in his birthplace of Athens, Ohio where he continues to produce exploring new avenues and experiments with cutting edge techniques with various mediums.

Brenda Bredvik est née au Michigan en 1965, mais c’est le ciel ouvert et la lumière claire et brillante de la Californie, où elle habite depuis plus de 12 ans, qui influencent profondément ses œuvres à l’huile. Son travail comprend des paysages abstraits et des formes architecturales géométriques, où l’accent est mis sur de fortes relations de couleur et un design soigné, plutôt que sur la représentation fidèle du sujet.

Brenda est diplômée Magna Cum Laude du Pratt Institute, l’une des principales écoles d’art aux États-Unis, où elle a obtenu un baccalauréat en beaux-arts (BFA). Son parcours académique rigoureux mettait l’accent sur le design et la théorie des couleurs, allant des techniques des Maîtres anciens au minimalisme et à la peinture colorfield du XXe siècle. Bien qu’elle maîtrise les méthodes classiques, dans le style des maîtres comme Rembrandt et Caravage, elle préfère adopter un style contemporain. " Je cherche toujours à être la meilleure peintre possible. Je suis donc constamment en expérimentation et j’essaie de nouvelles choses. Je ne vais pas répéter la même toile simplement parce qu’elle se vend bien. C’est difficile d’apprendre autrement. "

Brenda a étudié à New York et a eu une carrière réussie comme directrice artistique et designer graphique pour des clients de New York à San Francisco et Los Angeles. Mais c’est en s’installant dans le sud de la Californie qu’elle a trouvé une nouvelle source d’inspiration dans les paysages lumineux, chauds et ouverts.

Elle réalise ses peintures à l’huile principalement en atelier, mais travaille aussi beaucoup sur le terrain. Elle voyage régulièrement à travers le sud de la Californie, où elle fait souvent des croquis aquarellés sur place. Comme son travail s’appuie davantage sur le design et la composition, elle n’a pas besoin de copier exactement une scène dans ses peintures. " Mais j’aime bien faire mes devoirs et étudier les choses directement dans la nature. Ainsi, quand vient le moment, je possède les connaissances nécessaires pour créer ce que je veux. " Dans son processus, elle part généralement de lieux réels qu’elle fait ensuite évoluer dans son imagination en compositions architecturales saisissantes, faites de formes et de couleurs.