George Wendell Baker

Métaphoria

Métaphoria est une série d’œuvres métaphysiques et symboliques de Gw Baker. S’inspirant de l’esthétique classique et baroque, chaque pièce agit comme une passerelle vers des états de conscience alternatifs, invitant à une réflexion sur la réalité, l’illusion et la transformation intérieure.

« Seule l’audace peut délivrer de la peur. Et si le risque n’est pas pris, le sens de la vie est en quelque sorte violé… »
— C.G. Jung

Nocturne oil painting of a nude woman and raven in a dreamscape, by Canadian artist Gw Baker
Nocturne
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” - Edgar Allan Poe - Oil on Canvas 72 x 90 cm
The Fates, symbolic oil painting of Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos in classical myth by Gw Baker, metaphysical figurative art.
The Fates
"Man's fate is his character." - Heraclitus (Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos) - Oil on Canvas 90 x 115 cm - *(Mod. Credits: Below)
Moonlit female figure painting in blue tones by Canadian artist Gw Baker
Luna
"Moonlit enchantments of jealous lunar appetites." - Beckon - Oil on Canvas 72 x 90 cm
Labyrinth, a symbolic oil painting by Gw Baker featuring the Minotaur and mythic feminine figures in a classical setting.
Labyrinth
"Every labyrinth has its minotaur" - Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Oil on Canvas - 80 x 100 cm *(Mod. credits: Below)
Yaldabaoth, Gnostic-themed oil painting by Gw Baker exploring demiurgic authority and symbolic myth
Yaldabaoth
"What, if some day a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' - Nietzsche - Oil on Canvas 80 x 100 cm
Sophia Gaia, sacred feminine oil painting by Gw Baker blending Gnostic and Earth goddess symbolism
Sophia Gaia
"Trees are not known for their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruit." - Eleanor of Aquitaine - Oil on canvas 72 x 90 cm
Plato’s Cave, allegorical oil painting exploring illusion and enlightenment, based on the Platonic parable, by Gw Baker.
Plato's Cave
"Bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light.” Plato - Oil on Canvas 80cm x 100 cm
Oculus,” metaphysical oil painting suggesting perception and surveillance, with layered esoteric meaning by Gw Baker
Oculus
"We come to believe that we are our thoughts" - Jasun Horsley - Oil on Canvas 72 x 90 cm *(Mod. credits: Below)
Nefarious Theatre,” figurative oil painting by Gw Baker, symbolizing manipulation, performance, and control through allegorical figures
Nefarious Theatre
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." - Leonardo da Vinci - Oil on Canvas 90 x 115 cm -
Punki Tomo No. 8, expressive figurative oil painting by Gw Baker, part of a series exploring modern archetypes and spiritual confrontation.
Punki Tomo No. 8
“In Japanese culture, there is a belief that God is everywhere - in mountains, trees, rocks, even in our sympathy for robots or hello kitty toys.” — Ryuichi Sakamoto - Oil on canvas 90 x 115 cm
Mademoiselle Rouge,” symbolic figurative painting by Gw Baker exploring sensuality, spectacle, and performative femininity
Mademoiselle Rouge
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” - Mary Shelley - Oil on Paper 57 x 76 cm *(Mod. credits: Below)
Koenji Tokyo, contemporary painting by Gw Baker, capturing Japanese punk culture, dual identity, fashion, and personal mystique
Koenji Tokyo
“Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.” - Kentetsu Takamori -Oil on Canvas 80 x 100 cm
Lampads: Leuke & Orphn, mythological oil painting by Gw Baker, referencing torch-bearing underworld nymphs in dreamlike contrast
Lampads: Leuke & Orphne
"Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of." - Hesiod - Oil on Canvas 80 x 115 cm *(Mod. credits: Below)
Event 201 Covid 19 pandemic
Inculcations XIX
“But the existence of a cult does not mean that images appropriate to it automatically follow.” - Robert Hughes - Oil on Canvas 90 x 115 cm
Stheno, symbolic oil painting by Gw Baker portraying the Gorgon sister in a defiant pose, merging mythological terror and sensual strength.
Stheno
"The world whispers secrets, it's up to you to listen." - Medusa - Oil on Canvas 72 x 80 cm
A nude male figure sits contemplatively on a block under a circular disc, hands posed like a clock at 12:25. The dark background and symbolic geometry evoke themes of reincarnation, mortality, and time.
Metempsychosis: 12:25
“And I entered into the midst of their prison, which is the prison of their body.” - Apocryphon of John - Oil on Canvas 80 x 115 cm
Sibyl, metaphorical post-apocalyptic oil painting by Gw Baker, representing prophetic insight and the tension between knowledge and illusion.
Sibyl
“The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong; the next most distressing thing is to be proved right.” - Aldous Huxley - Oil on Canvas 120 x 120 cm
Meliai, myth-inspired painting by Gw Baker, representing the ash tree nymphs born of Gaia, guardians of nature and the archaic world.
Meliai
"Cast not pearls before swine." Matthew 7:6 - Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 170 cm *(Mod. credits: Below)
A solemn woman dressed in mourning gazes back in grief, seated against a golden-hued abstract wall with a symbolic halo.
For Glory or War II – Sancta Bellum
“The living will envy the dead.” - Dostoevsky - Oil on Raw Linen (unstretched) 78 x 100 cm
A grieving woman in black cradles a child beside a gravestone inscribed in French, on raw linen.
For Glory or War I – Sancta Bellum
“War does not determine who is right- only who is left.” — Bertrand Russell - Oil on Raw Linen (unstretched) 78 x 100 cm
A child in red stands before four stampeding horses emerging from shadow, evoking the apocalypse.
Clades Belli
“The sleep of reason produces monsters.” - Francisco De Goya - Oil on Canvas 80 x 116 cm

 

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