George Wendell Baker

Meditation

Meditation  is a contemplative collection of paintings tracing states of awareness, introspection, and transformation. Each work offers a visual pause — a still moment drawn from memory, nature, or the quiet tension of becoming. These meditative images invite reflection on time, selfhood, and the subtle rituals of consciousness, bridging the personal and the archetypal.

Circumstantial Evidence of Time I, shoreline painting reflecting on the fleeting nature of time, impermanence, and layered memory.
Circumstantial Evidence of Time I
The moment between moments when the sea is just about to retreat backwards and the time between your breaths. What is the true nature of time? We witness it in our faces as we age, in the rocks as they are worn by the sea, in traces of our cultural totems that we inherit and instinctively feel in our beings. Oil on Canvas - 80 x 160 cm
Circumstantial Evidence of Time II, an oil painting of Indian almond trees in contemplative stillness, inspired by quiet moments in a Taiwan.
Circumstantial Evidence of Time II
This painting is a meditation on time’s subtle flow—like fallen leaves drifting in the wind, moments settling into memory. Created during quiet afternoons in the park, the scene captures the gentle companionship of presence: a moment shared, a breath held, the hush of becoming. Oil on Canvas - 80 x 180 cm
Meditation II, contemplative oil painting of a stream where fallen leaves gather like drifting thoughts—an introspective metaphor on stillness, impermanence, and mental clarity. (Private Collection, USA)
Meditation II
Oil on Canvas 115 x 159 cm
Homage, a meditative diptych from Gw Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series, featuring water lilies in the style of Japonisme—honoring the spiritual legacy of Buddhist masters and their quiet wisdom.
Homage
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 170 cm
Meditation I, a contemplative landscape by Gw Baker pairing with Meditation II—depicting layered sea weeds from above, evoking thought currents, inner terrain, and the quiet structure of perception.
Meditation I
Oil on Canvas
Okanagan Shadows
Oil on Canvas 88 cm x 145 cm
A Gate in Samsara
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 180 cm
Paysage Postmodern
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 164 cm
Ego, the third painting in Gw Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series—depicts the ego as a solitary ox emerging from mist, symbolizing the initial moment of awakening when the self becomes the witness; a visual meditation on kenshō and realization.
Ego
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 180 cm
The Dark Night, part of Gw Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series, depicts the ego in turmoil—its struggle to resist surrender after awakening. Bridging Buddhist insight and Western mysticism, the image reflects the dark night of the soul, where the small self clings to shadow in the face of expanding awareness.
The Dark Night
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 164 cm
The Treaty, from the Ox Herding Poems series by Gw Baker, symbolizes the moment of self-acceptance following inner struggle. Here, the ego is no longer resisted but understood—marking a quiet reconciliation with the self, a truce that begins the path toward integration and peace.
The Treaty
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 170 cm
Green Shadows: Narcissus & Nihils, a symbolic painting reflecting the shadow phase of the green developmental stage. Alluding to Ken Wilber’s integral philosophy, the piece explores the narcissism and nihilism that can emerge within postmodern sensitivity—where meaning frays and self-regard eclipses deeper integration.
Green Shadows: Narciss & Nihils
Oil on Canvas
Blue Collar Macy, a tender oil painting of a mother dog nursing her pups in a stark, gray environment. The image reflects working-class dignity, quiet endurance, and the unspoken strength of care and responsibility carried without complaint.
Blue Collar Macy
Oil on Canvas
Eastern Shores, a vibrant landscape painting capturing the coastline of Taiwan in vivid, expressive color. The composition evokes both the lyricism of place and the modernist influence of Canadian painters, bridging cultures through light and palette.
Eastern Shores
Oil on Canvas 115 x 159 cm
Eastern Winds, a companion landscape to Eastern Shores, this painting offers a dynamic portrayal of Taiwan’s natural beauty. Bold color and flowing form convey motion, memory, and a sense of poetic reverence for the land.
Eastern Winds
Oil on Canvas 115 x 159 cm
The Red Dragon, a symbolic landscape inspired by Circumstantial Evidence of Time, created as a commissioned gift. Indian almond leaves arch like a mythic dragon across the canopy, blending personal meaning with meditative symbolism. Private collection.
The Red Dragon
Oil on Canvas {For my friend Cassandra}
Vita Simul