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.

“It is the extinction of the lamp in the morning light; not the abolition of the sun. It is really asking us consciously to give effect to the innermost wish that we have in the depths of our nature.” – Rabindranath Tagore

Circumstantial Evidence of Time I – shoreline meditation on impermanence, breath, and time’s passage, by George Wendell Baker.
Circumstantial Evidence of Time I
The moment between moments when the sea is 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 moments inspired by quiet moments in a Taiwan.
Circumstantial Evidence of Time II
A moment to contemplate time’s eternal drift — like leaves surrendering to the air and soil, moments settling into memory. Here I sit in the companionship of presence: a moment shared, a breath felt, the hush of my din. - 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 – contemplative oil diptych with water lilies by George Wendell Baker, inspired by Japonisme and Zen tradition.
Homage
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 170 cm
Meditation I – contemplative oil landscape by George Wendell Baker, depicting layered seaweeds from above and evoking currents of thought and inner terrain.
Meditation I
Oil on Canvas
The Red Dragon – symbolic landscape by George Wendell Baker, depicting Indian almond leaves arching like a mythic dragon across the canopy. Created as a commissioned gift, blending meditative symbolism with personal meaning.
The Red Dragon
Oil on Canvas {For my friend Cassandra}
A Gate in Samsara – symbolic oil painting by George Wendell Baker, depicting a brick gateway, fallen leaves, and a flowing stream. A contemplative image evoking impermanence, transition, and the quiet passage between worlds.
A Gate in Samsara
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 180 cm
Paysage Postmodern – oil painting by George Wendell Baker, showing cracked, parched earth beneath a warning sign. A stark symbolic meditation on environmental decay, human negligence, and the illusion of control.
Paysage Postmodern
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 164 cm
Ego, the third painting in George Wendell Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series, shows a solitary ox emerging from morning mist—symbolizing the first moment of awakening, when the self becomes the witness. A meditative image on kenshō, perception, and inner realization.
Ego
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 180 cm
The Dark Night, part of George Wendell Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series, shows the ox in turmoil—struggling against surrender after awakening begins. Bridging Buddhist insight and Western mysticism, the image portrays the dark night of the soul, where the self clings to shadow in the face of growing awareness.
The Dark Night
Ox Herding Paintings / Dyptic / Oil on Canvas 115 x 164 cm
The Treaty, from George Wendell Baker’s Ox Herding Poems series, symbolizes the moment of self-acceptance after inner conflict. The ox is no longer resisted, but recognized—marking a quiet reconciliation with the self. This visual truce opens 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 by George Wendell Baker, reflects 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 by George Wendell Baker, portrays a mother dog guiding her pup through a stark, gray environment. The image evokes 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 by George Wendell Baker, captures the coastline of Taiwan in bold, expressionist 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 by George Wendell Baker, offers a dynamic portrayal of Taiwan’s natural beauty. Bold color and flowing form convey motion, memory, and a poetic reverence for the land—a subtle homage to the spirit of Tom Thomson.
Eastern Winds
Oil on Canvas 115 x 159 cm
Okanagan Shadows, an oil painting by George Wendell Baker, captures a quiet hillside in British Columbia under the watch of bare trees and long, leaning shadows. Painted during a pivotal time in the artist’s life, the piece evokes stillness, memory, and a subtle foreboding—as if the past itself were resting just beyond the ridge.
Okanagan Shadows
Oil on Canvas 88 cm x 145 cm
St. Andrews by the Lake BC Canada, sunlit torii gate leading into a gravel path, composed to emphasize harmony between built and natural forms – Constructed by George Wendell Baker
Torii
Cedar Wood / 8.5' x 6' x 1' St. Andrews by the Lake, BC Canada
St. Andrews by the Lake BC Canada, photograph of a wooden torii gate surrounded by greenery, evoking themes of passage and nature’s quiet order – constructed by George Wendell Baker
Torii
Cedar Wood / 8.5' x 6' x 1' St. Andrews by the Lake, BC Canada
Vita Simul