“The influence of the country and people where I grew up in just outside Sequoia National Park, has been a great factor in shaping my life as a painter.”

The community of artists, ranchers and mountain enthusiasts has provided much reference material for her beautiful, soft, contemporary western paintings.  She has worked many times as a cowboy and trainer of young stock horses and explored nearly every foot of the area in Northern California’s Sierra Foothills on horseback.

Baker has won top awards at shows and in 1989, three of her paintings accompanied President Bush to Beijing. She has also participated in the Western Rendezvous Art Show in Helena, Montana at the Tucson Museum of Art and held the title of artist in residence at Rocky Mountain National Park and Yosemite National Park.