Sea Fruit

2020

Lydia Baker

Monotype on masa paper

39.4 x 53.3 cm 

Unframed

(ships from the US) 

Lydia Baker offers us positive escapism, letting us savour moments of discovery of a new fantasy world, which explores the ideas of the sanctuary, harmony, and the unknown. The intimacy of her work originates from a precise balance of connection and detachment. The delicate pink and blue lines suggest the outlines of the world, but the rest is up to our imagination. The composition vibrates with freedom: not only by working with unfilled spaces, but also by adding the female figures charmingly stretching through the scene embodying utter bodily freedom. Baker submerges us into this world full of hope and excitement and makes us momentarily forget the harsh reality around us, which has more than gentle pink and blue lines.