Artists

The oil paintings of Palmerston North artist Jennifer Baker celebrate the transient beauty of everyday objects. 

“I’ve been making art since I was a child.

I started painting flowers a few years ago.  More recently, the flowers in my paintings are foraged, either from my own garden, a neighbour's, my mum’s, along the side of the road, in a ditch, or some other random spot.

Foraging and making my own arrangements has become a really important part of my artistic process. 

Apart from it being a good connector with neighbours (I enjoy knocking on the door and having a good chat), it forces me to work with what I’ve got, and it allows me to see and appreciate things that I might not have noticed otherwise.”