Charming Baker biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.com

“Every picture tells a story, but not every story has a point to it.” - Charming Baker. He cites his influences as cheap books, Zulus, horses, odd looking women, suburbia, power tools, the smell of cheap perfume, nice tea and Britain in Colour.

Charming Bakers work combines a number of complex processes into a deceptively simple whole. This simplicity is not the product of naivety or simplistic thinking but rather the paring down of elements that come from experience and wisdom, as well as a playful instinct to entertain us. The end results can seem ‘charming’, even elegant and playful, but because a sharp message is invariably the driving force behind the works, they always have a significant sting in their tail. 

He has had a solo exhibition - The Charming Baker Show - at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, London (see youtube film) and the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco. 

His show in New York at the NY Studio Gallery sold out before opening and he has attracted prestigious buyers including Damien Hirst, Frank Cohen and Alberto Mugrabi. Recently signed to top music management company Pat's Management.

Damien Hirst says of his work; “It’s hard to say exactly what makes a painting great… Its flatness and its depth, its ease and its complexity, a kind of preciousness that’s also kind of throwaway, a risk factor. Who gives a damn? Charming Baker’s paintings are great.”