Scott Baker/ Winter Issue

Scott Baker, a 49-year-old abstract artist, began painting at the start of 2023, despite having held a strong interest in art since childhood. Although creativity had always been present in his life, he did not pick up a paintbrush until recently.

His personal journey has involved overcoming significant challenges, including alcoholism, and he has now been sober for more than a decade. Abstract painting has become a vital means of expression for him—a way to communicate profound inner experiences without the need for words. Much of his past is difficult to discuss, and art provides the ideal outlet for translating those emotions into visual form.

Scott approaches each piece intuitively, painting whatever he feels in the moment. He describes his work as a “screenshot of the soul,” capturing the emotional landscape of a particular moment in time.