Provincetown Artists: Richard Baker

What we have here are two forms of mid-century irreverence, one G-rated, the other, not, but both quite formative for boomers like me. Richard Baker lovingly paints cultural touchstones in all their declining glory, having been worn away from use. These images conjure up for me that feeling of excitement as one goes about one's education. Okay, maybe nostalgia plays a part, but is that bad?

OTHERS IN THE P-TOWN ARTISTS SERIES

Blanche Lazzell, white line woodcut

Hans Hofmann, abstract oil

Michael Mazur, Rocks and Water, monotype

Michael Mazur, Pond Edge II, oil painting

Irene Lipton, untitled oil

Mary Giammarino, impressionist oil

Lillian Orlowsky, abstract oils

Fritz Bultman, abstract collage