Meet Christie

Christie Baker is a self-taught Canadian painter whose work emerges from the domestic landscapes that shape our sense of belonging: vintage interiors, inherited vessels, weathered textiles, and gardens tended across generations. She is drawn to how these objects and spaces accumulate memory—how a fold in fabric, a garden stem, or a well-used pot can hold the quiet imprint of lived experience. Through these familiar forms, her work reflects on continuity, care, and the gentle endurance of home.

Working in acrylic, ink, pastels, and mixed media on muslin and linens, Baker builds layered, tactile surfaces that echo the ways memory settles over time—shifting, resurfacing, and revealing what remains. Motifs of flowers, heirloom vessels, and textile-inspired pattern recur throughout her practice, evoking inheritance and the intimate stories contained within the things we keep close.

Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, Ottawa, and Toronto, Baker spent two decades in Vancouver, where she and her husband, raised their daughter, before returning to Toronto in 2019. She began painting in her 50s during the uncertainty of the pandemic, discovering an intuitive visual language rooted in personal history and touch. A published writer of creative non-fiction with a professional background in beauty and fashion, she brings a strong sense of narrative, material sensitivity, and aesthetic clarity to her practice.

Baker is currently undertaking a six-month, self-directed residency in Ontario. Since beginning to exhibit in 2022, her work has entered private and corporate collections across North America. She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Artists’ Network and is an active member of arts organizations throughout Canada.