Show t I UTAH PAINTER MAKES BIG HIT IN NORTHWEST f I I f Y I f g if J t I 4 31 tIns US It c Utah Painter r Now Xo n a Resident of Tacoma RS FRANK r. r R. R BAKR a a. native M MRS of Salt Lake but now a 0 resident of or Tacoma Vas Wash h. h was was a recent visitor In tho the city she came for tor forrest forrest rest and following an arduous arduous ar ar- ar- ar season devoted to chosen art alt Mrs rs Baker Bilker Is a painter of enviable ble reputation rep cop on the coast particularly In Seattle whore where some sorno of or her hor finest canvases canvases canvases can can- vases have nave been beon exhibited and pur pur- chased Mrs Irs Baker was ed at It St. St Marks Mark's school In Salt Lak At fourteen years of ot age she completed comp her first painting which even then showed the touch of or creative talent Since Sinco that time Ume she Jho has done much Excellent work She Sho was waa awarded a d tho Urn gold cold medal and diploma at t tho the Alaska Y Alaska Il on exposition for a canvas entitled The Creation the e P property O of L I. L. L HaJ who exhibited 11 u v lIers or oc ner paintings are The Runaway owned b by Robert o ert Gill an Atlantic City art buyer bue and Thought at Rest Resto the tho property of ot Thomas CarStens Carslens Carslens Car- Car of ot Seattle I Of Ot this last pain tin tho the Tacoma Ledger says For several years Mrs Baker has been on a theme themo entitled Thought at Rest Kest which has hu just been completed and those who have seen It aver It will produce a sensation son sen In the tile artistic world orld Tho The paintIng paintIng painting paint- paint Ing shows a young and ad most beautiful girl Irl asleep with an open book almost dropping from her ha hand d. d The figure Is ia both delicate and bold the tho pearly pearl cl clear ar flesh tones standing eu out t In a n. startling way ay against tho the sombre hues of or the background The Tho golden hair hall Is pushed back from a brow so smooth and creamy that were It not for the extreme extremo youthfulness youth- youth of or contour and coloring It would be expressionless Th The eyes eCH are closed and antI the lips smile faintly rile Tho delicate neck iteck and bust rise from a sort soft white veiling which in its turn Is shrouded in a silky green bronze-green drapery Tho The feet teet and and- arms are aro bare and every limb and feature expresses tho the soft supple repose of ot youth Mrs Baker hind Intended to exhibit v- v bit this painting in New York and Paris and also at the Panama Pacific exposition In San cn in 1911 11 ni in Its purchase Mr c Carstens ens agreed e d dt t to tomake make these thele n. n Mrs Baker has gone cast east for tor a 11 short trip and on her hel return will sill spend an another another another an- an other two weeks in Salt Lake where it is possible she site will give a private exhIbitions of or some of or her paintings |