Circular Impressions
Victory Park
Dallas, Texas

After the completion of a three year project, Michael Baker installed an 18 foot stainless steel sculpture at "Cirque", a residential and commercial high-rise building in Victory Park across from The American Airlines Event Center in Dallas, Texas. Initial contact by the corporate landscape architect led to Michael's sculpture design that focused on the circular aspects throughout the building design. The sculpture, "Circular Impressions" was installed at the circular motor court entrance area of the building.

Solitude
Hub City Art Park
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Michael Baker has completed another park installation in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hub City Art Park is a unique project funded by a private group of Spartanburg citizens. The group formed to seek projects that would enhance areas of the city, focusing on landscaping and art.

The Hub City Art Park project has transformed a vacant overgrown neglected city lot into a beautiful professionally landscaped one and a half acre sculpture park. Michael's stainless steel sculpture "Solitude" is the first sculpture in the public park and serves as an entryway piece.

The Purple People Bridge
Cincinnati, Ohio

The Purple People Bridge, a restored historic walking bridge spanning the Ohio River and connecting Cincinnati, Ohio with Newport, Kentucky was the venue for the 2008 Inaugural River Span Sculpture show and sale. Michael Baker was among the 83 nationally recognized sculptors exhibiting at River Span.

This exciting new event successfully connected the sculptors with the commercial, corporate and residential art buyers, and collectors in the Midwest region and proved to be a terrific new event.

Look for Michael in the 2009 show at riverspansculpture.org

Pieces of the Puzzle
Botkins Community Park
Botkins, Ohio

Michael Baker has exhibited in the Botkins Sculpture Show for the past two years. Botkins is a very small Ohio town with very big ambitions. Their group set out to put together a great sculpture show, attract nationally known sculptors to the show, and promote sales of their sculpture. This festive event took place in July in the Botkins Community Park under a huge festival tent complete with well attended opening receptions.

As a result of the first year show, Michael was commissioned by a private collector to create the first sculpture for the park. "Pieces of the Puzzle" is a 7 foot stainless steel sculpture standing on a three foot black granite pedestal. There was a successful community turn out for the dedication including city officials, residents and media.

Sentinel #2
Pocket Park
Salisbury, North Carolina

The historic city of Salisbury, North Carolina, Michael Baker's hometown, had the idea of introducing contemporary sculpture to its public art collection by leasing a sculpture from Michael. "Sentinel #2" was installed in a new pocket park in the city's entertainment district. After the temporary lease expired, Michael returned the stainless steel sculpture to his gallery. The exciting result is the popular sculpture has been purchased by a private citizen to be donated to the city and returned to the park location.