Armidale – JaMeS BaKeR

could do better..

July 24, 2023July 23, 2023 by James Baker

There was only one thing I was halfway good at.. and at 15 I started to wonder if I actually could DRAW for a living..

Return of the Peregrinati

July 2, 2023March 6, 2023 by James Baker

Any hometown is a memory palace, and moving through it unlocks feelings from long ago.

The Larrikin

February 22, 2023November 23, 2021 by James Baker

Children fit a whole lot of living into a year, or even an afternoon. This is the case with dogs too, who famously live seven years to our one.

TWISTED SISTER

February 21, 2023August 9, 2020 by James Baker

My 4th grade teacher’s personality shifted from angelic to diabolical quicker than a twist of her rosary beads.

Father Footy

February 21, 2023June 1, 2017 by James Baker

FWEET! – my first ever rugby game was underway, and I had absolutely no idea what I was supposed to do.

the inbetweener

October 13, 2022November 5, 2015 by James Baker

I started working at Hanna-Barbera when I was 17 years old. It was a time of personal triumph, but also profound heartbreak.

Teenage Camelot

October 12, 2022February 22, 2015 by James Baker

One drug-addled evening, the teen wise-men had the epiphany that a solution to their cashflow problems was to steal a sheep.

Space FLiK

February 27, 2023December 5, 2014 by James Baker

Recently, I found a cardboard box containing the artwork, and super-8 film spool of a movie I made in high school. A celluloid masterpiece called SPACE FLiK.

On Drawing

July 24, 2023March 17, 2014 by James Baker

The ability to draw, to capture a personal slice of the world, or a quirky phantasm of the mind, is the particular area of human achievement that intrigues me.