Ernie has loved art and music since childhood,
when his parents were very encouraging and supportive of his
artistic inclinations. As a result, Ernie went to study at
the Art Student's League in New York when he was 22 years
old. He studied with Robert Beverly Hale and David Leffel
who were both great influences, and Ernie began his career
as a painter shortly thereafter. He lived in London and Paris,
and then on to India for several years before settling in
Santa Fe, New Mexico for 17 years. Now he lives in Carmel,
California, where he is represented by Jones-Terwilliger Galleries
and his studio looks out toward the Pacific Ocean.Ernie has
won awards at the Oil Painters of America and Salon International
shows, and has been featured in The
Artist's Magazine. He makes each frame for his
paintings, using a technique called sgraffito. He collects
antique pottery and vases that are used in his still-life
paintings, and combines the objects with fruit, flowers, and
rich carpets. Sometimes Ernie has to go back to the market
for more fruit... he once joked that, "The grapes were
so beautiful, I had to eat them" but then said seriously,
"Sometimes they're so beautiful I have to paint them."
Inspired by the beauty of nature, Ernie enjoys traveling and
painting landscapes on location. His appreciation of nature
shows in his landscape, portrait, and still-life paintings
where his attention to detail and intuition are mirrored on
canvass. He says, "The painting is a reflection of the
artist's vision regardless of subject matter. I love to paint—to
demonstrate the abstract qualities and shapes that make up
reality."
Ernie also plays the sitar, and can sometimes be found at
Kalisa's on Cannery Row in Monterey playing for the belly
dancers on Friday nights.
Ernie's paintings are in collections around the world. Anyone
fortunate to have one of his masterpieces is lucky indeed,
as they are wonderful to behold.
Other Ernest Baber Sites and Links::
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Art
www.jones-terwilliger-galleries.com
www.whitealbumlive.com
www.leeyoungmangalleries.com
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