I am an artist based in the UK with a love for people, art, and motorcycles. For the last few years, pre Covid-19, the majority of my artwork was for private commissions. Now I am concentrating on creating a new body of work and writing along the way……

Born and bred in the “Black Country”, I come across many colourful characters. For those of you unfamiliar with this part of the UK the term Black Country originates from the Victorian era, where the Midlands was the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Here buildings were blackened from the soot generated from the many furnaces and home fires, fuelled by coal from the array of coal mining pits that populated the area back in the day, hence the term Black Country. The soot has long gone, but our industrial heritage remains.

One of my greatest passions is motorbikes, they have been such a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember, riding, working in the industry and now building specials, so it seems only natural they should influence my artwork along the way. 

Derek Baker
Artist