
From Joy To Joy To Joy
2023
From Joy To Joy To Joy presents an exuberant and materially rich surface that immediately announces Teresa Baker's distinctive fusion of Indigenous craft traditions with contemporary painting practice. Completed in 2023, the work layers acrylic paint, yarn, buckskin, and willow across a ground of artificial turf, creating a tactile field that resists easy categorization between painting, textile, and sculptural relief. The title's insistent repetition signals something devotional in character, as though joy is not a single arrival but a continuous, accumulating state, and this feeling carries through in the work's generous scale and layered abundance. Baker, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, draws on Blackfoot visual and material culture with a fluency that transforms traditional forms into a language fully her own. The choice of buckskin and willow alongside synthetic turf is deliberate and pointed, pairing materials rooted in Indigenous lifeways with the industrially produced, creating a productive tension that speaks to questions of land, belonging, and resilience. Rather than framing these intersections as contradiction, Baker treats them as coexistence, the work holding its various registers with confidence and warmth. At 241.3 by 176.5 centimetres, From Joy To Joy To Joy commands a significant presence in any collection. The work is signed and offered through de boer without a frame, allowing collectors to consider presentation on its own terms. For those seeking work that is formally ambitious, culturally grounded, and deeply felt, this piece represents Baker at a compelling moment in her practice.
- Medium
- Acrylic, yarn, buckskin and willow on artificial turf
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- de boer, Los Angeles, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · de boerView on map
More by Teresa Baker



Start the Discussion
Request access to join the discussion