Spiritual Journey

A descendant of Orkney Islanders and the earlier Inuit of Hamilton
Inlet, she grew up on the land and on the water with people of a unique
culture who survived and thrived on fish and fur. She has a unique
understanding of the people and their place and this is reflected in
her photography. But she has roots too on the Great Northern Peninsula
of the Island, which gives her an unmatchable appreciation for both
parts of our Province.

Senator Bill Rompkey
for Labrador, Canada


Digital imaging and dye sublimation allow Baikie to drape a spiritual,
almost ethereal, haze over the photographs she manipulates.
Modern processes combine with the historical quality of her images to
create, paradoxically, a revealing documentary of the development of
the province and its impending changes. In attempting to
represent the past Baikie is:
"Searching for something, even if it's trying to be closer to God in some way."

Baikie continues to sharpen her artistic eye in the colourful
surroundings of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. She is the
owner of MRB Photo Communications.

Gail Tuttle
Curator for
Merchant, Mariners and the Northern Sea Exhibition - 1999
Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador