[3] Lawson Baker then went on to practise at the 31 Wilton Place Practice where he became senior partner, continuing as a leading Dental Surgeon for a further 40 years, specialising in high quality restorative dentistry.
Baker met Eric Gibbard at the Burleighfield Foundry who had worked for the Tate Gallery, Elisabeth Frink, Philip Jackson, and Oscar Nemon as well as casting every Barbara Hepworth bronze after 1952 (initially at Morris Singer and later at Burghleighfield).
[3][4] Eric became Baker's friend and mentor and took him to Paris to meet Charles Pinellis at the famous Susse-Fondeur[5][circular reference] foundry in Arcueil.
Baker soon produced many bronze sculptures in the UK and France and was selling to private collectors, corporate clients and governments.
[3] Baker also created the sculpture unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II with President Mitterrand at the opening of the Channel Tunnel in May 1994.
[3] Since 2007, Baker started exploring the world of high resolution photography as a fine art form producing a distinct style of work notably of Venice, Buenos Aires and London.
He brought 27 well-known national and international street artists to Chichester to paint walls of businesses who chose to participate.