The artist had a sending-in address of Claughton, Lancashire in 1897 until this was changed to St Ives, Cornwall in 1904. Tovey mentions Charles Baxter being from Liverpool, who was involved with the St Ives colony from 1901 to 1905. He exhibited on Show Day in 1901, when he was also listed in the Census of that year living in The Terrace.  He also exhibited in the 1904 Show Day. From 1907 he had moved on to Winchelsea, Sussex.