David Barnett

"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett

1966

"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus" is an original mixed-media painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The giant flower of the titled is a vibrant pink circle in the center,...

"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake, WI" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The piece is an abstract representation of the ...

In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. This example takes on the appearance of a flower, while the ...

"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right and used iridescent acrylic, water...

"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist used ink, watercolor, iridescent oil pastels, and a collaged image of a dr...

"Rabbit disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip" is an original photograph embellished with ink and watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower center. This piece is u...

"My life as a painter began in the late 1950s when abstraction was “The only game in town”. I followed and progressed through gesture, organic and finally, geometric non-objective painting. The radical move for me was to discover that the real world of landscape lurked behind all that past work. My childhood in the mountains of Pennsylvania pervaded my “way of seeing” and I wanted to investigate and celebrate the infinite variety of tone, color and composition that I found around me. Sky, the structure of trees, mist and water appeared to fill a hunger to look again and again. There was mystery and danger lurking behind the beauty, and my aim was to try to avoid the cliché and explore the infinite structure of the visual landscape. Now I use my camera as a sketchbook and search for images that seem to offer odd structure and “mystery”. I shoot multiple points of view, cull, crop, and mostly discard. The surviving photographs become the catalyst for the paintings and the process is always a mediation between memory and the small image pinned to my easel...

"My life as a painter began in the late 1950s when abstraction was “The only game in town”. I followed and progressed through gesture, organic and finally, geometric non-objective painting. The radical move for me was to discover that the real world of landscape lurked behind all that past work. My childhood in the mountains of Pennsylvania pervaded my “way of seeing” and I wanted to investigate and celebrate the infinite variety of tone, color and composition that I found around me. Sky, the structure of trees, mist and water appeared to fill a hunger to look again and again. There was mystery and danger lurking behind the beauty, and my aim was to try to avoid the cliché and explore the infinite structure of the visual landscape. Now I use my camera as a sketchbook and search for images that seem to offer odd structure and “mystery”. I shoot multiple points of view, cull, crop, and mostly discard. The surviving photographs become the catalyst for the paintings and the process is always a mediation between memory and the small image pinned to my easel...

"My life as a painter began in the late 1950s when abstraction was “The only game in town”. I followed and progressed through gesture, organic and finally, geometric non-objective pa...

Hereldic Symbols 1-10 Andreev’s paintings and installations draw the viewer into post-revolutionary landscapes containing unidentified flying objects su...

Highly detailed patterned abstract composition by Patricia "Patti" Omori Shepp (American, b. 1954). This piece has a repeating pattern across the width, reflected on itself. Texture ...

Mark di Suvero Yayoi's Guitar, 1980 Ink wash drawing Signed and titled in red ink on the front Frame included Unique 1980 drawing by sculptor Mark di Suvero. Measurements: Frame: 23...