David Barnett

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit, " by David Barnett

2003

"Up North - Campfire Logger Spirit" is an original mixed media piece on a piece of birch bark, signed along the lower left edge. The artist only collects birch bark that he finds on ...

"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake" is an original oil pencil on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The pieces of bark often suggest to him what the ...

"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between Heaven and Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed on the lower left center. It incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, rubber stamps, collage, and oil pencil. This piece depicts a surrealist landscape. A cow with an cowl perched on its back stands in the lower left corner, and tracks lead away from it across the bottom of the picture. A small turtle approaches a pond in the lower right. In the center register of the image, two leaves have been collaged into an abstractly-drawn forest. The eagle of the title is shown in several stages of its flight through the blue and yellow sky. Art size: 7 15/16" x 9 1/2" Frame size: 15 1/4" x 16 1/8" David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin. Exhibits “Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996 “Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003 “Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003, Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004 “Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004 "Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong. Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...

"Up North Series: Enter My Tee-pee Tatooa" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. It is watercolor on birch bark. The artist only collects birch ...

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake" is an original watercolor and ink painting on birch bark by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist only collects birch bark th...

"Birch Bear" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed along the lower edge. The artist collects shed birch bark that he finds in the forest surrounding his home. The...

HOWARD MEHRING Study for Spring Sweep, 1964 Oil, oil stick, charcoal, gouache painting on paper Hand signed, dated and annotated with the names of the colors in graphite pencil on the front Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a museum quality dark blue wood frame with UV plexiglass This 1964 hard edge painting on paper...

This piece is part of an intimate journal series the artist has made over the years in which she has registered dreams, thoughts, feelings, desires, and emotions. It's about her inte...

This piece is part of an intimate journal series the artist has made over the years in which she has registered dreams, thoughts, feelings, desires, and emotions. It's about her inte...

This piece is part of an intimate journal series the artist has made over the years in which she has registered dreams, thoughts, feelings, desires, and emotions. It's about her inte...

This piece is part of an intimate journal series the artist has made over the years in which she has registered dreams, thoughts, feelings, desires, and emotions. It's about her inte...

Berlin wanted to pay tribute to the great American President George Washington. This piece reflects the colourful glory of Washington refusing to become King of his country and estab...