David Barnes
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“The precarious or uncertain nature of our lives is the subject of my work. This theme is mirrored in the construction of the artwork. Mine are relatively thin paintings with little underpainting and an economy of actual brush marks. The intent and cumulative effect, when viewed from a distance, is one of a solid image with weight, light, and three dimensions. On closer inspection, the few essential brush strokes, made with restraint and speed, produce an image that appears to hover, either contracting into solidity or exploding apart.
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The significance of the imagery is intentionally open-ended. I direct the viewer’s gaze towards the periphery, the ignored, and the after-the-act. Deitrus, rubble, a hole in the ground and glimpses of industrial architecture depict liminal spaces that subtly evoke violent change. The individual objects within the paintings, a puddle, a mailbox, a plane overhead-bring the viewer to the threshold of banality or collective anxiety.
My objective is to point to life’s precarity, it’s transient nature and its beauty.”
David was awarded the MacColl Johnson Fellowship for this year. Providence Journal article
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Terrain Vague | Spellbind | House Guests 2019/ 2020 | American Landscape | La Famiglia | Divided Mind | View from Plato's Man Cave | Wanderlust | Primal Tide | Inaugural
Arrangement in Grey and Black, 24" x 24", oil on canvas
Let Me Know Your Thoughts David, oil on canvas
Metro, 10" x 8", oil on panel
2 feet, 2 Bottles, 48" x 48", oil on canvas
Bikes and Bottle, 9" x 12", oil on canvas
Crutches, 8" x 10", oil on canvas
Man Waving, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Roman, 9" x 12", oil on board
Brasilia, 12" x 12", oil on board
Capri, 12" x 12", oil on board
Cocktail, 8" x 10", oil on aluminum
Terrain Vague, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Drain, 12" x 9", oil on canvas
Form in the Desert, 12" x 12", oil on board
Greek Games, 48" x 48", oil on aluminum
Large Grey Site, 36" x 36", oil on canvas
Lupatini's Quarry, 12" x 12", oil on board
Mediterranean, 9" x 12", oil on board
Model City, 16" x 12", oil on canvas
Nomad, 9" x 12", oil on board
Paul Rudolf House, 9" x 12", oil on panel
Pools By The Sea, 9" x 12", oil on panel
Stadium, 9" x 9", oil on panel
Surfer, 12" x 9", oil on board
The Nude Bowl, 48" x 48", oil on canvas
Model City, 16" x 20", oil on canvas
The Street, 16" x 20", oil on aluminum
Tiber River Flood, 16" x 16", oil on aluminum
Tires, 36" x 48", oil on canvas
Two Domes, 9" x 12", oil on board, Niemeyer inspired
Venice Beach, 12" x 9", oil on canvas
Where Are You Going, 36" x 36", oil on canvas
Moped, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
New Hampshire, 48"x60", oil on canvas
Once Upon A Time In The West, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Roman Skater, 8" x 10", oil on canvas
Untitled
Skate Park Forms
From the Land of Thrown Stones, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Help, 20" x 24", oil on canvas
Ode to a Broken Elbow, 20" x 24", oil on canvas
The Green Pole, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Grey Site, 12" x 12", oil on panel
Park at Night, 24" x 24", oil on canvas
Signs of Intelligent Life, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Site 1, 20" x 16", oil on canvas
Street Art, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Study for Promise Land, 20" x 24", oil on canvas
Warning, 20" x 24", oil on canvas
Within The Shadow of a Piece of Dirt, 40" x 30", oil on canvas
Bloc, 24" x 24", oil on canvas
The Walls, 16" x 20", oil on canvas
Airport 15, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
Investigation, 48" x 60", oil on canvas
Ma Chi Qui E, 10" x 10" oil on panel
Rooftops of Syria I, 16" x 20", oil on canvas
Boots, 30" x 40", oil on canvas
One Leg Walking, 30" x 40, oil on canvas