David Barnett Art
American, b. 1933
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 19 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 and 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, Miró, 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 for 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.
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Artist: David Barnett
"Land, Sea, & Sky II, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea, & Sky II" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract work is divided into three strata. The lowest represents the sea, re...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"It's a Gusher II, " Original Color Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"It's a Gusher II" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower center within the red stripe. It depicts an oil rig exploding with black oil and color, mimicking ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Synthetic Solar Silhouette, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Synthetic Solar Silhouette" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The image is composed of black and gold; silhouettes of leaves s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Surround Cows, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Surround Cows" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece features a Wisconsin license plate surrounded...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to Vermeer and the Girl with the Pearl Earring, " signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Vermeer and Girl with the Pearl Earring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. It contains elements of collage, watercolor, and pink. The Eiffel Tower forms t...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Coyotes Disguised as Christmas Cactus Tree, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Coyotes Disguised as Christmas Cactus Tree" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower center. Solid blocks of pastel red ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Dashboard Sky Dragon, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dashboard Sky Dragon" is an original photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The photo was taken during a commute when the artist was struck...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
"Purple Mountain with Boomerang, " Original Mixed Media on Paper by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Purple Mountain with Boomerang" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. This tiny painting features a mounta...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Giclée
"Morph Dog Ranch Retreat, " Original Earth-toned Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Range Retreat" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting features dark earth tones and washes of brown and dark blue. The titular...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Garden Celebration II, " Watercolor on Handmade Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Celebration II" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, including watercolor on paper that was hand-made by the artist. The artist has embedded various objects int...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Homage - Happy 100th Birthday to Schomer Lichtner, " signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage - Happy 100th Birthday to Schomer Lichtner" is an original mixed media painting that incorporates collage, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic by David Barnett. It is signed a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Birch Bark Medicine Pouch, " Original Mixed Media Work signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Birch Bark Medicine Pouch" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist worked directly on found birch bark, then mounted it to archival ...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Birch, Mixed Media
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote, " Original Floral Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote" is an original watercolor painted by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstracted desert landscape is rendered in strata of pure bright ...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Amaryllis, " Original Photography Giclee Print signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Amaryllis" is an original fine art photography giclee print by David Barnett, signed and numbered beneath the image on the right and left, respectively. It is a still-life of a flow...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Giclée
"Up North Series: Dreaming of Minoqua and Eagle River, " by David & Sarah Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up north Series: Dreaming of Minocqua and Eagle River" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter Sarah. It is signed in the lower right. The piece includes ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Linen, Ink, Watercolor
"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'In the Forest, ' Woodcut, " David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'In the Forest' (reversed) woodcut from Klänge Series" is an original mixed media piece b...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'Rider & Child' Woodcut, " David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 'Rider & Child' woodcut from Klänge Series" is an original mixed media piece by David Bar...
Category
2010s David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Line Study #2, " Original Abstract Etching signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Line Study #2" is an original limited edition etching by David Barnett signed in the lower right corner. The title and edition number are in the lower left...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Etching
"Space Odyssey, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Space Odyssey" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks and brushstrokes in blue, purple, gray, yellow,...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Turtle, " Original Surreal Pen and Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Turtles" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This surreal image centers around a turtle with an enlarged head standing on some sort of ledge, spe...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"Homage to Picasso: Letter and Postage Stamp from Nice, France" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Picasso: Letter and Postage Stamp from Nice, France: Large Variation I" is an original mixed media piece on watercolor paper by David Barnett. This work features blow-up i...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Homage to Marc Chagall: The Anemones M730, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Marc Chagall: The Anemones, M730" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. A large vase of flowers dominates the image from ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Impessions of Autumn at Whipperwill Inn, Star Lake, WI" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Autumn at Whipperwill Inn, Star Lake, WI" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The abstract image features a vivid red and ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-16-2016, " Original Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise, 9-6-2016" is an original fine art photograph by David Barnett, printed with archival ink jet ink and signed in the lower right. It d...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
"Triple Studio Golden African Violets, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Triple Studio Golden African Violets" is an original watercolor and iridescent acrylic painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. Three pots of colorful...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Acrylic, Paper
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The fruits pictured are abstracted to their most basic forms. They are ...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"Reindeer, " Original Abstract Surreal Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Reindeer" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It features a minimalist winter landscape, mountains and a setting sun in the far distance....
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Artist's Mask with Fireworks, " Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Artist's Mask with Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. It features bright colors and repeating shapes in ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Steinhafel's Warhouse Series: Silent Steel Forest, " Photograph by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Steinhafel's Warhouse Series: Silent Steel Forest" is an original photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This photo was taken of the new Steinhafel's building in Wa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Orbit, " Abstract Watercolor & Tempera Painting signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbit" is an original watercolor and tempera painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features abstract and expressionist marks in gray, black...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
"Orbiting the Earth, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbiting the Earth" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This abstract piece is almost abstract expressionist in style with free...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dogs Celebrate Chinese New Year, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dogs Celebrate Chinese New Year" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstract image is ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to March Chagall: Artist's Palette Bouqet, " Print by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to March Chagall - Artist's Palette Bouquet" is a giclee print after David Barnett's original mixed media piece from 2008. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
"Self Portrait: Homage to Magritte - Tulip Top Headdress, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait: Homage to Magritte - Tulip Top Headdress" is a fine art photography printed giclee from 35mm film by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right, and it is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
"Oboe, " Original Watercolor & Mixed Media on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 original Woodcut from the Klange Series: Oboe" is an original mixed media and watercolor painting on paper by David Bare...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Purple Mountain Majesty, " Watercolor and Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Purple Mountain Majesty" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. This tiny painting features a mountain, pur...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Desert Mountain Souvenir Paper Clip Cactus, " Watercolor & Ink by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Desert Mountain Souvenir Paper Clip Cactus" is an original watercolor and ink drawing on hotel stationary by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The image features an abstracte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Hot Irons & Chili Peppers" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hot Irons & Chili Peppers" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The composition flows from right to left, following the purple-grey curve behind th...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Spring, " Original Abstract Landscape Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Spring" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract painting features stripes of pastel blue, red, brow...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Sunrise II, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise II" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. It depicts a sunset over a body of water in the ab...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains, c. 1850, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiowa Native America...
Category
1990s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries," is an original surrealist ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in upper right. In the work, a lobster transforms into a stalk of bamboo in three stages...
Category
1960s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"Landscape with Glasses, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Glasses" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece is gestural and abstract, featuring free mark-making with the brus...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in purples and blues to represent L...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Frozen Faces Series: Do You Be-leaf it?" Original Photograph by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frozen Faces Series: Do You Be-leaf It?" is an original fine art photograph, taken with 35mm film and printed on watercolor paper in archival materials by David Barnett, signed in t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Morph Dogs & Pink Chick, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dogs & Pink Chick" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is an abstract piece, painted partially using a sculptural foam ob...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Meets Sand Crab- Tete-a-Tete, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Meets Sand Crab-Tête-à-Tête" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This minimalist, abstract image features a dog and crab...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to Cezanne: Landscape with Shooting Star, " Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Cezanne: Landscape with Shooting Star" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image is...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Silent Steel Forest, " Unique Trial Proof Photograph signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series: Silent Steel Forest" is an original photograph by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This photo was taken of the new Steinhafel's building in W...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Inkjet
"Cartoon for Stained Glass, " Original Framed Felt Pen signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cartoon for Stained Glass" is an original drawing in felt-tipped pen on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
"Surrealist Sea, " Original Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Sea" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This work is a burst of colors with soft blac...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Southwester Clouds and Sky I, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"World War II Watercolor Series: Southwestern Clouds and Sky I" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The piece is an abstract representatio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"What, Water, Color, Sky, " Surreal Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale, Water, Color, Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This surreal, abstract work is composed of expressive brush strok...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Spring Green Reflection, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Reflection" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract piece recalls a water...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Oriental Sunrise in the Mountains" & "Shooting Star" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Oriental Sunrise in the Mountains" and "Shooting Star" are two original watercolor paintings on opposite sides of a 300 lb piece of watercolor paper, created by David Barnett. In ad...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Indian Pow-Wow, " Original Tempera Painting signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Indian Pow-Wow" is an original painting in tempera, signed in the lower right. It features gestural blue outlines, decorated in shades of yellow, blue, and green.
Art size: 24" x 1...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Tempera
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series, Silent Steel Forest, " Photo by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Steinhafel's Warehouse Series, Silent Steel Forest" is an original fine art photography print from 35mm film by David Barnett. It depicts the interior of a warehouse of a furniture ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Color
"Up North Reflections, " Original Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Reflections" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. elements such as the "UP NORTH" Wisconsin license plate and the line of cow...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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