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.
Surreal Collage: 'Watching'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
Mixed Media
Surreal Collage: 'The Witness'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
Mixed Media
"The Blue Whale, " Original Mixed Media on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Blue Whale" is an original mixed media artwork on canvas by David Barnett. The artist used ink, aquacryl, and iridescent acrylic and signed/dated the piece lower right. It depic...
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Surreal Collage: 'Willful Blindness'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media collage: found objects, watercolor, pastel, and printed matter on masonite. Framed in plexiglass box frame. Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanica...
Pastel, Found Objects, Watercolor
$2,400
"Star Lake Autumn, " Multicolored Watercolor Landscape signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Autumn" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. It depicts the view of a lake through some trees. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. 6" x 4"...
Watercolor
$2,450
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles, " Purple Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles" is an original purple ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed the artwork along the lower part of the drawing ...
Ink
$3,050
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn" is an original watercolor painting on antique Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image is an abstract r...
Watercolor
Surreal Collage: 'Mechanical Garden'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Combining found elements with those fashioned by my own hand, my work encompasses two- and three-dimensional collage as well as sculptural objects. Infused with a rich sense of histo...
Mixed Media
$12,800
"Grand Finale: Statue of Liberty" an Pastel & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin artist David Barnett's mixed media "Grand Finale: Statue of Liberty" is a mixed media (oil pastel and watercolor) depicting the Fourth of July. Fireworks, the Statue of Liberty, and the American flag are all shown. It is signed lower right. David's love of fireworks which he views as environmental art...
Mixed Media
"Homage to Van Gogh III, " a Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Van Gogh III" is an original watercolor painting on 100% rag amate paper signed by the artist David Barnett. It depicts a vase of flowers that was sent to the artist for a...
Watercolor
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath: At the Farm
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with UF5 plexiglass which filters out 99% of harmful UV rays Signed and titled in pen along lower edge
Acrylic, Watercolor
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath: The Walking Stick
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with UF5 Plexiglass which inhibits fading by filtering out 99% of UV rays Signed in pen LRC
Watercolor
$1,215
"Oasis in Iridescent Forest, " Miniature Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Oasis in Iridescent Forest" is an original miniature watercolor by David Barnett, signed on the center bottom edge. The work is painted in iridescent watercolor and renders a forest...
Paper, Watercolor
$40,600
"Room Interior" abstract cubist cubism dark colorful pop mellow 60's signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Room Interior" is an original acrylic painting on masonite by David Barnett. The artist used bright, non-mimetic colors to create an abstracted interior scene. Artist signed piece o...
Masonite, Acrylic
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner: Vase of Flowers
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with archival, museum-quality materials, including Museum Glass, which filters out 99% of UV rays and 90% or reflective glare.
Watercolor, Giclée
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath: Chinese Tea Pot by Ruth Grotenrath
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with archival, museum-quality materials, including Museum Glass, which filters out 99% of UV rays and 90% of reflective glare, promoting the longevity of the artwork.
Ink, Watercolor, Giclée
Galapagos Islands
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with UF5 Plexiglass which inhibits fading by filtering out 99% of UV rays Created by the artist during his trip to the Galapagos Islands. Signed and dated in pen LRC.
Watercolor
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath: Irises
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in pen lower right corner "David Barnett" Titled in pen lower left corner "Irises Homage to Ruth Grotenrath" Framed using archival museum-quality materials, including UF5 Ple...
Acrylic, Watercolor, Black and White
Flowers Close Up
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed Dimensions: 11.75 x 23.13 in Framed with UF5 plexiglass which filters out 99% of harmful UV rays Signed along the lower right edge "David Barnett"
Watercolor
$2,430
"Abstract Landscape, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract Landscape" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is a playful piece, characterized by lines and splotches of color, high...
Watercolor
Homage to Alphacolor Pastels
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
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 ...
Ink, Oil Crayon
Homage to Ruth Grotenrath: Flowers with Glass Vase
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in pen LRC "David Barnett" Framed with UF5 Plexiglass which filters out 99% of harmful UV rays
Watercolor, Ink, Rag Paper
$2,395
Famous Artist Series: Homage to Man Ray - "Electro Magie, Electro Image" (Small)
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed dimensions: 19.25 x 17.13 Framed with UF5 Plexiglass which protects the artwork by filtering out 99% of harmful UV rays
Watercolor, Mixed Media
"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...
Tempera, Watercolor
"Waterfall in the Forest, " Original Abstract Landscape signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Waterfall in the Forest" is an original acrylic painting on masonite by David Barnett, signed on the verso. The work breaks down the image of the title to its most basic colors and ...
Masonite, Acrylic
$2,900
"Garden Celebration I, " Watercolor on Handmade Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Celebration I" 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 into...
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$7,830
"Gehl Dairy Farm, " Original Mixed Media Surrealist signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Arizona Sunrise
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed dimensions: 15.69 x 19.88 inches Signed to lower right
Watercolor
$3,240
"Lake Michigan Shore, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The image is abstract, horizon suggested by the thick blue line near the top of...
Watercolor
$5,500
Chopin Music Abstract Expressionist Landscape Piano Homage Contemporary Signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Chopin-Nocturnes The Pleasure of Polish Potatoes - Sunset with Potato Clouds in the Western Sky" is an original watercolor painting with collage elements by David Barnett,...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
'On The Beach Sanibel Island' Original Watercolor Signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'On The Beach Sanibel Island' original watercolor signed and dated by David Barnett David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has bee...
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
"Sand, Sea & Sky, " Original Watercolor Seascape signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sand, Sea & Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece features a waterscape in teal with brown sand bars and a deep blue sky...
Watercolor
$2,975
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Homage to Michelangelo Birch Bark Body" D. Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Homage to Michelangelo Birch Bark Body" is an original watercolor on birch bark by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right on the backing b...
Found Objects, Watercolor
$2,250
"Valentine's Day with Bleeding Hearts: Feb. 2015 Variation, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Valentine's Day with Bleeding Hearts: Feb. 2015 Variation" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left and used ink, watercolor, and ir...
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
$3,190
Famous Artist Series: Homage to Man Ray - "Electro Magie, Electro Image" (Large)
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed dimensions: 25.38 x 19.13 in Framed with UF5 Plexiglass which protects the artwork by filtering out 99% of harmful UV rays
Watercolor, Mixed Media
$2,000
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Beaver Lake, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"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, Ink, Watercolor
$7,850
'Celebrate Life: L' Chaim' Festive Original Mixed Media Artwork by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Celebrate Life: L'Chaim" is a multicolored abstract mixed media piece by Wisconsin artist David Barnett. The Hebrew word "L' Chaim" translates to "to life" and is used as a toast to...
Mixed Media
"Dream Window, " Original Abstract Color-field Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dream Window" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The picture plane is divided into four sections like a window pane, and each sec...
Watercolor
$1,215
"Impressions of Mexico City: Three Doors, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City: Three Doors" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. Bright colors capture the experience of walking through Mexi...
Ink, Watercolor
"Florida Gulf Coast-Sanibel Island Sunset, " Original Watercolor
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Florida Gulf Coast - Sanibel Island Sunset" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. With impressionistic...
Watercolor
$7,300
"Morph Dog Series: Dark Clouds Over Chenequa, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Dark Clouds Over Chenequa" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett, incorporating ink, oil pastel, and iridescent acrylic. ...
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,800
"Spring Green Variation III, " Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Variation III" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. This piece depicts a landscape in bright colors. ...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$2,900
"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...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Escape to Mexico City, " Watercolor and Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Escape to Mexico City" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece features stamps of cows, footprints, and the st...
Ink, Watercolor
"Hibiscus Surrounded by the Sun" iridescent acrylics and signed by artist
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
8" x 10" art 18.25" x 20.5" frame 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 deal...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$3,250
"Surrealist Texas Oil Rig, " Original Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Texas Oil Rig" is an original, double-sided watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. It is framed with a w...
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
$1,690
"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Miro: Jwa Practicing Yoga Disguised as a Bird" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece features abstract black lines painted in Chinese ink, embellished with vibrant watercolor in blue...
Ink, Watercolor
$4,860
"Underwater Series: Coral Reef, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Underwater Series: Coral Reef" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor and acrylic on rag museum foam board, signed in the lower right. This ...
Acrylic, Watercolor, Foam Board, Rag Paper
$6,500
"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth, " David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Native American Southwest Series: Purple Rain Love the Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
$1,690
"Caribbean Cruise Pool, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Carribean Cruise Pool" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is abstract and brightly colored, featuring deep blues, b...
Watercolor
$1,890
"Beaver Lake Reflections, " Original Framed Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Reflections" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting is an abstract representation of the lake on which the...
Watercolor
"Gothic Window, " Acrylic on Masonite signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gothic Window" is an original acrylic painting on masonite board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece on the back. This painting depicts a geometric and abstracted renderin...
Masonite, Acrylic
"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
Watercolor, Rice Paper
$2,300
"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...
Watercolor
"Tool Relief II, " Original Stoneware Cylinder Vase signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tool Relief II" is an original sculptural stonework vase by David Barnett. It is signed and dated on the bottom. 13" H x 3.50 D David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and ...
Stoneware
"After Rene Magritte with Lips, " Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"After Rene Magritte With Lips" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed, titled, and dated the piece in the lower right. This artwork depicts a ...
Ink, Watercolor
"Tool Relief III, " Original Conceptual Stoneware Sculpture by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tool Relief III" is an original conceptual sculpture by David Barnett, signed and dated on the bottom. Made of stoneware and ceramic, the cylinder contains imprints of various tools...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Mixed Media
"Bird, " Original Early Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bird" is an original pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The entire work is about the size of a postage stamp and includes an abstract representation of a...
Color Pencil
$980
"Iridescent Hybrid Rose, " Original Watercolor & Acrylic signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iridescent Hybrid Rose" is an original acrylic and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The rose of the title is a vibrant red, perched atop a stem that g...
Acrylic, Watercolor
$3,000
"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park, " Original Aquacryl on silk by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Funny Flip Face Amusement Park" is an original painting in aquaryl on silk, which is mounted on an acid free foam board. It is signed in the lower left. Thi...
Silk, Other Medium