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.
$1,890
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right color. An abstract image, it features horizontal streaks of vivid col...
Watercolor
$6,075
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstract, Cezanne-inspired landscape ...
Watercolor
"Constellations, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellations" is an original watercolor painting on textured paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is an abstract piece characterized by minimally-applied l...
Watercolor
"Footloose in Carefree, AZ, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Footloose in Carefree, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower left corner. David Barnett has done several pieces centered ...
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
"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
$6,500
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Chagall - Sunrise Sunset, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Chagall - Sunrise Sunset" is an original mixed media piece that incorporates collage and oil pastel on museum board ...
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Indian Pow-Wow Variation, Mixed Media Ink & Watercolor, Signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed with archival materials including Museum Glass. Signed by the artist lower right corner.
Ink, 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
$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
$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
"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,...
Watercolor
$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
"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
$6,500
"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...
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
$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
"Sunset over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ, " Original Watercolor
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunset Over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is a desert landscape, dotted with red flowers ...
Watercolor
$1,050
"Tool Relief I, " Original Stoneware & Ceramic Vase signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tool Relief I" is an original stoneware and ceramic vase by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece on the bottom. 12" x 2 7/8" diameter David Barnett, an artist, co...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$2,200
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Running Water Buffalo Spirit" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lo...
Birch, Oil Crayon, Watercolor
$6,480
"Impressions of Mexico City: Chicklets, Anyone?" Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City Series: Chicklets, Anyone?" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. It features bright colors and surreal ju...
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
"The Fence, Private Keep Out, " Original Linocut on Yellow Paper
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Fence, Private Keep Out" is an original linocut print on yellow paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right, wrote the title lower center, and wrote the edit...
Linocut
$3,000
"Southwest Ruins, " Original Watercolor and Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Southwest" ruins is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artwork in the lower right. It depicts a beautifully colorful barren lan...
Ink, Watercolor
'Orange + Blue Complimentary Rabbits Having a Field Day' Signed by Artist
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Homage to Schomer Lichtner: Orange + Blue Complimentary Rabbits Having a Field Day Art: 6" x 8" Frame: 16" x 19" Signed and dated lower left Mixed media, ink, irridescent acrylic, a...
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
$2,430
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Tree Spirit Chief" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. U...
Birch, Ink, Watercolor
$15,225
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI" is a mixed media piece signed and dated lower right by David Barnett. It depicts multiple perspectives on a scene in Wisconsin. 31 1/2" x ...
Mixed Media
"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
$4,860
"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...
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
$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
$7,830
"Spacial Balance Series, " Original Watercolor & Pencil Works by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spacial Balance" is a series of four works by David Barnett in watercolor and pencil, all signed "David Barnett '68." Each is a different experiment in line, color, and balance. Sp...
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$1,300
"Pink Poppy at the Front Door, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pink Poppy at the Front Door" is an original pastel drawing by David Barnett, signed along the lower left edge. The image features a single pink poppy in a patch of grass. Art size...
Pastel
$1,290
"Grand Display, " Original Abstract Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Grand Display" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece is composed of minimal brushstrokes in green, yellow, blue, and red, ...
Paper, Watercolor
Surreal Collage: 'The Definition of Insanity'
By David Barnett
Located in New York, NY
Barnett, a surrealist artist incorporates discarded mechanical objects and gadgets into his artwork. His work is characterized by its unique and eclectic mix of materials, which rang...
Watercolor, Color Pencil, Graphite
$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
"Floating Ginko Forest with Shooting Start Orchid, "
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Floating Ginko Forest with Shooting Star Orchid" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, incorporating watercolor and collage. Three ginko tree leaves float on a cloudy b...
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Other Medium
$1,285
"Souvenir of Desert Mountain, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Souvenir of Desert Mountain" is an original watercolor painted on hotel stationary by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. While visiting the southwest, the artist was inspire...
Watercolor
"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
"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy, " Original Watercolor
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This piece was designed for the yacht club's dinghy cover in 2003. ...
Watercolor
"Saltwater at the Stateroom Window, " Original Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Saltwater at the Stateroom Window" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The abstract image is composed of horizontal strata of color, most...
Watercolor
$1,285
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Flowers at the Edge of the Pond, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Flowers at the Edge of the Pond" is an original watercolor and iridescent acrylic painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece is an abst...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The expressive brush strokes come together to create brilliant red orchids on...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$1,280
"Bird Disguised as Giacometti II, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Buddha Board Water Series Drawing #2: Bird Disguised as Giacometti II" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The black lines of this piece wer...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$4,320
"Beaver Lake Spring Fever Sunrise, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Spring Fever Sunrise" is an original watercolor on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner in pencil. This abstract, minimal landscape represents the su...
Watercolor
"Day Lily, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Day Lily" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a yellow and orange lily in front of a light blue-green backgroun...
Watercolor
$4,860
"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...
Watercolor
$3,250
'Boston Tea Party Celebration III' original watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Artworks in David Barnett's 'Boston Tea Party' series present a playful vision of one of the foundational narratives of the United States. In the imag...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
$1,300
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"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...
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
$11,000
"Cranberry Bog & Golden Fields, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cranberry Bog & Golden Fields" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This painting features a bright yellow field behind a red bog...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,860
"Waterfall over Dam with Fish, " Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Waterfall over Dam with Fish" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in blue, green, and orange. Ar...
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Kachina, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Kachina," is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed along the lower center edge. This image depicts a Kachina, an ancestral spirit in Pueblo reli...
Watercolor
"Madonna and Child, " Original Watercolor and Ink Drawing signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Madonna and Child" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The image features warm reds and purples and sketchy black lines that recall ...
Ink, Watercolor
$1,080
"Boston Tea Part Invites II, " Original Watercolor/Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boton Tea Party Invites II" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This piece depicts tea bags falling into the water, splatter of co...
Ink, Watercolor
"Self Portrait, " Abstract Acrylic on Masonite signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Self Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on masonite board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This painting features a portrait of the artist, David Barnett, in gr...
Masonite, Acrylic
"Homage to Moishe Safde - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, "
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Buddha Board Water Series: Homage to Moishe Safde - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The black lines of this piece were ori...
Mixed Media
$1,690
"Rabbit Disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"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 lo...
Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Paper
$2,160
"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...
Watercolor
$775
"Up North Wisconsin Series--Cows in Green Acres, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Wisconsin Series--Cows in Green Acres" is an original watercolor, ink, and rubber stamp artwork. The artist signed and dated the piece in the low...
Ink, Watercolor