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.
"Pond and Woods - Autumn, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pond and Woods - Autumn" is an original miniature watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist created this piece specifically for the antique frame it inhabits, an abstract...
Paper, Watercolor
"Cow Jumping Over the Moon, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow Jumping Over the Moon" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It incorporates watercolor, marker, ...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$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
$2,430
"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 ...
Ink
$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
"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 ...
Watercolor
$7,830
"Radiator Trouble - Artist Convergence-, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City Series: Radiator Trouble -Artist Convergence-" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. Playful and gestural, the M...
Watercolor
$1,620
"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...
Watercolor
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version), " signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version)" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiow...
Watercolor
$2,500
"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...
Watercolor
$1,285
"Morph Dogs Disguised as Turtles Beaver Lake-Turtle Day" signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dogs Disguised as Turtles, Beaver Lake-Turtle Day" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. Inspired by the lake near his home, the artist has p...
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...
Tempera
$5,130
"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...
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
$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
$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 in b...
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
"Head of Woman with Stars, " Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman with Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features the profile of a woman's head with various ...
Ink, Watercolor
"Space Station, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Space Station" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks and fields of ligh...
Watercolor
"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...
Ink, Watercolor
"Sky Flower Reflection, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Flower Reflection" is an original watercolor and piece by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The piece incorporates a dried rose in the center with circles of watercol...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$1,010
"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...
Watercolor
"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
$3,250
"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...
Watercolor
$2,840
"Shooting Star, " Original Abstract Surreal Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting Star" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. This surreal, abstract painting features gestural strokes of undiluted blue p...
Watercolor
$1,020
"Pedigree Poodle Run Over in Puddle by Stretch Limo, " signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pedigree Poodle Run Over in a Puddle by Stretch Limo" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. It is signed and dated in the lower right corner. Art size: 5 1/2" x 11" Fr...
Mixed Media
$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
$1,300
"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...
Ink, Watercolor
"Chinese Trumpet Lilies Close Up, " Mixed Media Floral signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chinese Trumpet Lilies Close Up" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor and iridescent acrylic on 100% rag watercolor paper. It is signed ...
Watercolor
$1,320
"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 ...
Watercolor
$1,620
"Landscape with Bridge, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Bridge" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. The image is abstract, playful lines of color giving the barest suggesti...
Watercolor
"Painted Sky, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Painted Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in pencil in the lower left. This abstract painting is composed of light brushstrokes in an array of colors, evenly distributed throughout. Art size: 11" x 8" Frame size: 18" x 14" DAVID J. BARNETT 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. 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. 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...
Watercolor
"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...
Etching
$1,150
"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...
Watercolor
"Flowers and Branch, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flowers & Branch" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It features an abstract stem with orange and blue flower buds, plus an enlarged view ...
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
"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...
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Wind Over Taos Mountains, " Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Wind Over Taos Mountains" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. Parts of the image were pain...
Watercolor
"Impressions of Pinnacle Peak AZ-Looking West from the Miller's House"
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Pinnacle Peak, AZ - Looking West from the Mille's House" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower ri...
Watercolor
$1,960
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract piece features brig...
Watercolor
$1,690
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996" is an original watercolor painting on antique J. Whatman Paper by David Barnett, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sunset is rendered...
Paper, Watercolor
$3,250
"Constellation with Blue Cloud, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellation with Blue Cloud" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is abstract; a large blue ring...
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
$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
$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
$15,500
"Homage to Lance Armstrong: On Trek on Track, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Lance Armstrong: On Trek on Track" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts a ...
Mixed Media
"Beaver Lake Hybrids, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Hybrids" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts a bed of brightly-colored flowers. 10" x 8" art 17" x 15" fram...
Watercolor
$1,900
"Garden Gala Celebration, " Original Watercolor Flowers signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Gala Celebration" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a number of brightly-colored flowers. 9 1/2" x ...
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
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe, Self Portrait Eclipsed"
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe, Self Portrait Eclipsed by Georgia O'Keeffe" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artw...
Mixed Media
"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Birch Bark Otter Lake" is an original mixed media painting by David Barnett. The artist scanned a piece of birch bark and then painted over the image with ink and w...
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil
"Sunlit Shore, " Original Seascape Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts the shore of a lake. 10 5/8" x 14 3/4" art 19 1/2"...
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
$650
"Wrap Around Figures, " Slab Ceramic by David Barnett, images by Joseph Rozman
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wrap Around Figures" is an original slab ceramic by David Barnett. The artist created this using collagraph plates by Joseph Rozman that featured abstracted animals. The artist sign...
Ceramic
$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
"Tree Frog Spirit: Up North Series, " Watercolor on Birch signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tree Frog Spirit: Up North Series" is an original watercolor on birch bark by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower left and created this piece from a found piece ...
Birch, Found Objects, Watercolor
"Surrealist Self-Portrait, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Self-Portrait" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This nearly completely abstract painting features bright oranges, reds, and yellows alongside d...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,960
Contemporary expressionist watercolor mixed media flowers da vinci colorful
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Leonardo Soft Landing in the Garden of Eden Thanks to Penny's Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Parachute" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist used ink, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic to create this piece and signed it in the lower right. This piece depicts a portrait of Leonardo...
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, 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
"The Masked Reader, " Ink on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Masked Reader" is an original ink drawing signed in the lower right by the artist David Barnett. It depicts an abstracted face and figure in black lines. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" art ...
Ink