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
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,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Impressions of Spring Green, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Spring Green" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece features an abstract landscape, perhaps at sunset, featur...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Floral Fantasy, " Original Impressionistic Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Floral Fantasy" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett that is signed in the lower right. Abstract flowers fill the picture plane in bright bursts of red and yellow aga...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?" Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?" is an original watercolor and ink surrealist work by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This piece pictures parts of the New...
Category
1990s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Mountain, " Original Abstract Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mountain" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed int he lower right corner. The piece is composed of minimal brushstrokes in green, yellow, blue, and red, formi...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Land, Sea, & Sky, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This gestural, abstract piece features two lightly washed color fields: yellow on th...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Two Vases, " Original Ink & Oil Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Vases" is an original ink and oil pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This drawing is composed of hatched black lines, accented by a myriad of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Up North Series: Two Cows with Canoeists, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Two Cows with Canoeists" is an original mixed-media piece by David Barnett that features watercolor, ink, and rubber stamps. The piece features a stamp of...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Cows Controversy over Chenequa, " Original Watercolor and Ink by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cows Controversy Over Chenequa" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This miniature work contains gestural brushwork and stamped image...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"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
"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
"Una Pata Arriba Revisted, " Original Ink, Watercolor, & Acrylic
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"first Impressions of Mexico City #1: Una Pata Arriba Revisited" is an original watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The pieces d...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Leaves are Falling Over Beaver Lake, " Original Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Leaves Are Falling Over Beaver Lake" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the bottom center. The piece shows a cartographic rendering of Beaver Lake with an ...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Coyotes Disguised as Christmas Cactus Tree, " Watercolor signed
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
"Black Beans & Brains II, " Original Colorful Surrealist signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Black Beans & Brains II" is a surreal mixed media painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The image is abstract, cut in half by a thick, curving blue line. Behind it, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Lake Michigan Rocks, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. The painting features an abstract representation of Lake Michgan's roc...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, 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
"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
"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
"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...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
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
"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...
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
"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
"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
"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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, 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
"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...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Mixed Media
"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
"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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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
"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
"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...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" Watercolor by Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. This piece is from the artist's "Impressions of Mexico City" seri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"Head of Woman, ed. 1/6" Woodcut on Yellow Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman" is an original woodcut on yellow paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right, and wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (1/6...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Woodcut
"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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Landscape with Sand Dune, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Sand Dune" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted landscape.
6" x 8 5/8" art
17 5/8"...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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"...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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...
Category
1960s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
"Tree Owl Spirit, " Original Watercolor on Birch Bark signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tree Owl Spirit" is an original watercolor painting on birch bark by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features abstract marks on a found piece of birch bar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Found Objects, Watercolor
"Autumn Wind--Chenequa, " Watercolor and Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Autumn Wind--Chenequa" is an original ink and watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts falling leaves in front of a b...
Category
1990s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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...
Category
Early 2000s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring, " Mixed Media signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artwork is signed in the lower right. Barnett used iridescent watercolo...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Surreal Collage: 'Cyclopaedia'
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Surreal Collage: 'Arduous Journey'
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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