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
"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
"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
"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
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, 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
"Ring Around the Rosy, " Collaboration with David Barnett and Joseph Rozman
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ring Around the Rosy" is a slab-built ceramic sculpture collaboration between David Barnett and Joseph Rozman. This cylindrical sculpture features geometric designs in low relief t...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ceramic
"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...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Pastel
"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
"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...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, 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 ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
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
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-in III, " Original Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-In III" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed along the lower center. This piece is the Milwaukee-area native artist's satire on the...
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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"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
"Flying, " Original Surreal Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flying" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This strange, surreal image centers around a figure that appears to have leaped from the broke...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"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
"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...
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
"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
"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
"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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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
"Spring Green Variation II, " Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Variation II" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a landscape in bold colors.
10 3/4" x 1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media
"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
"Morph Dog Frenzy, " Ink, Watercolor, and Acrylic signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Frenzy" is an original ink, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left. It depicts a frenzy of abst...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Black Cloud Over Chenequa, " Oil Pastel and Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Black Cloud Over Chenequa" is an original oil pastel and watercolor piece on museum board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It features a dark cloud ...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Illustration Board
"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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Found Objects, Watercolor, Birch
"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
"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"...
Category
1990s Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"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 ...
Category
Early 2000s David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
wood texture contemporary abstract colorful watercolor mixed media signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea, Sky, Shagbark Hickory: Earth Spirit" is a mixed media piece by David Barnett. It is a photograph embellished with ink and watercolor and is si...
Category
Early 2000s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper
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
Surreal Collage: 'Damselfly'
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 hist...
Category
2010s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"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...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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