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.
"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...
Paper, 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...
Watercolor
"Land, Sea & Sky, I, " Original Mixed Media & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky I" is an original mixed media and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract work is divided into three strata. The lowest repres...
Mixed Media
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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...
Paper, Watercolor
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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...
Paper, Watercolor
"First Day of Spring, " Original Watercolor with Flowers signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"First Day of Spring" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts a number of brightly-colored flowers. 10" x 8" art 17...
Watercolor
"Iris, Lilies, & Menarda, " Original Mixed Media signed by David & Sarah Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iris, Lilies, & Menarda" is an original mixed media piece by David and Sarah Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece incorporates handmade paper embedded with plant matter, a collaboration between the artist and his daughter. The paper was then scanned and reprinted on archival paper and painted with abstract flowers in watercolor...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
"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
"Trees, " Watercolor Painting of a Winter Scene signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Trees" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. It depicts some dark leafless trees and shrubs. The artist signed the piece lower right. 24" x 18" art 29 1/4" x 23 1/4" frame ...
Watercolor
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
"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
"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
"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...
Watercolor
"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
"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
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney-TriColor Water, "
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney - Tri-Color Water" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts a...
Mixed Media
"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
'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
"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
"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
"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
"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
'Desert Mountain Paths' original signed watercolor painting on notepad paper
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett's 'Desert Mountain Paths' is an exercise in using limited materials. Depicting the winding paths of Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, AZ, the composition simulates found a...
Watercolor
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
'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
Contemporary abstract watercolor mixed media wood colorful indigenous tents
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Bald Eagle Love Spirit--Enter My Village, Enter My Heart" is an original watercolor on birch bark by David Barnett. It is signed lower right. 4 3/4" x 10 1/2" art...
Birch, 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...
Watercolor
"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
'Boston Tea Party with White Tea Bag' original watercolor 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, Acrylic, Watercolor, Mixed Media
'Buddha Board Water Series #2 - Bird Disguised As Giacometti' signed mixed media
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett’s ‘Buddha Board Water Series’ marks the use of a new medium for the artist. In this series, Barnett experimented with the Buddha Board, a reusable canvas that allows us...
Mixed Media
"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 work by Daivd Barnett. The black lines of this piece were orig...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
'Boston Tea Party Celebration II' 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
"Cartoon for Stained Glass, " Original Framed Felt Pen signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cartoon for Stained Glass" is an original drawing in felt-tipped pen on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image...
Paper, Felt Pen
"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
"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
"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...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Homage to Debra Lyn, New Horizon in Media Shower, " Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Debra Lyn, New Horizon in Media Shower" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The abstract piece is covered in free, gestu...
Ink, Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Beaver with Surround Sound Cows" signed by David and Sarah Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Beaver with Surround Sound Cows" is an original mixed media piece incorporating watercolor and ink on handmade paper by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah. They both ...
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper