David Barnett

2018
30.5 x 23 in.

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, charcoal, acrylic paint and graphite on paper.

2020
21” x 34” x 1”

Printed material, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

This collage was created in the first few months of the global pandemic. It documents my feelings about a bleak future ahead. While nature seems to be thriving, humanity is experiencing very dark times. Based on historic modeling we seemed to be repeating the habits of the previous 1918 Spanish Flu.

2019
17.5 x 21 x 3 in.

Collage: printed matter, found objects, pastel, watercolor, ink transfer, charcoal, acrylic paint and graphite on board.

2023
20 x 17 in.

Drawing: pencil, printed matter, pastel, and colored pencil on vintage ledger paper.

Inspiration for these drawings evolved from the isolation of the pandemic. Exploring parks in the Hudson Valley allowed me to appreciate nature and architecture on a new level. I was able to escape into a quiet and tranquil world. My imagination exploded (see collaged details).

2021
36 x 18 x 3 inches

Printed material, graphite, pastel, watercolor and found objects on paper. 

Many of the immigrants making the treacherous journey to the U. S. with dreams of a better life for themselves and their family are robbed, assaulted and worse.

SOLD

2018
14 x 22 in.

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, acrylic paint and graphite on paper.

SOLD

2014
15.5 x 20.5 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

We've got a community under siege and there seems to be no accountability. A lot of conversation but not enough communication.

2017

20 x 22.5 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper. 

The last time Barry and I were roommates was in Brooklyn at Pratt Institute during the Vietnam war. Fifty years later we're roommates again in Vietnam. He sits on the balcony drawing the breathtaking views of Sapa while I'm at a desk inside our hotel room working on this collage.

Each day I would collect memorabilia - tickets, currency, postcards, pamphlets, etc., whatever would catch my eye. Later I would create another small collage with a handwritten note to recall a specific moment for the day.

2020
17 x 15 inches

Printed material, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

During the global pandemic my wife Barbara and I would go out each day and draw for several hours at parks and cemeteries. The base of this collage is a drawing I did at the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.

Collage on paper.

These portraits reveal a woman’s loss of soul in contemporary society. It pushes the boundaries of abstraction to present a visual dilemma: when does the woman disappear and the emptiness begin? The collage comprises torn paintings, random tapestries, printed books, and painted backgrounds.

Top: SOLD
Mood Swings No.2
2012
36 X 27.5 in. 

Bottom: SOLD
Mood Swings No.1
2008
24 x 29 in.

2023
8 x 11 inches each

Collage: printed matter, pastel, watercolor, fabric, acrylic paint, on paper.

2020
12 x 14 inches 

Drawing: colored pencil, graphite, and collage on paper.

2017
16.5 x 15 in.

Collage: printed matter, graphite, watercolor and pastel on paper.

2020
23 x15 inches

Drawing: colored pencil, graphite, watercolor, and collage on paper.

2019
29 x 24 x 2 in.

Collage: printed matter, pastel, watercolor, ink transfer, charcoal, acrylic paint and graphite on board.

2022
18.5 x 31 inches

Collage/drawing: colored pencil, graphite, assorted hardware, watercolor, pastel, and printed matter.

2022
9 x 18 x 3 inches

Mixed media sculpture: carved wood, clay, rice paper, assorted hardware, and watercolor.

In every country, people get into arguments, hold racist views or suffer from mental health issues. But in the U.S., it is easier for those people to pick up a gun and shoot someone. The numbers tell the story. Just look at 18 countries that had the most mass killings from 1998-2019 in the developed world. The U.S. had the most, 101. France came in second, 8. United Kingdom came in last with 1. It all comes down to the same problem: More guns equal more gun deaths. We need to ask ourselves what are our priorities.

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2020
11.5 x 13 inches

Printed material, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

SOLD

2017
25 x 32 in.

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, acrylic paint and graphite on paper.

Based on the
Wise Men series
2022
28 x 17.5 inches

Collage/drawing: colored pencil, graphite and printed matter.

The Colonel
(one of three sculptures for the Wise Men series)
2022
24 x 6 x 5 inches

Mixed media sculpture: carved wood, clay, spray and acrylic paint, assorted hardware, vintage fabric, printed matter, and found objects.

2020
12.5 x 14 inches

SOLD

Printed material, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper

2015
31 x 20 in.

SOLD 

Collage: pastel, acrylic paint, printed matter on paper.

2020
14.25 x 16.25 inches

SOLD

Printed material, graphite, pastel, watercolor and foliage on paper.

SOLD

2020
10.25 x 11.25 inches

Colored pencil, graphite, watercolor and collage on paper. 

Van Camp’s Compendium

2018
43 x 22 in.

Collage: printed matter, graphite, watercolor and pastel on paper.

The central figure is the focal point created from various fragments from art history. The border is taken from the floor plan of the Louvre museum. It’s information design at it’s most confusing.

2020
16.5 x 15 inches (each)

Foliage SOLD

Loupe

Type (SOLD)

Colored pencil, graphite, watercolor, and collage on paper. 

SOLD

2012
21.75 x 17 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

SOLD

2008
16 x 10.75 in. 

Collage: Watch & Jewelry Worker's Union cards from 1942-1953, currency, and other printed matter on masonite panels.

2019
26 x 23 in.

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, acrylic paint and graphite on paper.

2013
14 x 16.25 in. 

Collage on paper.

A work I created after vising my youngest daughter in Spain.

11.5 x 12.5 in. each

Collage: printed material, watercolor and pastel on masonite. Series of four.

No.1: Beatrice and Her Notebook 2011 - SOLD

No.2: Oscar 2008

No.3: Oscar and Winston 2011 

No.4: Gabriella Visits Mary 2011 - SOLD

2011
42 x 15.5 in. 

Collage: printed matter, pencil and pastel on masonite panels.

The debate between religion and science continues.

SOLD

2008
15.5 x 23 in. 

Collage: printed matter, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

SOLD

2012
12.75 x 21.5 in. each

Collage: printed material, and pastel on paper. Series of three.

The Angels Want to Wear my Red Shoes

2019
18 x 14 in.

SOLD

Collage: printed matter, pastel, watercolor, ink transfer, charcoal, acrylic paint and graphite on board.

SOLD

2018
13 x 11 in.

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, acrylic paint and graphite on paper.

2019
16.5 x 14 in.

The Royal Child - SOLD
The Damsel
The Scholar
The Caretaker

Collage: pastel, pencil, acrylic paint, watercolor, printed matter on masonite.

2019
13 x 24.5 in.

Collage: printed matter, pastel, watercolor, ink transfer, charcoal, acrylic paint and graphite on board.

2014
38 x 20 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

In 2010 the Supreme Court concluded that corporations are people with their 5-4 decision in Citizens United.

2009
25 x 18 in. 

Collage on masonite panels.

One of two pieces I created for the Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery for a canine-themed exhibition entitled Gone to the Dogs: a celebration of man’s best friend. The concept: the longer you own your dog the stronger the resemblance.

SOLD

2013
16.25 x 16.5 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, watercolor, acrylic paint and graphite on masonite.

2012
23 x 42 x 1.5 in. 

Mixed media collage: bits of typography, painted steel rods, pastel, printed material, and found objects on masonite.

As a child I was captivated by the Coney Island Steeplechase.

2012
18.5 x 20.5 in.

SOLD

Collage: pastel, and printed matter on paper.

SOLD

2015
9.5 x 12.5 in. each 

Prototype No.1 - No.6

Mixed media: pencil, pastel, acrylic paint, found objects and printed matter on paper.

If mammals needed to be redesigned...

2012
18 x 14.5 x 2.5 in. 

Mixed media collage: printed matter, pastel, acrylic paint, painted electrical wire, and found objects on wood blocks.

Memories of lost loved ones remain embedded in our souls.

SOLD

2005
14.5 x 20 in. 

Collage: photomontage and pastel on paper.

My inlaws...Shirley was the dreamer, Adam always the jester.

2012
15 x 16 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper.

SOLD

2012
19.5 x 17.5 in. 

Collage: printed material, pastel, and watercolor on paper..