Helmut Barnett
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Black Collage •
White Collage •
No Conclusion •
Bermuda Triangle
Aspect Ratio I
Aspect Ratio II
Rough Edges •
Playlist
Frivolous Painting
Outpost
Minotaur •
Lost Claim
Hobby Horse
No. 6
To Scale
Love Letter Lost
Playground I
Playground II
Hector
Black Collage, 2023
acrylic on collage on panel, 48 x 48 inches, sold
White Collage, 2023
acrylic on collage on panel, 48 x 48 inches, sold
No Conclusion, 2023
acrylic on collage on panel, 55 x 48 inches, sold
Bermuda Triangle, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 29.5 x 25.5 inches, $2400
Aspect Ratio I, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 28 x 24 inches, $2200
Aspect Ratio II, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 28 x 24 inches, $2200
Rough Edges, 2023
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, sold
Playlist, 2022
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $5200
Frivolous Painting, 2021
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, $3800
Outpost, 2008
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $5200
Minotaur, 1990
oil on canvas, 54 x 48 inches, sold
Lost Claim, 2023
collage on board, 14 x 11 inches, $1500
Hobby Horse, 2023
collage on board, 14 x 11 inches, $1500
No. 6, 2021
acrylic on collage on board, 14 x 10 inches, 25 x 22 inches framed, $1500
To Scale
collage, 7 x 5 inches, 13 x 9 framed, $750
Love Letter Lost, 2018
collage on board, 18 x 14 inches, 22 x 18 inches, $1100
Playground I, 2017
acrylic and charcoal on paper, 9 x 9 in, $900
Playground II, 2017
acrylic and charcoal on paper, 9 x 9 in, $900
Hector, 2021
acrylic on paper, 44 x 35 inches, 47 x 38 inches framed, $3800
About the artist...
See Helmut's September 2023 solo show 'Revelations' here.
View Helmut's 2021 Artist talk and tour.
Watch a video of Helmut's collage process.
Take a virtual tour of Barnett's 2018 show here. Read a review of Barnett's 2018 show on Art That Uplifts here.
"An orchestrated explosion of color and form and techniques" - Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle, February 2010
Read the entire article here.
"Here are colorful abstractions – sharply defined and precisely rendered colorful abstractions – arranged to achieve uncommon balance or to affect a sort of kinesis via static articulation all stacked and staggered, the bright shapes often against a ground of collaged diagrams and texts. Imagine: The baby Jesus had a hissy fit while playing with Colorforms in an antique-book binder's studio, but (baby J being the divine infant, after all) the results were heavenly and wholly coherent." -Wayne Allen Brenner, The Austin Chronicle, September 2008
Read the entire article here.
As an American Abstract Artist, I work in many contemporary media and images. Geometric and organic forms in oil and acrylic on large canvases; mixed media drawings on paper using acrylic, oil, charcoal, solvent transfer and collage.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1946, my family moved to Abilene, Kansas in 1957. After finishing high school in Chicago and four years service in the Air Force, I moved to Austin, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974. I have since lived in Austin with my wife and keep a studio in a renovated 100 year old house in downtown Austin.
Visit artist's website - helmutbarnett.com