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MEDIA

Oil Paintings on Canvas, Board, & Burlap - applied with Brush and/or Palate Knife


TECHNIQUE

Impressionistic with Realistic touch - applied in 'En Plein Air', Studio, & Live settings


SUBJECTS

Portraiture, Marine, Landscape, Wildlife, Lighthouses, Historical, Floral, Figurative, Still Life, and Western


EXHIBITIONS & REPRESENTATION

2002 - 2003 Artists' Gallery of Seattle - Seattle, WA
2002 Blaine Art Gallery - Blaine, WA
2002 Tony's Coffee & Teas - Fairhaven, WA - Featured Artist: Jan/Feb 2002
2002 Stuarts Coffee House - Bellingham, WA -Featured Artist: Apr/Aug 2002
2002, 2001 Colophon Café - Bellingham, WA -Featured Artist: Aug/2001, Sept/2002
2002, 2001, 2000 6, 7, & 8th Whatcom County Artists' Annual Studio Tour - WA
2001 Celebrate Bellingham Art Exhibit, by Bellingham Park & Recreation
2001 Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Bellingham, WA - WAST Show
2001 Allied Arts Gallery - Bellingham, WA
2000 International Pacific Rim Art Exhibition 2000 - Seattle, WA
1998 - 1999 Blue Heron Art Gallery, Point Roberts -WA
1998 Roeder Home Art Gallery Show "From Mountains to Sea" - Whatcom County Park & Recreation Department - Bellingham, WA
1998 18th Annual NW International Arts Competition Exhibit (juried), Arco Exhibition Gallery of Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Sponsored by Allied Arts & Whatcom Museum - Bellingham, WA


EDUCATION IN THE ARTS

2002 Seattle Academy of Fine Art - Portraiture by Thomas Loepp
2002 Vashon Island Art Center - Portraiture by Pam Ingall-Cox
2001, 2000, 1982 Western Washington University - Painting & Drawing Classes
2000, 1999, 1998 Jackson Hole Artists' Workshop, sponsored by Daniel Smith - Instructors: Stephan Quiller, Greg Beecham, Lee Kromshroeder, Tucker Smith, Kobus Moller, Howard Rogers
1999 Nina Buxton's Palate Knife Workshop - Birch Bay,WA

ARTISTIC INFLUENCES

Royo, Claude Monet, Piere-Auguste Renoir, John Singer-Sargeant, Van Gough, Ken Carlson, Bob Kuhun, Greg Beecham, Kobu Moller, Lee Kromschroeder, Stephen Quiller

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Allied Arts of Whatcom County - Bellingham, WA
WAST-Whatcom Artist Studio Tour Group - Whatcom County, WA
Blaine 'Open Studio' Gallery Co-op - Blaine, WA
National Museum of Wildlife Art - Jackson Hole, WY

PUBLICATIONS

Giclees on Canvas: Genesis Giclee, Fine Art Publishing Division
Notecards, Calendars: Print & Copy Factory


 

Michael L. Barnes
Mailing Address:
PO Box 29978
Bellingham, WA 98228-1978

Studio Address:
2524 Woburn Street
Bellingham, WA 98226

e-mail:
barnes@seaspec.com
  Phone: 360/738-2948