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Dave Barnett Resume'

Bio: 
Born: Paris, Texas, Feb. 18, 1941 
Education: Paris High School, Paris Junior College, Southeastern Oklahoma State College (BA Education, 1962) New Mexico Highlands University (MA Painting, 1967) Work. Art teacher, Carlsbad Municipal Schools, Carlsbad, NM, 1962-1993. 
Marital: Married Patsy Ann Holden of Ft. Towson, Oklahoma, 1962. 
Children: Two, Joanne and Amanda 
Grandchildren: Three: Lucas A. Clark, Grant H. Ross, and Adrianne J. Ross, . Creative history: Painting: 1960-1977. Potter: 1977-1993 Painting: 1993-present. Live: Elephant Butte, NM 

Philosophy: 
I think that art should be an amalgamation of all that the painter has experienced. It can never be all-inclusive, but is filtered, as it were, through one's consciousness, arriving on the canvas as a reduction from the whole. Art is, or should be, a culmination, a gathering point of one's experience of existence. Painting, in particular, for me at least, is a painstaking process in which I wrestle with some forces that tend to pull me in mixed directions. I am by nature fickle, easily distracted, and given to impulsive behavior. That kind of personality doesn't always serve the best interests of one's art, especially if one wishes to be seen as having a certain style or track. Finally, after many years of just sheer hard work, I have arrived at a point of compromise with those forces, choosing to listen to some and to ignore others. It is akin to getting married. One chooses an approach as the one he best loves and sticks with it. This is the only way I have managed to put together anything that resembles consistency. Were Ito dabble in a new style with each painting, none would receive any more than superficial attention. In staying true to a style-insomuch as it is possible to do that-I am able to hammer out the problems that arise (and they do arise) in each work using the same tools. Occasionally I do wander off track and see myself getting involved in things that may be interpreted as being wild or flamboyant for me. It's usually a short-lived, but welcome diversion into an area of painting that is out of character with my self-imposed and natural limitations. It can be compared to having a dessert after months and months of just meat and potatoes. How then, one might ask, do I remain fresh in my approach to painting when trying to live within these self-imposed constraints commonly referred to as style? First of all, I am a selfish painter. I paint for myself, not for others, or toward a market, therefore I must be very positive that what I am about to try to paint is a subject that has great appeal to me, one with which I have actually had a visual encounter, and it must fit into the style format to which I am accustomed. Further, I am always pushing myself to examine how to take a new, creative approach rather than just imitating myself at every turn. That's a tough assignment. As it works with me, every painting is a new journey, which, if it is to be worthwhile, must contain some element of the different, the unfamiliar, and the uncharted. It can be scary sometimes standing out there on the edge of a precipice, teetering back and forth, not knowing whether to stay put or jump. But, it is this very fear that is exciting to the point that it serves the painting well. For if one gets too complacent, comfortable, lazy or just bored with the drudgery, it can spell death to a work. So, here I am at a mature age, thinking young, trying to stay fresh and hoping that it is not too late to grow in and to learn from the world in which I find myself. 

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  • HOME
    • ABOUT RBFA
    • Gallery Calendar 2023
    • Rererence Index Gallery Calendar 2022
    • GALLERY GIFT SHOP
  • CURRENT EXHIBITION PREVIEW
    • Nolan Winkler REVISITED +
    • Darlene Olivia McElroy & Paul White >
      • More About The Artists
  • WORKS FROM H. JOE WALDRUM TRUST
    • Exhibition Preview
    • Paintings Linocuts And Etchings
    • Polaroids
    • About Joe
  • GALLERY ARTISTS INDEX
    • Roy van der Aa
    • Martye Allen >
      • Martye Allen Profile
    • Wiz Allred >
      • About Wiz Allred
    • Dave Barnett >
      • Dave Barnett Resume'
    • Delmas Howe >
      • Delmas Howe Resume' And More
    • Sandy Hopper
    • Noël Hudson >
      • Noel Hudson Resume'
    • Katharine Kreisher
    • Julia Masaoka
    • Tyler Mason
    • Darlene Olivia McElroy >
      • About Darlene Olivia McElroy
    • Donna Monroe
    • Gregory Montreuil
    • Graham Murtough
    • Deborah Mushock
    • Leo Neufeld
    • Susan Noreen
    • Ricky Padilla
    • Miguel Pino
    • William Bertrum Sharp
    • Joel Smith >
      • Joel Smith Resume'
    • Rebecca Speakes
    • Nolan Winkler >
      • Nolan Winkler Resume'
  • RECENT PAST EXHIBITIONS
    • LANA DURA/Minna White >
      • Art and Legacy of the Navajo-Churro Sheep
      • About Felt
    • Leo Neufeld Exhibition
    • Jeanne Rundell & Nolan Winkler
    • Roy van der Aa 2022 Exhibition
    • Noël Hudson
    • Suzanne Pointon
    • Julia Masaoka Exhibition
    • In A Small Way
    • Tyler Mason Exhibition
    • Mannequin Mayhem >
      • Mannequin Mayham Artists Index
    • Nolan Winkler Blooms Exhibition
    • Susan A. Christie From The Studio Exhibition
    • Sandy Hopper Interweaving
    • Delmas Howe Guys and Canyons
    • Santa Fe Community College Show
    • Tondo Rotondo
    • Rebecca Speakes
    • ​Gregory Grafwallner Exhibition
    • Wendy Tremayne Exhibition
    • Martye Allen Exhibition 2021
    • 2021/22 GALLERY ARTISTS' SHOW
    • Donna Monroe Retrospective >
      • Curator Statement
    • Graham Murtough
  • AVAILABLE COLLECTIONS
    • From The Winkler Collection
  • PURCHASE INQUIRIES
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