Barend Paul Barnard

So about a month ago I “went viral” on Instagram. I don’t want to talk numbers, but if I’m right my followers went up with about 1000%.

That lead to a joblist I can’t comprehend cos it’s so long and apart from that I had houseguests for most of the month.

Please bear with me while I come back online –

I’ve been doing a lot of work. Sending out so many parcels – I am completely filled with commissions and I still need more work?

Is this why many artists don’t do work to order?

I’m thinking of starting a mentorship program for new independent artists.

Am I rambling?

What do you think?

What happens when you love books but have no time to read because you have to make art? You start doodling in your books…

An unexpected underlying theme of my long running series of Book Boys (or Book Marks) is circumcision. It’s always shocking to me when people very harshly state their preference cos I tend to think you should love the one you’re with. Let the foreskin or lack thereof be a surprise.

And I always feel bed for the guy that’s been circumcised, but their partner explicitly feels the need to state they prefer it the other way around. It’s like when you’re tall and skinny and your partner tells you they like short beefy guys.

Anyway – this is a topic that I never expected to have to talk about so much; what do you think?

Crowded woods 

By pale moonlight 

Deep I dive

Til I lose sight

That’s when I heard 

The seven voices singing

Dancing by fires

And the drumming ringing 

In the midnight hours

When we still remembered 

The world was ours

And hope still springs;

Septembered

Do you still miss the sky

Do you still dream to fly

Do you too follow fallen feathers 

When the rains dry

You and I are parts of poems

Written on scraps paper

Songs held safe and together

To rescue fires later

We all hope they will remember us

Are we the ones who slumber 

Are we the ones who fly

Once we take the leap

And forever say goodbye

-remembered

2018; Barend Paul Barnard

The dark holds secrets and intimate moments. The dark is where we need no mask. Breathe in –

Breathe out –

Breathe in –

What do you do in the dark? Breathe out –

Freedom. Hearing beating hearts, whispers. Touch. Smells. Breathe in –

This piece will land in a new shop page soon!

My instagram got deactivated. After more than 10 years of managing my art career on it. I’m kinda bummed, but I need to move on.

I’ll be more organised on here starting next week, I promise – from now on it is best to reach me on my new instagram profile at @barendpaulbarnardart

I created a new range of small and mini in sketches (250x180mm & 210x150mm). Shipping internationally; contact me on instagram for more details –

Boys dancing by fire –

I’ve created these two print sets, one in a neutral colour palette and one in vivid colours. You’ll see its difficult for the camera to show the extra vibrant colours. Please let me know what you think.

The Neutrals Collection is divided into two parts; the top row is the warm neutrals and the bottom is the cool neutrals. I think it gives one nice options for putting them together or arranging them.

The Opera Collection is named after a modern colour you’d find in most modern artist paint brands; Opera Pink is an extremely vivid pink and as you’ll see pink ties this series together.

Each set consist of six prints reproduced on archival acid free paper with pigmented ink which guarantees that colour shifting doesn’t happen and that the colours are vibrant. The prints are 210x150mm each with a 10mm white border all around. Each panel is hand signed. A set of six costs $100.

Today is one of those days where I’m blown away by the support my art receives online. Thanks to those of you who is a part of it. I am endlessly grateful..x