Graphite on paper 420x300mm
Author Archives: Barend Paul Barnard
B side
What I like about my world is that – even though I enjoy writing – you guys are here for the visuals.
A Little Back Story
I tell this story often – it’s about art and seeing. When we look at anything coming toward us from a distance the first thing we notice is its colour. As the object becomes nearer we start to see shape or silhouette; as it comes even closer we start to see the lines that notContinue reading “A Little Back Story”
Sunhat Saint
A change is as good as a holiday. I’d like to change that (for like a minute) – A new visual language is as good as a holiday.
Universal Tribesman
I imagine a simpler world. A world where we celebrate being human. A world where we unite and also celebrate our differences. That is what this work is about. It’s about unity. About the energy body. About the physical body. It’s about beauty and indulging in it. How do you celebrate being human?
Happy Birthday, Robin Williams!
I don’t remember. Well, – I don’t remember “well.” I remember some birthdays thanks to my love of astrology, and I remember some dates according to how it relates to seasons, but there’s been a twenty year blur since I left school and many things happened that, thanks to me trying to delete phases byContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Robin Williams!”
That Friday feeling…
Happy Friday to all!! This morning when I woke up I realized that Cape Town really hasn’t had winter at all. It is cool, but not really cold. I can literally count the times I needed to wear full length pants on one hand even if I had only two fingers on that hand… SoContinue reading “That Friday feeling…”
Sleeping on it
Hey YOU- It’s Thursday evening here in Cape Town and I’m doing admin and updating all my social media. If you’re not from South Africa; I am at this very moment in my area’s session of loadshedding; this means no electricity for 2-4 hours so I’m doing my posts on my iPad via a wonkyContinue reading “Sleeping on it”
Bryan
It is Sunday evening, dusk-ish; I’m alone and the power is out here in Cape Town. The thoughts that are going through my mind is themed around loneliness, death and mourning. I’m a Scorpio – if you know, you know… I’m wondering if we’ve become too eager to move on with life that we’ve becomeContinue reading “Bryan”
back to 1979
I like recreating black and white photos in my colours. Or those brownish photos from the 1970. What do you think?
under construction
he’s got the ocean in his eyes
Oil on canvas panel 200mm x 250mm
man on the moon
a day at the beach
Acrylic on canvas panel 200mm x 250mm
