Joseph Barbieri: Avian Antics, Languid Landscapes and Some Fishes

On View: April 6 - 28, 2018
Reception: Friday, April 6, 6 - 8pm
Lunch Break Artist Talk: Wednesday, April 11, 12:30pm

As he has for the past several years, Barbieri presents both streams of his paintings: gentle landscapes and colorful animal portraits. The landscapes, done en plein air, in Italy, Antigua, and Maine, are soft and muted and are suffused with the warm air and sun of their settings . . .

Barbieri’s “animals” resemble humans in their leisurely activities - reading, canoeing, fishing, and wading in the ocean. In a departure for these paintings by Barbieri, we see in one a man--an actual human being—sailing a boat in front of an island in Maine. When asked why he portrayed a human, Barbieri responded, “I guess I just wanted to depict this as I saw it, and anyway, ducks can’t handle a tiller or mainsheet at all.

Five Easy Pieces: I

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

Five Easy Pieces: II

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

Five Easy Pieces: III

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

Five Easy Pieces: IV

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

Five Easy Pieces: V

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

Jibe Ho!

2016, oil on canvas, 8×13”

Thirty-seven Tropical Fishes of Antiqua and Barbuda

2017, oil on canvas, 18×8”
SOLD

Emmigrant

2017, oil on canvas, 16×22”

Cypresses Near Pienza

2017, oil on canvas, 19×8”

Island Sauna, Maine

2018, oil on canvas, 13×15”
SOLD

Isaak

2017, oil on canvas, 20×13”

Nocturne

2017, oil on canvas, 13×5”

Paddle-To-The-Cove

2017, oil on canvas, 7×22”
SOLD

Ophthalmologist

2016, oil on canvas, 14×8”
SOLD

Halcyon Days in Maine

2018, oil on canvas, 16×6”
SOLD

Scarce and Rare

2018, oil on canvas, 72×20”

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020

2017, oil on copper, 7×5”
SOLD

Primavera

2018, oil on canvas, 12×15”

CIA

2017, oil on canvas, 12×13”
SOLD

Starboard Tack Past Thompson's Island

2018, oil on canvas, 22×17”

Sunny Morning, Maine

2018, oil on canvas, 5×16”

Morning Fog, Maine

2018, oil on canvas, 5×14”

Large Puffin at Home, Muscongus Bay

2018, oil on canvas, 8×12”

Sunday Afternoon

2017, oil and sand on canvas, 8×13”

Higgs Boson

2017, oil on canvas, 10×8”

The Gilded Age

2017, oil on canvas, 13×9”

Master and Commander

2018, oil on canvas, 9×18”

Joseph Barbieri

Barbieri trained at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. His paintings have been exhibited at such venues as the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the National Academy of Design in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Joseph Barbieri: Avian Antics, Languid Landscapes and Some Fishes

Five Easy Pieces: I

Five Easy Pieces: II

Five Easy Pieces: III

Five Easy Pieces: IV

Five Easy Pieces: V

Jibe Ho!

Thirty-seven Tropical Fishes of Antiqua and Barbuda

Emmigrant

Cypresses Near Pienza

Island Sauna, Maine

Isaak

Nocturne

Paddle-To-The-Cove

Ophthalmologist

Halcyon Days in Maine

Scarce and Rare

Tuesday, November 3rd 2020

Primavera

CIA

Starboard Tack Past Thompson's Island

Sunny Morning, Maine

Morning Fog, Maine

Large Puffin at Home, Muscongus Bay

Sunday Afternoon

Higgs Boson

The Gilded Age

Master and Commander

Joseph Barbieri

artist’s biography

press release