Art For Your Life
“The engine of art… is play.”
James Grashow
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Works On Canvas
6 Different Languages
2024
(48×60)
Entropy Explained
2023
(42×80)
The First Color
2022
(48×48)
Immersion
2024
(48×60)
One From the Heart
2022
(48×48)
Kermes PipeDream
2022
(48X48 diptych)
Flying High
2024
(18×24)
Blues For My Baby
2022
(36×36)
Love is an Everyday Thing
2024
(48X60)
Uff
2022
(24×36 – diptych)
Live Life Love
2022
(30×48)
Facing Future
2024
(52×72)
Window to a Dream
2022
(78×40)
These 3 Things
2024
(60×48)
Her 9 Lives
2024
60×48
Window to Possibility
2022
(78×40)
The Presence of Color
2024
(30×48)
Jumpin’ and Jivin’
2024
(26×48)
Sable’s Way
2025
(48×60)
Mood Swings
2024
(20×20)
Cenozoic Suite
2025
(24×30)
Interrobang
2021
(30×40)
Soliloquy
2021
(24×24)
Landscapes
Over There
2019
(48×48)
True Light
2019
(48×48)
Morning Song
2019
(48×48)
Night on the Lagoon
2019
(48×48)
Sea Change
2020
(36×60)
South Beach
2019
(48×72)
So Far Away
2019
(72×48)
Random Thoughts
2019
(48×72)
Works On Paper
The Heart of the Matter
2022
(28×36)
Dance With Me
2022
(40×60)
Signus
2023
(36×48)
Uff!
2022
(32×48)
Symphony
2023
(19×28)
Mr Samurai
2023
(32×40)
Wailua
2019
(36×48)
Bushi Boy
2023
(36×48)
Metronome
2023
(24×36)
Peace and Love
2023
(24×36)
Wow!
2023
(36×48)
We’re All Here
2023
(36×48)
Works In Pastel
Bluescape
2020
(28×28)
Mt Mitchell at Sunset
2020
(12×12)
Subtext
2020
(24×24)
Puzzling Pastel
2023
(18×24)
About the Artist
Barry Shapiro is a graduate of Pratt Institute, with a BFA in painting and printmaking, where he studied with renowned artists James Grashow, Vasilios Toulis, Rudolph Baranik, Franklin Faust and Audrey Flack. He then spent two years working as an apprentice art restorer, using those acquired skills to advance his personal artistic vision. However, he left the Manhattan art scene early on and traveled extensively around the globe for several years. He cites these adventures as major influences in his life and art.
“I admit to having wanderlust. I love to travel and have new experiences, tastes, visual stimulus. I’ve never been able to sit still, especially in my work. I love to try new styles, mediums and introduce new influences to my painting. I like to play with it, have fun with it. The thing that drives me is the experience, not the result. So when a piece works, feels right, it’s most rewarding.”
Returning to New York, worked as an illustrator, designing books, magazine covers and corporate art. He was a regular contributor to New York Magazine, the New York Times and Travel and Leisure. His advertising clients included Fortune 500 companies and top ad agencies.
He then segued to a second career in film and video, winning numerous awards, including an Emmy and a Clio as a producer and director.
All the while, he developed a very personal style of painting, using pastels, acrylics and oils. Today, he continues working his dual passions of film and fine art. His portraits and landscapes are to be found in private collections around the world. His abstract work is exhibited nationwide.
Today, Barry teaches classes in painting, drawing and creative thinking. He is the author of numerous short stories and a screenplay about the French artist Suzanne Valadon.
Past exhibitions include The Vero Beach Museum of Art; The Martin County Courthouse Art Center; The Nathan B. Rosen Museum Gallery; Raw Space Gallery; Gallery Pelar; Landmark Gallery; Galerie Nouvelle; The Center for Spiritual Care; Lighthouse Gallery; Gallery Veritas; The Emerson Center; and the Brownstone Art Gallery.
He currently resides in Vero Beach, Florida.
Photo Painting Credit: Cosmicdarkroom
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