Daniel Barry
Oil on Canvas, Michigan and East Coast Landscapes


Statement
The process of making these paintings often begins with the recollection of being somewhere. I start by sketching tiny thumbnail diagrams annotating them with color comments and ideas. This gives me a chance to begin from my imagination, not a photograph. I may visit the site after the initial drawings are done, photographing or sketching to include forgotten elements which may contribute to the piece. I resist actual colors from the real place, preferring my imagined reality and the interaction of the paints on the canvas. From there a more developed set of drawings ensues, sometimes in color pencil or marker. Small study paintings are the next step. If the idea emerges from this level successfully, I design and paint a large canvas. This is by far the most demanding stage. In the end the piece has been done several times before a final painting is produced. While the piece may resemble the place which inspired it, it is more a reflection of the process of making it. If it is successful it exhibits my reaction to the place, not the place itself.

Education
Bachelor of Architecture, Lawrence Technological University, 1984
Master of Architecture, University of Michigan, 1992
Independent Studies at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New
York City, 1988.
Teaching
Drawing and sketching at the University of Michigan College of Architecture
and Urban Design, 1991
Independent drawing lessons.

Mr. Barry is a native of Massachusetts and now resides in Ann Arbor.
Although his art is informed by his architectural background, he now paints full time.

Corporate Collections
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co.
Visteon

Exhibitions
Livonia Civic Center Art Gallery, Livonia, Michigan, 1996.
Rehill Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Solo Exhibition, 1996.
Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997.
Rehill Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998.
Ann Arbor Art Center Gallery, All Media competition, 1998.
Lansing Art Gallery, Art Michigan Competition, 1998.
Mast Cove Gallery, Kenebunkport, Maine, 1999.
Fore Street Gallery, Portland, Maine, 1999.
Ann Arbor Art Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fall exhibit, 2000 and 2001.
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, All Media Competition, 2000.
The Community House, Birmingham, Michigan, Our Town Competition, 2000.
Muskegon Museum of Art, Century 2, New Glass and Painting Exhibition, 2001.
Gifts of Art, University of Michigan, 2008.
2007 Jackson Area Show, Fine Arts Competition.

Awards
Purchase Award, Ann Arbor's South University Art Fair, 2007