Lee Barry Composition (And Photo) Diary

Cognates, 8x10 inches, acrylic on cardboard, framed and matted (11x14) $100 #2015

13x17 inches, acrylic on paper. #2015 #layered $250 The piece shares the same title with one of my songs from the late 90s: Melange by Lee Barry

11"x12" acrylic on paper. Another in the series using typographical markings ( Achtung ), in this case, quotes. #2014 #layered

After watching the film The Proposal , it reminded me of this tiny oil pastel I did in 2007. It isn't as (ir)reverent. #architecture

Miro-Mondrian 11"x14" acrylic on wool fabric The vertical and horizontal superimposed over the curvilinearity of Miro. #2013 #curves #texture #layered

Knockoffs (2017) 22"x14" acrylic on panel, photo print (two joined panels) A "knockoff" or pun of my own work placed in two existing series: "Driptych" and the Black-White-Red series. The dripped paint object on the right panel was photographed, inverted, and placed on the left. The red area was meant to place it in the BWR series. $450 or best offer

Green Channel (Study) (2016) 11" x 14" x 1", acrylic, hardware and stencil on canvas board mounted on panel. (cadmium red over sap green) $100 Assemblage with a slight reference to the Stroop Effect, employing a green "R". The slight variation between a dark green and black is not noticeable in low light, or in the photograph, but is evident only in certain light temperatures. This is a study in two ways: how green interacts with red as a dichotomy, and how physical artworks done with paint, are distinct from back-lit digital art, have a different color space and affect the eye differently. Red is a very hot color in the digital realm (even if a "cool" low-frequency color), and works as well in paint, but very dark greens appear black against reds and oranges, similar to the blackening effect of a red-orange sunset on foreground foliage as the light dims. The same dichotomy exists between a solar panel and solar mirror, one absorbing and the othe...

Interesting Pages 11"x14" acrylic and graphite on panel An abstraction (or alternately a literal representation) of post-it flags, symbolic of the information that was flagged. Aesthetically I liked the transparency effect of the overlapping cellophane, and ultimately looked almost De Stijl. $200 (Price is for the pair. Will not sell as separate pieces as the diptych is central to the concept.) #2016 #colorful #geometric #fun #metaphors #layered