Helmut Barnett
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Infinite Reasons
Tuesday Collage
Giant Rabbit •
Drake Passage
Timbuktu
October Riff
Summer Silence
Firewall
Free Fall
Clear View
Bright Morning
Open View
Winter Garden
Revived I
Revived II
Voluntary Reveal
Top Dog
Times Zero
Rain Forest Rescue
Proof
No Ground
Little Tempest
Innocent Bystander
Drive By
Dream Machine
Anchor
Bermuda Triangle
Aspect Ratio I
Aspect Ratio II
Playlist
Frivolous Painting
Outpost
Lost Claim
Hobby Horse
No. 6
Love Letter Lost
Playground I
Playground II
Infinite Reasons, 2025
acrylic on collage on panel, 48 x 48 inches, $8200
Tuesday Collage, 2025
acrylic on collage on panel, 55 x 49 inches, $9500
Giant Rabbit, 2025
acrylic on collage on panel, 55 x 49 inches, sold
Drake Passage, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches, $8500
Timbuktu, 2026
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, $9500
October Riff, 2023
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, $9500
Summer Silence, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 66 x 54 inches, $8500
Firewall, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, $9500
Free Fall, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $6000
Clear View, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches, $9500
Bright Morning, 2025
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $6000
Open View, 2020
acrylic on paper, 44 x 30 inches, $4200
Winter Garden, 2024
acrylic on paper, 44 x 30 inches, $4200
Revived I, 2025
colored serigraph on paper, 14 x 18 inches, $1600
Revived II, 2025
colored serigraph on paper, 14 x 18 inches, $1600
Voluntary Reveal, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Top Dog, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Times Zero, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Rain Forest Rescue, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Proof, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
No Ground, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Little Tempest, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Innocent Bystander, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Drive By, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Dream Machine, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Anchor, 2025
collage on board, 7.5 x 5 inches, $950
Bermuda Triangle, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 29.5 x 25.5 inches, $2400
Aspect Ratio I, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 28 x 24 inches, $2200
Aspect Ratio II, 2023
acrylic and collage on board, 28 x 24 inches, $2200
Playlist, 2022
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $5200
Frivolous Painting, 2021
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, $3800
Outpost, 2008
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, $5200
Lost Claim, 2023
collage on board, 14 x 11 inches, $1500
Hobby Horse, 2023
collage on board, 14 x 11 inches, $1500
No. 6, 2021
acrylic on collage on board, 14 x 10 inches, 25 x 22 inches framed, $1500
Love Letter Lost, 2018
collage on board, 18 x 14 inches, 22 x 18 inches, $1100
Playground I, 2017
acrylic and charcoal on paper, 9 x 9 in, $900
Playground II, 2017
acrylic and charcoal on paper, 9 x 9 in, $900
About the artist...
See Helmut's September 2023 solo show 'Revelations' here.
View Helmut's 2021 Artist talk and tour.
Watch a video of Helmut's collage process.
Take a virtual tour of Barnett's 2018 show here. Read a review of Barnett's 2018 show on Art That Uplifts here.
"An orchestrated explosion of color and form and techniques" - Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle, February 2010
Read the entire article here.
"Here are colorful abstractions – sharply defined and precisely rendered colorful abstractions – arranged to achieve uncommon balance or to affect a sort of kinesis via static articulation all stacked and staggered, the bright shapes often against a ground of collaged diagrams and texts. Imagine: The baby Jesus had a hissy fit while playing with Colorforms in an antique-book binder's studio, but (baby J being the divine infant, after all) the results were heavenly and wholly coherent." -Wayne Allen Brenner, The Austin Chronicle, September 2008
Read the entire article here.
As an American Abstract Artist, Helmut Barnett works with many contemporary media and images: geometric and organic forms in oil and acrylic on large canvases; and mixed media drawings on paper using acrylic, oil, charcoal, solvent transfer and collage.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1946, my family moved to Abilene, Kansas in 1957. After finishing high school in Chicago and four years of service in the Air Force, I moved to Austin, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974. I have since lived in Austin with my wife and keep a studio in a renovated 100 year old house in downtown Austin.
Visit artist's website - helmutbarnett.com