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The Art of
Ryan Barnes

Acrylic painting of a picture stone style norse ship in the realistically painted Norwegian Sea.

Welcome to my online portfolio.

My name is Ryan Barnes, I'm a freelance fine artist and illustrator based in the great Pacific Northwest. I work in both traditional and digital mediums. You can learn more about me as an artist and person on my About page.

Recent Artwork

Recent Artwork

Seattle cityscape acrylic painting with a huge white void floating behind a building and above the street. The painting is meant to invoke the feeling of a hole left behind and cannot be filled the same as when the hole wasn't there, causing those around to have to carry on regardless.

An acrylic landscape painting of the Norwegian Sea with mountains and trees. In the water is a "picture stone" like depiction of a viking longship returning home.

A still life, acrylic painting on canvas of a bust, book, and flowers.

Painting of the skull of a man in which the cranium reveals a water balloon hanging precariously over sharp, jagged, broken glass.

A mixed media still life drawing of peppers and an onion. Ripped up news paper and paper bag glued onto 18 by 24 inch drawing paper, each surface using a different medium: colored pencils on paper bag, conté crayon on news paper, and graphite on drawing paper.

A grayscale illustration of a girl with a magenta birthmark on her face painted in ink to look like plum flowers.

Ink drawing of a still life featuring animal skills, plant in pot, and a pitcher against a cloth backdrop.

A close-up drawing of a little girl's eye rendered in meticulous detail.

A blind contour line drawing featuring a bouquet of flowers in a coke glass.

Seattle cityscape acrylic painting with a huge white void floating behind a building and above the street. The painting is meant to invoke the feeling of a hole left behind and cannot be filled the same as when the hole wasn't there, causing those around to have to carry on regardless.

An acrylic landscape painting of the Norwegian Sea with mountains and trees. In the water is a "picture stone" like depiction of a viking longship returning home.

A still life, acrylic painting on canvas of a bust, book, and flowers.

Painting of the skull of a man in which the cranium reveals a water balloon hanging precariously over sharp, jagged, broken glass.

A mixed media still life drawing of peppers and an onion. Ripped up news paper and paper bag glued onto 18 by 24 inch drawing paper, each surface using a different medium: colored pencils on paper bag, conté crayon on news paper, and graphite on drawing paper.

A grayscale illustration of a girl with a magenta birthmark on her face painted in ink to look like plum flowers.

Ink drawing of a still life featuring animal skills, plant in pot, and a pitcher against a cloth backdrop.

A close-up drawing of a little girl's eye rendered in meticulous detail.

A blind contour line drawing featuring a bouquet of flowers in a coke glass.

Seattle cityscape acrylic painting with a huge white void floating behind a building and above the street. The painting is meant to invoke the feeling of a hole left behind and cannot be filled the same as when the hole wasn't there, causing those around to have to carry on regardless.

An acrylic landscape painting of the Norwegian Sea with mountains and trees. In the water is a "picture stone" like depiction of a viking longship returning home.

A still life, acrylic painting on canvas of a bust, book, and flowers.

Painting of the skull of a man in which the cranium reveals a water balloon hanging precariously over sharp, jagged, broken glass.

A mixed media still life drawing of peppers and an onion. Ripped up news paper and paper bag glued onto 18 by 24 inch drawing paper, each surface using a different medium: colored pencils on paper bag, conté crayon on news paper, and graphite on drawing paper.

A grayscale illustration of a girl with a magenta birthmark on her face painted in ink to look like plum flowers.

Recent Exhibitions & Shows

Art in a Pickle Barn Show

Mar 29 - Apr 30, 2025

Forms and Figures

Mar 12 - May 12, 2025

Mar 1 - May 1, 2025

Student Art Exhibition

May 13 - Jun 13, 2024

Annamarie & Annafest

Jul 27 - 28, 2019

Recent Publications

Entropy is a Thing

Hoorf! Radical Care in a Late Capitalist Heckscape

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