Matt Barba

David Barba
1933 - 2016 
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles CA 1954-1958

A graphic designer, illustrator and advertising agency Creative Director for major American corporations, Barba's commercial art has been published in international design and illustration anthologies.

Across his thirty-plus year fine-art career, working primarily in watercolor, David Barba painted realistically detailed images of brilliantly colored flowers and forests.  He has exhibited his watercolors throughout Arizona, California, Connecticut, New Mexico, New Jersey, & New York. His work has been included in the following annual exhibitions - National Watercolor Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, Kentucky Watercolor Society, Midwest Watercolor Society, Louisana Watercolor Society, West Texas Watercolor Society, & Garden State Watercolor Society.

David Barba's paintings are found in countless private collections and in the following corporate collections - Cornell University, NY; Carnegie Center, NJ; Kemper Bancshare Group, MO; City Federal Savings and Loan Association, NJ; The Summit Group, NJ;  United Trust Company, NJ: Parker and Parsley Petroleum, TX; Bristol-Myers Squibb, NJ; Otis Group, CT; Purolator Courier, NJ.

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The Artwork

Quotes below excerpted from: 
"Serenity in Watercolor"
Written by Dr. Lew Deitch
ArtBook of the New West, Fall/Winter 2007-08

"David Barba is among an elite group of artists whose realistic floral compositions mesmerize the viewer with images of tranquility and serenity. 

"David Barba is a true master, as his paintings are crisp, multifaceted and often filled with concentrated details. His subjects include natural scenes where he captures a slice of the out of doors, often painting woodland with the many layers from the canopy to clusters of flowers growing in and amid the tree trunks.

"David Barba is able to build his landscapes to where the multiplicity of branches, leaves, stalks and blades of grass appear to ripple in an afternoon breeze. He often will simply zero his focus in on a single bloom or panoply of assorted blossoms. His still life images burst forth with color and drama, but in all cases the flowers are his primary focus."