CHRIS BARNARD
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RECENT WORK

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"Dainty. Innocent. Pure.", 2019, oil on canvas over panel, 80 x 66 in.
"Formal Training", 2019, acrylic on canvas over panel, 78 x 82 in.
"Boys Being Boys", 2018, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 in.
"Misguided (Northern Light)", 2018, acrylic on canvas over panel, 24 x 18 in.
"Histrionics", 2019, oil on canvas over panel, 72 x 54 in.
"A Negative Space", 2018, acrylic on canvas over panel, 72 x 60 in.
"'No Pictures, Please'", 2018, oil on canvas, 66 x 80 in.
"Pregnant Air", 2016-19, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in.
"The Greatest Lawn", 2016-18, oil on canvas, 66 x 80 in.

ROOT ROT

"Acquitted", 2017, oil on canvas over panel, 80 x 66 in.
"Accomplice", 2016, oil on canvas, 70 x 82 in.
"The Evidence of Things Seen", 2016-17, oil on canvas over panel, 81 x 54 in.
"Sculpture Court", 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 81.5 x 57 in.
"White Flight", 2016-17, oil on canvas, 81 x 54 in.
"Gibberish", 2016-17, oil on canvas, 80 x 66 in.
"Kicking and Screaming", 2017, oil on canvas over panel, 48 x 36 in.
"...and so be human life enriched", 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 70 x 80 in.
"C'mon, son!", 2017, oil on canvas over panel, 20 x 24 in.
"Benjamins", 2017, acrylic and mixed media on panel, 28 x 36 in.
"Blue Blood", 2017, acrylic on panel, 36 x 28 in.
"The Arts", 2016, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 in.

White Tide

"Deepwater Horizon", 2015, oil on canvas, 72 x 54 in.
"White Tide", 2015, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 in.
"What Could Have Been", 2015, acrylic on canvas over panel, 72 x 72 in.
"Bad Seed", 2015, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 72 in.
"White Hole", 2015, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 54 in.
"Repression", 2014-15, acrylic on panel, 60 x 42 in.
"The End of Night", 2014-15, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 72 in.
"Petulant Whiteburger", 2015, acrylic on panel, 42 x 60 in.
"Invasive Species", 2014, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 54 in.
"Appropriation", 2014, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 40 in.

Bounty

"Unveiled", 2013, oil on canvas, 40 x 54 in.
"The Revenge", 2013, oil on canvas, 42 x 60 in.
"Legacy", 2014, oil on canvas, 40 x 54 in.
"The West", 2013, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in.
"Foundation Myth", 2013, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in.
"Desert Cages", 2013, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in.
"Infection", 2014, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
"Radiate", 2014, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in.
"Wound", 2014, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 in.
"Pox", 2014, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in.
"'There it is. Take it.'", 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 52 in.

Toward Trinity

"Homo Erectus", 2012, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 in.
"Gateway Drug", 2011, oil on canvas, 60 x 84 in.
"Mother", 2011, oil on canvas, 50 x 74 in.
"Arrival of the Peacekeepers, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands", 2011, oil on canvas, 48 x 64 in.
"Crowd Pleaser, New Mexico", 2011, oil on canvas, 48 x 64 in.
"Father (Fat Man)", 2011, oil on canvas, 48 x 64 in.
"Western Lights", 2011, oil on canvas, 30 x 42 in.
"Willy Pete (White Phosphorus)", 2011, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in.
"Holy Ghost (Reaper)", 2011, oil on canvas, 36 x 60 in.
"Desert Altar", 2011, oil on canvas, 70 x 62 in.

Full Spectrum Dominance

"Booster (Source of Friction: Frailties of machines and information)", 2009, oil and enamel on canvas, 76 x 56 in.
"No Exit (Source of Friction: Unpredictable actions of other actors)", 2007, oil on canvas, 84 x 62 in.
"Thrust (Source of Friction: Effects of danger and exertion)", 2009-10, oil on canvas 66 x 42 in.
"SOS", 2009, oil on canvas, 56 x 56 in.
"Tiles (Source of Friction: Frailties of machines and information)", 2009-10, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 56 in.
"No Man's Land (Source of Friction: Effects of danger and exertion)", 2009, oil on canvas, 60 x 84 in.
"Pile Going Critical (Source of Friction: Humans)", 2009-10, oil on canvas, 54 x 64 in.
"Phantom (Source of Friction: Unpredictable actions of other actors)", 2009, oil on canvas, 20 x 32 in.

No Exit

"Conditions on the Ground", 2008, oil on canvas, 62 x 42 in.
"Eternal Sleep (Jumpers)", 2008, oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in.
"La Nausée", 2008, oil on canvas, 70 x 20 in.
"'We saw it before we heard it.'", 2008, oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in.
"Rogue State", 2008, oil and enamel on canvas, 76 x 42 in.
"Cultivation", 2008, oil and enamel on canvas, 76 x 42 in.
"Shield", 2008, oil and tape on canvas, 76 x 50 in.
"Defoliate/Eradicate", 2008, oil on canvas, 62 x 42 in.
"Empty Nest (Globemaster)", 2006-08, oil and latex on canvas, 62 x 42 in.

The Big Picture(s)

"Moment of Silence", 2007, oil on canvas, 90 x70 in.
"Desert Rockets", 2007, oil on canvas, 72 x 66 in.
"Please Rise", 2007, oil on canvas, 90 x 70 in.
"Dogfight", 2007, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in.
"Offensive", 2007, oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in.
"By the River", 2007, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
"Painting Based on a Photo a Journalist Gave Me", 2005-06, oil on canvas, 94 x 60 in.
"'In spite of everything, it's a beautiful evening.'", 2005-06, oil on canvas, 94 x 60 in.
"Staking Claims", 2005, oil on canvas, 94 x 60 in.

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