Rainy days and beaches by Mike Barr Artist
Mike Barr (1955) is an Adelaide-based impressionist painter with a penchant for rain in the city and beaches.
He started his artistic life as a potter and participated in an exhibition with Adelaide’s best when only 19 years of age. It is just over 10 years ago since he started painting in acrylics and oils and has gained over 50 awards during this time.
Extracting positive emotions from viewers is the main focus of Mike Barr’s work. He has explored two main subjects that in themselves are departures from the normal humdrum of life; and that is the beach and rainy-day cityscapes. Even though rain in the city may be seem negative, it is a real-life drama that evokes both excitement and comfort when seen in a painting. In the last few years Mike has concentrated on developing a style that does not tell the whole story. He draws-in viewers and invites them to be a part of the scene. He coaxes involvement. He extracts feelings of being there, and at last lets viewers revel in the warmth and dryness of where they stand!
The beautiful beaches of Adelaide and the state of South Australia have inspired Mike to convey their sense of wonder through his work. He believes that the sky holds the key to most paintings, particularly at the beach where the sky is uninterrupted by buildings – "it’s here that we experience a real sense of space".
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Mike Barr. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
Mike Barr (1955) is an Adelaide-based impressionist painter with a penchant for rain in the city and beaches.
He started his artistic life as a potter and participated in an exhibition with Adelaide’s best when only 19 years of age. It is just over 10 years ago since he started painting in acrylics and oils and has gained over 50 awards during this time.
Extracting positive emotions from viewers is the main focus of Mike Barr’s work. He has explored two main subjects that in themselves are departures from the normal humdrum of life; and that is the beach and rainy-day cityscapes. Even though rain in the city may be seem negative, it is a real-life drama that evokes both excitement and comfort when seen in a painting. In the last few years Mike has concentrated on developing a style that does not tell the whole story. He draws-in viewers and invites them to be a part of the scene. He coaxes involvement. He extracts feelings of being there, and at last lets viewers revel in the warmth and dryness of where they stand!
The beautiful beaches of Adelaide and the state of South Australia have inspired Mike to convey their sense of wonder through his work. He believes that the sky holds the key to most paintings, particularly at the beach where the sky is uninterrupted by buildings – "it’s here that we experience a real sense of space".
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Mike Barr. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mr Mike Barr |
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| Adelaide, 30cm x 40cm |
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| Yacht Club Pines - Victor Harbor, 60cm x 120cm |
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| Market Day - Grote Street, 50cm x 50cm |
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| Showers at Ballarat |
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| Late Rain - Waymouth Street, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Rain At The Rocks - Sydney |
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| Holiday at Semaphore, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Frankin to Flinders, 60cm x 40cm |
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| Fishers - Port Willunga, 45cm x 60cm |
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| Clare - 1920s, 60cm x 60cm |
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| Beach path |
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| Elizabeth Street, Melbourne |
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| The Union - Waymouth St. |
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| River Shadows - Goolwa, 75cm x 90cm |
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| Town Hall Reflections, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Rain - Victoria Square |
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| Late Afternoon - Burke Street |
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| Early Rain - Adelaide, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Currie Street Showers, 20cm x 20cm |
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| A touch of Nostalgia, 75cm x 90cm |
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| Walk in the Rain, 60cm x 50cm |
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| Waymouth Street Reflections |
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| Picnic Tree, 75cm x 75cm |
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| King William Street Rain, 90cm x 90cm |
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| Gawler Rain |
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| Adelaide Coffee Bar, 40cm x 30cm |
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| Storm yachts - Goolwa |
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| Rain on Grenfell Street, 60cm x 80cm |
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| Hometime showers |
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| Packing up - Seacliff |
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| Collins Street, Melbourne |
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| Autumn sun middleton |
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| Beach shadows |
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| Weather on Waymouth |
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| Victoria Square |
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| Home time Rain, 60cm x 60cm |
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| Misty Waymouth St. |
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| Goolwa beach sailing club, 90cm x 140cm |
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| Afternoon Walkers, Middleton, 75cm x 90cm |
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| Girl on beach, 30cm x 60cm |
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| Cockling Mist Goolwa, 90cm x 150cm |
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| Showers on King William Street, 25cm x 25cm |
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| Puddles on Waymouth, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Impressions of Casablabla, 30cm x 30cm |
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| Flinders Street Fantasy, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Deluge on O'Connell Street, 50cm x 50cm |
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| Waymouth Street, West |
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| Townhall |
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| Melbourne Afternoon, 40cm x 40cm |
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| Flinders Street shadows |
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| Home time rain - Waymouth Street, 90cm x 90cm |
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| Bridge Street, Sydney, 60cm x 60cm |
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| Rain Flinders Street |
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| Rain at the museum |
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| Late Showers - Flinders Street, 75cm x 75cm |
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| Autumn Winds - Goolwa, 90cm x 140cm |
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| Summer Haze - Goolwa, 90cm x 152cm |
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| Mighty Melbourne, 90cm x 120cm |
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| Late Afternoon - Chapel St. |
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