BARRY COOMBS ARTIST

"You belong in the most secret part of you. Don't worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for you - draw and paint your fear and anxiety."
- Sol Lewitt

My work is an extension of the concerns, musings and yearnings of my life. Nature, mortality, the puzzle of linear time and the riddle of the Cosmic Joker often occupy my thoughts. Geometry is the effort of human beings to understand nature. Its clarity and simplicity, combined with colour, provide me with limitless means of expression. Everything, however, starts with observation and perception of the visual world.

***Current
Circles, Squares, Triangles 2025
RELIEF84-4, acrylic on canvas, 48x36", has been accepted into this online exhibition. It will run until April 19, 2025.
View the exhibition here: https://www.exhibizone.com/cst2025
My page can be viewed here: Circles, Squares, Triangles - 2025 - Your Page

***Current
'If You're Looking'
at the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre
STRINGS, acrylic on canvas, 36x30", will be exhibited in this Carnegie Gallery Annex Exhibition from Friday, February 7 to Sunday, March 30, 2025. This exhibition is associated with An Intimate Evening with Ian Thomas, Fumbling With Inspiration; a benefit concert in celebration of the Carnegie Gallery’s 45th birthday.
Concert details at: https://www.memorialarts.ca/events

***Ongoing
/'ab,strak(t)/ Online Juried Exhibition
My acrylic on canvas, PROWL, 48x36", has been accepted into an online, juried exhibition entitled /'ab,strak(t)/, from a USA-based organization called Art Fluent. The jurors chose 87 from over 650 submissions.
All of the work may be viewed in the online gallery at:

Abstract Art In Your Home
How would a fairly large, abstract painting look in your home? RELIEF84-3 is an acrylic on collaged wood panel and is 48x36". It enhances this room in a contemporary setting. Please, view my Canvas/Wood Panel page to see more abstract paintings.