In December of 2011,

was accepted into the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and his juried image,"Clarisse,"
a 4' x 4' watercolor on canvas,
was displayed for four days in
the Carrousel du Louvre.

Again in 2011,  his juried work,
"Sadie and Sally," a 2' x 2' watercolor on canvas, was accepted and hung in the Carrousel.

In February of 2013, Barnes  was asked to submit a "body  of works" for jury in the  Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters in Paris. He was awarded the Bronze Medal for Painting.

"My Three Graces," a 30" x 30" watercolor on canvas will hang in the Carrousel  du Louvre, December 15-18, 2013.

Mlle. Benedicte Lecat represents these works through galleries in Brussels, Barcelona, Cannes, Montreal and Toronto.

Today, however, Barnes remains a regular sort of guy, painting just for the fun of it!