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!