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in Cape Breton and later his family moved to Antigonish, a small university town on the mainland. In 1967, on a trip to Montreal, his father took him to see paintings by the great masters: Renoir, Matisse and Gauguin, to name a few. He was overwhelmed by the beauty of the paintings and realized that he wanted to be an artist. He enrolled at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1968. In 1974, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After graduating, he persued his career as a painter. He also taught photography, painting, film making and animation to children and adults. Barry has participated in several exhibitions in Nova Scotia, Ontario and in New York. The work presented at the Fraser-Hickson in Montreal is an accumulation of work done in Montreal since 1989. Some of the paintings reflect a longing for the ocean; others are a response to the role of color and form within the context of the human condition. |
