Barney Levitt

I’ve been creating ‘pictures’ ever since I was old enough to grip a crayon and scribble on my parents’ living room walls. I was given my first oil set when I was 10 years old, which set me on my destined path to becoming a professional artist. After graduating with a fine arts degree in drawing and painting, I never looked back. I create my paintings layer by layer, capturing in painstaking detail every nuance of my subject. I studied, and was greatly influenced by, the works of the Dutch and Flemish masters, particularly Vermeer. My work ranges from classical still life set-ups to quirkier narrative pieces that tell a story or invites the viewer to create a narrative of their own. My paintings often cross over from the real to the surreal. They vary in theme from the classical ‘old master’ setups, to a world of fantasy and make believe. Humor also plays out in much of my work and I strive for a narrative that will capture the viewers’ attention. My work combines naturalistic detail with quirky offbeat compositions that often juxtapose ordinary objects in ways the viewer doesn’t expect. I studied under Robert Sullins and received my B.A. in studio art form S.U.N.Y at Oswego. I’m a member of Gallery Blink in Lexington, MA, Gallery Antonia in Chatham, MA, and The Stewart Clifford Gallery in Provincetown, MA. I’ve been a member of The Copley Society of Art since 2004 and received my Copley Master status in 2017. I’ve been juried into The International Guild of Realism, and am a Signature Member of The National Oil and Acrylic Painter’s Society. I also belong to the Jamaica Plain Artist’s Assoc., and The Newton Art Association