IakonaRafael

A native of California, with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, T Barny has been creating sculpture professionally for over 38 years. During his career, T Barny has produced over 700 works in steel, bronze, wood and water but his fascination is with stone. He has carved 204 kinds of different rock, his work has been shown in over 100 galleries worldwide and has participated in more than 400 individual and group exhibitions. T Barny has been an Artist-in-Residence in locations such as Greece and Italy, though the majority of his work is done from his home studio in Healdsburg, California. “I aspire to create sculptures that reflect a universe filled with magic and wonder. I have imported personally collected stone from quarries around the world for over 38 years, carving sculptures from massive blocks of calcite, alabaster, granite and marble. I allow myself to be guided by the natural rhythms of the stone.” It is T Barny’s great love of stone as a medium that allows him to create evocative works that continue to grow in their market presence and are becoming increasingly sought after in both private and public collections.

Cody Seekins

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Fine Artist at www.codyseekins.com My Statement: As I clear my conscious mind it peels away to reveal the vast unconscious dimensions of a greater being. Because this awareness produced in me a natural affinity for eastern thought I refer to my works as “Jātaka Tales” or simply “Jātakas”. I see the challenges, enigmas, sentiments, and ephemera of my experience as similar to the historical 3rd person Jātaka narratives of Gautama Buddha prior to his enlightenment. The term “Budgie-Sattva” within my oeuvre is an appropriation combining the word budgie (parrot) with “bodhisattva”, or one who is still on the path toward perfect awareness. The traditional Jātaka tales are an interesting collection of Buddhist allegories which recognize the subjective journey toward enlightenment by illustrating the groundwork an individual goes through. That groundwork manifests as incarnations of personal identity, experience, and learning; a framework allowing me to build a body of paintings pulling from my exterior and interior life. Traditional Jātaka tales describe multiple past lives of the Gautama Buddha, where each identity is a separate incarnation. In my works, these multiple incarnations of self are contained within one life. In effect, I am narrating contemporary Jātaka tales from the 1st person perspective.

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