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Healdsburg, CA
tel: 707.431-8378
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T. Barny

A native of California, with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, T Barny has been creating sculpture professionally for over 40 years. During his career, T Barny has produced over 1000 works in steel, bronze, wood and water, but his fascination is with stone. He has carved 211 different kinds of rock from 53 countries. During his more than 40 year career he has taught stone carving in California, Kansas, Washington, and New Mexico. He has been an artist-in-residence in Carrara, Italy; Tinos, Greece; Woodstock, New York and Garden City, Texas.  Collected in 23 countries, his work has been shown in over 100 galleries worldwide and he has participated in more than 600 individual and group exhibitions.

Artist Statements:
“I aspire to create sculpture that reflects a world filled with magic and wonder, celebrating the interrelated continuousness of all things through my Mobius-like works, with a single, traceable, looping edge. My works are produced through a method of direct carving, which entails having no preconceived notions or models from which to derive the final shape of my pieces. Instead, I allow the natural rhythms of the materials I use to guide me to a final product, rich with serene fluidity. During my 40-year-career, I have produced more than 1000 works in steel, bronze, wood, and water, though my curvilinear, Mobius-inspired stone sculptures are my most celebrated.”

“My bronzes, unlike many, are created from molds of stone or wood sculptures I have carved. I believe that this maintains the artistic integrity of each edition; the original piece still exists, it is not a broken lump of clay or plastelline.

At RISD, I had the chance to experiment with creating different colors of patina on my finished works. Sometimes, I would repeat the process many times on the same piece to find the right combination, and sometimes I hit the mark on the first try. My four specially formulated patinas are unique to T Barny editions, and as they are applied by hand, are also unique to each sculpture in an edition.”