Sage Barnes

A self-taught artist, Sage Barnes has only learned to create from his own ideas, which is exactly what sets him apart. He has found a unique combination of abstract, realistic, and street art techniques, which are often kept separate. Many of his works feature a very realistic bodice, with an explosion of colors in place of ahead, painted against a graffiti-like wall.

 

His Instagram bio reads “college dropout,” potentially as a way to share with people that there is no clear cut path to success. He also uses his Instagram as a form of connection with his followers. Rather than just posting an artwork with its title, he will add a meaningful quote or share the story behind a work.

 

"He has found a unique combination of abstract, realistic, and street art techniques, which are often kept separate."

 

Barnes’ paintings navigate the space between the surreal and the real. Barnes is known for portraits that depict figurative busts with faces obscured by vibrant floral arrangements, neon smiley faces, or thick material explosions of blocked color and gestural marks. His canvases call to mind the Surrealist works of René Magritte. Often incorporating three-dimensional elements, his paintings utilize such materials as physical paintbrushes, flowers, and painted-over frames, which grant his already surrealistic works an even more illusionistic quality.

 

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