History is no more than a tourist attraction.
Capturing in oil and cold wax the disintegration of a grand hotel was the challenge. Simultaneously, elegant and decayed the lobby, the haunt of the elite now leaves haunting images of dried bouquets, dead palms, dusty abandoned luggage. Washed with bright sunlight, decay is shadowed. I was given private access to paint the famous Disney attraction Tower of Terror. Barnes uses the techniques and mediums of modern abstract painting, oil and cold wax in a gestural action painting method to create this abstract impressionist painting.
