ART GALLERY
Franklin Barry Gallery
WELCOME TO OUR GALLERY
FOUNDED 1978
Here you will find a variety of art, from alabaster sculptures, hand blown glass, pen & ink drawings, oil on canvas & much more. Although there are thousands of artists in the world, only a select few make it into Franklin Barry. We like to select artists who are unique in both style and philosophy, and who can offer you beautiful (and sometimes funky) pieces you can't find elsewhere.
Looking for something special? Stop in or call us, and we'll do our best to find it for you.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Kelly Borsheim:
Combining her classical art training (drawing, painting, sculpting) with her pastel work as a ‘madonnara’ (Italian word for “street painter”) in Florence, Italy, artist Kelly Borsheim creates images and stone or bronze sculptures that explore our inner dialogue. She works with charcoal, pencil & pastel, and sculpts in marble, wax (for bronze), clay and stone. Kelly splits her time between Italy and Central Texas.
Joachim McMillan:
Joachim is a self-taught artist who has designed his own unique styles. He calls them 1) Mozayic scoring, patterned 2) Impasto Freestyle – loose strokes, and 3)Shadow Fix – illusion of reflections. Joachim works primarily with oil on canvas with the palette knife, his subjects are “imaginative compositions,” and his inspiration comes from the environment, memories, and his imagination. Joachim's works are purchased by fans worldwide.
Originally from Grenada, Joachim now lives in Beaverton, Oregon.
Bob Bayliss:Without the benefit of formal training, Bob learned his craft from years of interior design work. He admired loose textural paint application and appreciated harmonious colors, and set out to integrate his work experience with the best external influences and the most acute perceptions he could muster.
His paintings are displayed in the Brookville, Indiana library alongside works from the Hoosier Group.
Bryan Hendrickson:
Bryan’s paintings are tributes to Midwestern natural beauty, executed with tremendous care and meticulous detail. He works primarily in egg tempera, a medium noted for its luminosity, durability and relative lack of practitioners after the sixteenth century. He is a traditionalist & a realist at heart. His recent focus on landscape painting draws heavily on his childhood memories of exploring the wooded areas of Indiana’s Montgomery County and frequent excursions into other untamed regions. His aim is to capture and communicate the mystery and beauty that he finds in the wild.
Lisa Pelo:
Lisa graduated from the University of Bowling Green with a degree in Fine Arts, specializing in glass, and has been working with blown & sculpted glass ever since. She states:"Glass is its own inspiration. There is no other medium like it. The challenge of controlling it better and making more elaborate and complex forms: this is a lifelong project. Color in glass is fascinating. When the light can come in and out of the form through the color to create its own visual interest regardless of the form, that is a skill that has to be honed."
Phil O'Malley: A professional studio artist and designer in Indianapolis, IN, Phil lived his first decade about forty miles west of Cape Cod followed with the past four decades painting in the Midwest. Phil has created two and three dimensional works in fine art, culinary art, interior design, architectural design, graphic design, and event design. All these endeavors have symbiotically fed his art to maturity. He studied Interior Design in the Purdue School of Engineering and earned a BFA from the Herron School of Art and Design.
Rodney Denne:
Rodney paints using mixed media on canvas with a variety of styles primarily focusing on exposed, black and white, figurative, and abstract. In his own words, "I work on both painting styles at one time. I'm divided by the figure and color, as well as black and white. I find the need to fulfill both desires in the creation of my paintings.
Here are some examples by our featured artists. Mouse over the image for title & artist, or click on the image for details and expanded view. (Please note that some pieces may no longer be available.)
