Art Work by Ted Barr

ARTWORK

Deep Space Series

"… but in the right proportions, our reality is the void, especially when you consider that planet Earth is less than a grain of wheat in the Milky Way galaxy and the Milky Way is less than an Atom in the known cosmos."

Observations in the Void

TITLE: THE ANTENNAE GALAXIES

The Antenna galaxies are located 50 million light years away in the constellation Corvus, a star forming area in the universe where new celestial elements are born. I depicted the galaxies in blue as it is the color for completion and regeneration. We are surrounded by blue but there is no blue outside our Earth’s atmosphere.

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic, lacquer
SIZE: W – 100 cm H – 160 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

TITLE: DS CANNIS MAJOR

Cannis major is the celestial resemblance of the inner human turmoil caused by emotions. The piece was created during the last months of my mother’s life and was completed after her death. With all the agony and sorrow I went through there was the deep notion that her death, as my birth, is but part of the everlasting cycle of life.

YEAR: 2007
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 140 cm H – 130 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $17,000

TITLE: DS WHITE DWARF

Inspired by one of the most popular Hubble telescope images known as the Cosmic Eye, White Dwarf is the end of a star that consumes its inner matter and ultimately collapses into itself creating an ultra-dense neutron star. The Neutron star is called White Dwarf and is depicted in the center of the blue matter in the middle of this image.

YEAR: 2007
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 120 cm H – 120 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

TITLE: ANDROMEDA GALAXY

The closest galaxy to the Milky Way, 2.5 million light years away. It contains about 900 million stars, more than 4 times the stars of the Milky Way galaxy. In 4-5 billion years the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies will collide and I hope to survive and paint this collision.

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 200 cm H – 200 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $48,000

TITLE: TRIPID NEBULA

A bright, energetic star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarius, 5000 light years from Earth. The biggest star in this nebula has 20 sun masses and is surrounded by more than 3000 young stars.

YEAR: 2007
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 120 cm H – 120 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $16,000

TITLE: GIRUS GALAXY

Galaxies are the building blocks of our known universe, the stars are the atoms, planets and moons are the subatomic particles.

YEAR: 2007
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 120 cm H – 120 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $16,000

TITLE: STEPHAN'S QUINTET

About 300 million light years away, in the constellation Pegasus, five galaxies are about to collide in the most energetic celestial event. The Chandra observatory image of Stephan 's Quintet was the inspiration for this art work. In my imagination, it became a receiving heart with open hands.

YEAR: 2007
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 200 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $44,000
DESCRIPTION: From the Deep Space series

Human Formation Series

"Everything is connected; everything has its cycle of living and transformation."

Everything Including LIfe is Temporary

TITLE: HF BRAIN 26 WEEKS

The image of the embryonic brain after the 26th week of conception. The horizontal image is the brain and vertical is the embryo.

YEAR: 2009
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 140 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

TITLE: HF OVUM

The ovum enlarged 2000 times, inspired by Lennart Nilsson inner body photography.

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $44,000

TITLE: HF FINGERS FORMATION

The embryo’s hand forming starts at the 9th week of pregnancy

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $44,000

TITLE: HF WOMB

A 3D image of the womb looks like the Hubble telescope Deep Space images of stellar installations.

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 100 cm H – 180 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: Sold

TITLE: HF BRAIN

The nerve matrix correlations in a human brain are the most intricate creation in the entire universe.

YEAR: 2013
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 120 cm H – 120 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

TITLE: HF NERVE CELLS

The nerve cells resemble the intergalactic layers; each layer consists of millions of galaxies that construct our known universe.

YEAR: 2008
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: In the Golan Family Collection

TITLE: HF FRAU GRUBER

The image I used for the cover of the book, Frau Gruber depicting a dying star. This phenomenon is known as Supernova.

YEAR: 2009
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $48,000

TITLE: CONCEPTION 4TH DAY

Four days after conception multiple cells start to form the embryo’s organs. No organ can be identified at this stage. The first organ to be formed is the heart at the fifth week.

YEAR: 2010
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 180 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

Cycle of Life Series

"In these paintings I try to express my belief that human life is but a journey with no beginning or end, that there is a distinction between our limited and short physical embodiment, and our eternal spirit that has its own cycles.."

Life for me is a miracle

TITLE: COL 16 RED TREE OF LIFE

Red is the color related to action, function, alertness, summer and the stomach. In this image there are two trees from opposite directions symbolizing the tree of life which is derived from the Kabbalah teachings, speaking about the spiritual ladders in human life.

YEAR: 2016
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 70 cm H – 140 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $12,000

TITLE: COL 1620
YEAR: 2016
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 100 cm H – 200 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $14,000

TITLE: COL 1622

Balance between the up and down, left and right. There is resemblance to the upper and underground worlds from ancient myths. There are seven extensions, six up and one down, like the weekdays division.

YEAR: 2016
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 70 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $8,000

TITLE: COL 1624

The human body is a miraculous creation. In a closer look through a microscope the skin is made out of yellow mountains. This painting dwells on human life existence; where are we from? What are we made of and where are we heading?

YEAR: 2016
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 70 cm H – 140 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $12,000

TITLE: COL 1625
YEAR: 2016
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 70 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $8,000

Life moves in cycles. The depicted animal figure is not a specific animal but an emblem of any living creature that is born, grows and dies. Blue is the color of purification. Red is the color of action and birth. The circles are instead of legs and represent motion. The Dual Eternity symbol appears in place of the eyes and speaks about the eternal matter-energy transformation.

YEAR: 2015
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $8,000

TITLE: COL 1564
YEAR: 2015
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $24,000

TITLE: COL WOUNDED BIRD
YEAR: 2011
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic, lacquer
SIZE: W - 100 cm H -100 cm D - 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $12,500

TITLE: COL HAPPINESS
YEAR: 2010
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 150 cm H – 150 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $44,000

TITLE: COL PONDER
YEAR: 2013
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 200 cm H – 100 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $28,000

TITLE: COL DUALITY PINK
YEAR: 2012
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic
SIZE: W – 100 cm H – 200 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $28,000

YEAR: 2014
TYPE: Original
MEDIUM: tar, oil, acrylic, lacquer
SIZE: W – 100 cm H – 180 cm D – 3 cm
FRAMED: No
PRICE: $16,000
DESCRIPTION: From the Cycle of Life series