TED BARR art
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."
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."
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.."
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