21st Century American Realist Artist

    Welcome to Cliff Barnes Art!  Cliff loves to paint in both Watercolor and Oils and you can purchase his art  now in 2025!    Cliff is a Signature member of both the Oil Painters of America and Watercolor West.  Good News!  Cliff's new watercolor,  "Summer at Arches" was just accepted into the  prestigious 2025 Annual Signature Watercolor Exhibition held at the Fallbrook Art Center from April 15-May 17, 2025!  Come see his special 18 x 28 inches "Summer at Arches" transparent watercolor painting for sale for only  $3,000.  Partial funding supports the Fallbrook Art Center.  Opening Reception will be April 12th 

    Future exhibitions throughout the U.S. include the Oil Painters of America, the American Plains Exhibitions, Watercolor West, the American Impressionists Society,  the California Art Club and the Laguna Plein Air Artists. Cliff continues to win awards for his bold and colorful paintings:

He received the  American Plains Artists  Best of Show $1,000 Award  for  his 7 x 5 oil painting of a Zuni Indian girl entitled "Little Winner".   He has shown and sold paintings at the Laguna Plein Air Artists Exhibtions and was  awarded  another award for his oil painting, "Rockport". The  American Plains Artists selected Cliff's conte drawing for his third Publishers Award and the full page editorial in the Western Art Collector Magazine.  Cliff received his second Publishers Award from the American Plains Exhibition which was held at the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas.    

 His art is regularly  published in the Art of the West Magazine and he received another Publisher Award with the Western Art Collector Magazine. 

       It is so exciting to be an artist and to have friends and collectors  follow us over the years.  Painting the faces, wildlife and American landscapes  has been Cliff's  passion for over 40 plus years.  We look forward to hearing from you!