Barry is a second generation South African, born of Scottish and Afrikaner descent. Born in South Africa in 1949 and raised and educated in Zambia in Central Africa. Barry now lives in Cape Town, near to the slopes of Table Mountain. He spent two years at the East London School of Art followed by a further year at the Johannesburg School of Art. He works in oils, acrylics and watercolour but his first love is bronze sculpture.. His style of painting and sculpture is best described as representational.

His main medium for sculpting is bronze, which is the most difficult and time consuming of all the arts. Barry does not delegate any of the work except for the foundry process because he believes this delicate and complicated process should only be carried out by suitably skilled and qualified people with the best equipment available. He began his career in advertising as an art director but soon went freelance as an advertising illustrator. During this period he also did work for the philatelic services department of the GPO and designed and illustrated many sets of stamps and first day covers including some award winning sets for South Africa, Namibia and surrounding countries. His fine art career was developing simultaneously and soon the high demand for his sculptures required him to concentrate almost exclusively on his fine art. His works, of limited editions are sought by collectors and art lovers globally who identify with conservation, wildlife, African ethnic themes and the vanishing cultures of Southern Africa.

He has participated in many group exhibitions at the Crake Gallery in Norwood, Everard Reed Gallery in Cape Town, David Thorpe fine art gallery in Plettenberg bay, The Johan Smith Gallery in Clarence and the Cape Gallery in Cape Town. Barry's work is renowned internationally and can be seen in boardrooms and reception areas of companies, private collections and game lodges throughout the world. There is a permanent display of some of his works at Bushmans Kloof Game Lodge near Clanwilliam.

Some previous buyer of Barry's work The Oslo Stock Exchange The Johannesburg Stock Exchange The Union Bank of Switzerland Ingersoll Rand Mining Co., (France) The Italian Envoy in Johannesburg Consolidated Rock Machinery, Alberton The Board of Executors (Investment Bankers) Bill McAdam, Chairman of the Board of Executors and owner of Bushmans Kloof Bushmans Kloof Lodge in the Cederberg Mountains in South Africa Nicholas Oppenheimer Old Mutual Plc., Sasol S.A. Lord Pilkington, U.K. Hellenic Society of Linden, Johannesburg Frans Pretorius, Director of African Bank Kessler, Roche Pharmaceuticals Daan van der Winkel, F.P. Collection, Casala Meubeulen, Nederland. Department of Public Works, Government of South Africa (President’s Residence) J P Morgan Investment Bank Lonsdale Services Ltd, UK

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