News - Donat Barbe

A life born of love – video

"a life born of love" | oil on board | 10x10 Here is a video that showing this painting come to ...

A miracle journey – video

See a painting develop in the video below. The story behind the painting: a most beautiful and loving woman and dear friend of mine had the misfortune to encounter medical ...

Sari, a young mother of two – a commission

This is "Sari — a young mother of two" | 18x24 | oil on linen. This painting was commissioned for Sari and Matt Shore out of Miami, Florida. My ...

My first commissioned self portrait

While this is not my first self-portrait, it is however my first commissioned self portrait. A commission I had never really even anticipated but very flattered to receive. I ...

Branden and Sofia – commission

"Branden" and "Sofia" are 2 more commissions for Sari and Matt Shore from Miami, Florida. Their children were to be captured in a contemporary setting to go along with "Sari" ...

75 years young

This oil sketch on on linen was painted to celebrate Mr and Mrs Barbe turning 75 this year. A unique memento that will last for the generations and centuries ...

3 brothers

This piece is to capture the life my nephews have in the south of France. — 3 brothers ...

Young Will

After completing the portrait of Will at his current age of 7, I was commissioned on to paint "Young Will" inspired by a photo of him at the much ...

a nude commission

I recently presented this nude to my client. It was an absolute treat to finally share this piece with her. She was happy and so was I when I ...

Soaking up Provence

One month in Provence is one month in heaven on earth. My base camp was the village of Ventabren just outside of Aix-en-Provence. But every day was dedicated to ...

Will I am

While was in Tennessee for the Ingram commission, I was introduced to Anne Pope, one of the art commissioners of Tennessee. Anne then also commissioned me to paint young ...

A literary commission

Passionate about early flemish painting, Lee Keele wanted a still life. Getting to know her I discovered a very rich and interesting soul, so I decided I wanted to ...

Tennessee Commission

This June I spend my first time in Tennessee. I was commissioned by the lovely Ingrams family to paint a recreation of a Remington statue they owned called "crossfire". Crossfire ...