Mike Barr

Mike is a modern impressionist artist with a particular love of rainy cityscapes and has been recognised both in Australia and overseas. Mike's 25-year art career has an over-riding theme of highlighting mood rather than detail, whether it has been in his many beachscapes or his popular rainy cityscapes. Mood and feeling have become paramount, so that his paintings most important aspect is that they can be felt not just seen. A regular award winner both in Australia and overseas, Mike has amassed almost 100 awards for his paintings, including over 20 best-in-show awards. In 2016 he was awarded the important Corporate award at the Victor Harbor Art Show. Mike is also an art writer and a columnist in the UK magazine 'The Artist' since 2021. He also appears in several publications including the award-winning 'The Art of being Melbourne' by Maree Coote in 2012.