Welcome to the Noël Barker Naive Art Gallery

It's a little difficult to categorize your own work but I have tried to restrict this selection into five broad categories so that you can focus on specific areas of interest


Something New This is a recent experiment taking a more abstract approach to my normal naïve style. I've dabbled with this in the past, including some in this collection, but I have recently been extending this in a number of different ways.
ethnic I travel quite a lot with India and Mexico a particular fascination. The people are so colourful and simply crying out to be painted.
Animals What can I say about animals?! They are always with us, quite individual in their own way and great to paint.
Still Life This was a real change for me. I have painted both real life and naïve like views of still life subjects keeping to the vivid colours and simple form.
People A never ending source of inspiration. Each person has a story to tell in terms of the feelings , looks and interaction with one another. Naïve painting allows me to take a snapshot of those individual “stories” and sprinkle them over the canvass.
Still Life This section contains a mixture of styles that have more of a serious adult quality. The landscapes are produced by working with thick paint dragging one colour through another. Wonderful to do. Others are pictures of my children when young in scenes I captured from our travels such as sailing up the Seine.