One of the great gifts of our work is the global contact across the oceans of this world ˆ and the joy of finding friends in every harbor. The gifts of the many abound and it is an honor and privilege to be part of this great exchange.

Way over there on the other side of the Atlantic is one incredible artist, Barry Mack, with whom I have been corresponding for many months now ˆ a brilliant artist, and spirit. Although I have still not had the joy of experiencing his paintings face-to-face, he has shared some of the images, like the one attached, via the electronic media and always I am astounded, stunned, humbled by the power and scope of his work and the light that pours through his gifted hands.

Barry's life work is dedicated to the splendor of the Light.

 It is all so breathtaking, so ‘familiar’ so GALACTIC!!  I am deeply moved and excited at the same time – how wonderful to channel through this expression...the art form. I truly am completely awed by the depth of his vision, the incredible energy that pours from the canvas...I celebrate the gift and it is clearly a memory – either of the future or the past – there is no difference, in the end."

 --Patricia C.

Italy

------------------------------------------------------

"Barry's painting hangs in the study where I meditate and work with clients. The transcendental quality of this piece brings a presence to the room, transforming it into an even more sacred space.  Each time I gaze at the inspired scene it takes me to that place that lies within all of us.  Thank you for this gift of your work to the world, helping to connect us with the world beyond. 

The art now carries Energy of the Higher Dimensions from which it was channeled.

Those who gaze upon the artwork, recognize this Energy and will want it to grace their walls and be empowered and emboldened by it.  The new Higher Energy through the physical form will be felt and cannot be denied.”  

--Suzanne Giesemann, author of Messages of Hope 

   http://www.suzannegiesemann.com

------------------------------------------------------

Barry!

Your painting is absolutely mind-blowing. I love it!! 

— Judy

------------------------------------------------------

Barry,

Wow,  art is fabulous!!!!  It has a three dimensional, ethereal, feeling with cosmic overtones.  Angels and Archetypes come to mind.  

I have gone back to look at your painting several times over the last two days.  It seems to get more interesting.  I think certain images have more impact or mean more to a person in different ways as we travel through the cosmos.  In other words as you get older you realize the enormity of this trip. 

Your painting, on many levels, says that it all doesn't matter if you contemplate the universe and our part. 

 --Bob Foster

ROBERT H. FOSTER CONSULTANTS

Land Development Design & Landscape Architecture

fosterco@teleport.com

------------------------------------------------------

Wow! Beautiful Barry. I hope they find their way into the home of someone that will treasure them for a long long time.

  — Valerie

------------------------------------------------------

Dear Barry -

How do you do that?!....Ive yet to learn enough about all the programs to actually create such beauty.

The quality is superb!  It's just magic.  The light radiates from every thing you have touched...and passed onto us...from the very source of light.

wow....I'm in heaven...your art took me right to the top of the rainbow and while there...the light blasted me all new........  Oh I wish I had lessons from you....if there was a master in digital....he would be you for sure.  Lovely...breathtaking radiant....celestial and mesmerizing!

Mmmmm thank you so much!! 

wow....I'm in heaven...your art took me right to the top of the rainbow and while there...the light blasted me all new........ 

How do you do that?!....Ive yet to learn enough about all the programs to actually create such beauty.  Oh I wish I had lessons from you....if there was a master in digital....he would be you for sure.  Lovely...breathtaking radiant....celestial and mesmerizing!

Your work is magnificent.........I am stunned by its power..... its amazing, the energy and light and life I feel.....it's like the hand of God!

I love your talent and your spirit...

Thank you....its magic...:) 

Doorway is absolute mystical genius!  It's open.......and it's open for me. I don't have to play with the shadows any more! Something happened to me when I looked into The Doorway. I walked right through that door. All a sudden these dark shackles just fell off me. I literally went from almost tears to laughter. The light that poured out of the art was absolute truth. There is a power in your work that moves me deeply because the interpretations are from the inside out. I can hear the title, look and my spirit flies inside.-

After seeing your artwork and reading your statement, I honor you more then anyone I have ever known,  and yet I know you're just a man...but what a man.....what a message and what a light!  With a spirit like yours radiating through the light of art......how can we not be blown away by the gift of you?  I aspire to paint and be like you.

Bless you and all you touch.

Diana H.

--------------------------------------------------------------

Oh Barry, your work is wonderful!  It's always very inspiring to see your paintings.  

It's so huge. The art that you make, the effort that goes into it. It's something really really big. Your will to create is enormous. And that doesn't just say something about you and your ambition, which I find to be so motivating... it says something about what else is out there. What else is making up this universe, this reality... and even more than this reality. I am incredibly happy that you do this. That this is all part of you. Knowing you feels very very lucky. 

--Sarah S.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Barry~

Your painting "Higher Realms" is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing that with us. It certainly reinforces our awareness and awakening of our connection to a higher realm of beauty, peace and light and Spirit. Your paintings are a gift of transformation and transcendence. I love it! 

Jewel and Jan

------------------------------------------------------

WOW! All I could think of is Going Home. Breathtakingly beeeuuutiful! I wish there were more spiritual places & people I could see & meet. But I journey there in my heart and mind; thanks to people like yourself that share such beauty on their websites. They are all so beautiful and say so much about you the painter. To me it reflects the brilliance of your soul; the divinity within you, bursting through and expressing itself through your paintings.

 --Elaine

------------------------------------------------------

    All art is connected by an invisible golden thread that makes it possible to combine one with the other.  I am a musician and Barry Mack an artist;  Barry's art is visual and mine in the dimension of sound.  When I look at Barry's wonderful creations,  the visual impact is tremendous. 

 Such far-reaching impression and expression of our universe has as yet, not been accomplished by any artist.  It is sublime, powerful and very, very beautiful.  When I look at it, I can hear music that transverses the visible into the audio medium, and influences my whole artistic capacities.  It inspires me.

---Oscar Scheickl, 

   Pianist and teacher. 

-------------------------------------------------------------

   Barry Mack's beautiful work is invested with messages for us all from the universal field of pure potentiality.  He is a seeker on the path toward enlightenment and this inspires him with great energy - producing a prodigious quantity and wide variety of concepts, ranging from the most dynamic and complex, to great simplicity and sensitivity.  I am grateful to have him as a friend and colleague.  

Thank you for deeply connecting us all to the universal spirit that helped you create this stunning display of virtuosity and amazing fecundity! There's something masterful in the body of your work that is thrilling and awe inspiring. 

---Ted K.

------------------------------------------------------

Hello, Barry!

              I've visited your site and I think that your work is fantastic. I'm from Uruguay, I'm also in digital art but I'm young and I think I have a lot to learn just to be like someone like you. My english is not good so please excuse me if you don't understand something. 

              I just write to say you that you are doing beautifull things that can touch people from different parts of the world. Continue doing it!  Never give it up.

I want you to know that your art is so strong and powerfull that it can reach unknown places and minds, so far in the distance but so close in feelings. Someone that can do such things can consider himself a great artist.

 -- Laura O.

------------------------------------------------------

 Barry:

Wow! The luminosity is truly remarkable.  Stunning, really.

-- Nancy Nye

Program Manager

Arts Action Alliance

------------------------------------------------------

Barry!

 It has been an absolute pleasure to be your friend and watch your art grow over the years. I am constantly amazed by your art every time I see it. Some of your pieces I’ve seen countless times but see something different every time I look at it. Art moves people in many different ways. Your pieces move people in ways that most art can’t. I am looking forward to your upcoming show. 

-- Larry H.

------------------------------------------------------

I have two of Barry's paintings...I picked them not only for their beauty, but for the way they make me feel. Looking into his works puts me at peace, in a world that seems to always want to do the opposite to people! Barry's personality is reflected in his art, and it's readily apparent that this artist views the world's light through a beautiful, peaceful lens.Every day, I enjoy a slice of what it must be to see as he does. His works attracted me immediately, as I love his play between darkness and light. 

--Leah K.

------------------------------------------------------

I highly recommend that you become familiar with his extraordinary portfolio of abstract paintings, as I believe time is running out to scoop the art world on this gifted artist. Barry paints not only with acrylics, but with light. Light for Barry is a medium in itself. In person, each canvas is like several living paintings in one, as the light picks up and reflects nuances of color and energy in the surrounding space. I don't feel as though I am simply viewing a painting, but rather that I am part of the living, creative energy that animates his images. Somehow Barry captures that light energy while keeping it alive in and on the canvas--truly amazing. 

--Laurie D.

------------------------------------------------------

WOW - what talent you were born with!  Just absolutely beautiful.

 — Debbie

------------------------------------------------------

Oh my gosh... they almost look iridescent! 

Keep rocking in the studio, man.

Looks awesome. I am so proud of you! 

-Mandi D.

------------------------------------------------------

Dear Mr. Mack,

   A soulful, philosophical and even an intuitive mood is created, expressed in Mack's work makes use of symbols, metaphors and the inherent qualities of paint to convey some of the concern involved with our inner life.

You can immediately associate the artwork with some form of higher power, most likely God. Another association could be a relation to churches or even angels. A feeling of flying and meditation is also apparent in the artwork.

 Barry Mack's artwork is becoming more and more  relevant to our world.

-- Tammi K.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry, your work is stunning!

— Debbie 

------------------------------------------------------

Amazing work Barry!

  — Gary R.

------------------------------------------------------

"I find these very brilliant paintings!" 

  — Fab K.

------------------------------------------------------

Beautiful! Liquid light!!

--Brad Laughlin

------------------------------------------------------

Absolutely gorgeous work... --Kathy

------------------------------------------------------

The liquid light descending from the heights in these paintings reminds me of a poem.

"Up from it's hidden source

A fresh stream of clear water

Makes its winding course

Down the waiting hill

Giving those who's hearts thirst their sweet clear fill."

-- Allan S.

------------------------------------------------------

"I love your work! You are brilliant!"    

 --Kedma O.

------------------------------------------------------

“I have admired Barry’s art for years since seeing it downtown in Portland.  Then by chance I met him at my old job. We were working on something on his car when we started talking about art, and he handed me his business card and the style of his painting was so recognizable…. I knew I had seen it before.”

-- Yvonne S.

-----------------

Halo Barry,

  When I see the art you make, I call you a seeker of light that is so beautiful and so important  in the world and in one’s personnel life.

  I see your paintings as a mirror of the soul and when I look to them, I see reflex ion of my soul true the colours, chaps and symbols and for every one that is different.

--  Erica

-----------------

I'm speechless......GLORIOUS.....

-- Diana

-----------------------------------------------------

On Fire seems truly appropriate right now, well, because you are on fire. I like this direction in your new works a lot! I love the intensity! On Fire is very graphic and easy to grasp. It has a feeling, at least for me, best described as “immediate”, kind of like great heat felt from real fire – you feel it now – bammo – in your face.

I like that... no holes barred - just out there. It’s appropriately named too. Personally, I think that more people will really relate to this new direction. 

 A.D. C.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry

Your art literally took my breath away...very compelling, expressive with hints toward a personal experience that seems familiar to possibly some of the visions I have experienced. 

--  Katie K.

-----------------

mmmmmmmmmmm!

honey dripping delicious.

golden inspired valley swimming

scattered dragonflies zipping by and around

inner glow, inner beauty. Natural.

-- Karen

------------------------------------------------------

Your work is fabulous...

GORGEOUS paintings... breathtaking!!!

Created with heart and love,

-- Lynn A.

------------------------------------------------------

At first I thought your studio was on fire, then I realized IT IS!

--Kathy R.

------------------------------------------------------

AWESOME WORK !!!

--Jim K.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry - OMG, is that beautiful!!!!!!! 

--Dave D.

------------------------------------------------------

Awesome Barry!

— Jean M.

------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations on the critical acclaim you are now receiving for your work. I'm so excited for you. You so deserve it!

-- Judy

------------------------------------

Barry Mack's artwork is not only beautiful to look at, but spiritually uplifting as well.  All of his images are appealing at first glance. But the more you study it, the more you find in it to behold.  A rare combination of geometric elegance and spiritual depth!

-- Dr. Joshua Golding 

Author of  Rationality and Religious Theism

Bellarmine University

------------------------------------- ----------------------- 

Barry!  All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW and WOW!  Your art  gives me goosebumps.  I wish I could buy about 10 of them.  

 -- Janelle H.S.

------------------------------------------------------

A spiritual journey is what Barry Mack's work transfers to the psyche of all, the emotion and the depth speaks in volumes. A visual delight once viewed, leaves the imprint forever. A uniquely talented artist.

-- Parys St. Martin, 

Australia

------------------------------------------------------

"Barry, I LOVE both your art.  I love the spiritual quality, the colors, the motion - I feel like I am drawn into the center and looking into my soul."  

--Bev G.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Barry,

 I find your work absolutely amazing and inspiring. I am in awe at how you are able to express something so spiritual in a work!

 This direction suits you well, and I would continue in this line as I find it very strong. I admire abstract works which can clearly express what a well-formed idea can also explain. I am trying to let myself go to abstracts, but it is very hard for me, so hats off to you!!!

Kind regards,

 Rachel

---------------

Barry,

Thank-you so much for sharing your beautiful art with us.

 I am ever amazed at your talent.

 It has to be so rewarding to see your vision from beginning to ultimately the incredible finished product.

-- Gwynn

----------------------- ----------------------- 

“THANK YOU BARRY!  WE LOVE THE PORTRAIT OF US!!!”    AMAZING ART WORK!    I love looking at your wonderful art and letting the beautiful smile wash over me.  

—Joan W.

------------------------------------------------------

“OMG - it’s luminous - gorgeous - I LOVE IT.   THANK YOU for all the work and love that was so obviously put into this!” 

 —Ina S.

------------------------------------------------------

"Mack is a painter of transcendent experience in its manifold varieties.

-------

Barry, I love the new work.

To me, it's some of the best stuff you've ever done.  I love the direction you're taking.

 It's outrageously cool, a real gift for abstraction.

The work opens our doors of perception to realms we may have glimpsed only briefly, in dreams or nightmares, trances or trips, and in doing so, they imply something radical about the relationship of outer space to inner:  that the two may, in fact, be one and the same."

— Richard Speer is a contributing critic at ARTnews, among many others. See PRESS sectionOne of the great gifts of our work is the global contact across the oceans of this world ˆ and the joy of finding friends in every harbor. The gifts of the many abound and it is an honor and privilege to be part of this great exchange.

Way over there on the other side of the Atlantic is one incredible artist, Barry Mack, with whom I have been corresponding for many months now ˆ a brilliant artist, and spirit. Although I have still not had the joy of experiencing his paintings face-to-face, he has shared some of the images, like the one attached, via the electronic media and always I am astounded, stunned, humbled by the power and scope of his work and the light that pours through his gifted hands.

Barry's life work is dedicated to the splendor of the Light.

 It is all so breathtaking, so ‘familiar’ so GALACTIC!!  I am deeply moved and excited at the same time – how wonderful to channel through this expression...the art form. I truly am completely awed by the depth of his vision, the incredible energy that pours from the canvas...I celebrate the gift and it is clearly a memory – either of the future or the past – there is no difference, in the end."

 --Patricia C.

Italy

------------------------------------------------------

"Barry's painting hangs in the study where I meditate and work with clients. The transcendental quality of this piece brings a presence to the room, transforming it into an even more sacred space.  Each time I gaze at the inspired scene it takes me to that place that lies within all of us.  Thank you for this gift of your work to the world, helping to connect us with the world beyond. 

The art now carries Energy of the Higher Dimensions from which it was channeled.

Those who gaze upon the artwork, recognize this Energy and will want it to grace their walls and be empowered and emboldened by it.  The new Higher Energy through the physical form will be felt and cannot be denied.”  

--Suzanne Giesemann, author of Messages of Hope 

   http://www.suzannegiesemann.com

------------------------------------------------------

Barry!

Your painting is absolutely mind-blowing. I love it!! 

— Judy

------------------------------------------------------

Barry,

Wow,  art is fabulous!!!!  It has a three dimensional, ethereal, feeling with cosmic overtones.  Angels and Archetypes come to mind.  

I have gone back to look at your painting several times over the last two days.  It seems to get more interesting.  I think certain images have more impact or mean more to a person in different ways as we travel through the cosmos.  In other words as you get older you realize the enormity of this trip. 

Your painting, on many levels, says that it all doesn't matter if you contemplate the universe and our part. 

 --Bob Foster

ROBERT H. FOSTER CONSULTANTS

Land Development Design & Landscape Architecture

fosterco@teleport.com

------------------------------------------------------

Wow! Beautiful Barry. I hope they find their way into the home of someone that will treasure them for a long long time.

  — Valerie

------------------------------------------------------

Dear Barry -

How do you do that?!....Ive yet to learn enough about all the programs to actually create such beauty.

The quality is superb!  It's just magic.  The light radiates from every thing you have touched...and passed onto us...from the very source of light.

wow....I'm in heaven...your art took me right to the top of the rainbow and while there...the light blasted me all new........  Oh I wish I had lessons from you....if there was a master in digital....he would be you for sure.  Lovely...breathtaking radiant....celestial and mesmerizing!

Mmmmm thank you so much!! 

wow....I'm in heaven...your art took me right to the top of the rainbow and while there...the light blasted me all new........ 

How do you do that?!....Ive yet to learn enough about all the programs to actually create such beauty.  Oh I wish I had lessons from you....if there was a master in digital....he would be you for sure.  Lovely...breathtaking radiant....celestial and mesmerizing!

Your work is magnificent.........I am stunned by its power..... its amazing, the energy and light and life I feel.....it's like the hand of God!

I love your talent and your spirit...

Thank you....its magic...:) 

Doorway is absolute mystical genius!  It's open.......and it's open for me. I don't have to play with the shadows any more! Something happened to me when I looked into The Doorway. I walked right through that door. All a sudden these dark shackles just fell off me. I literally went from almost tears to laughter. The light that poured out of the art was absolute truth. There is a power in your work that moves me deeply because the interpretations are from the inside out. I can hear the title, look and my spirit flies inside.-

After seeing your artwork and reading your statement, I honor you more then anyone I have ever known,  and yet I know you're just a man...but what a man.....what a message and what a light!  With a spirit like yours radiating through the light of art......how can we not be blown away by the gift of you?  I aspire to paint and be like you.

Bless you and all you touch.

Diana H.

--------------------------------------------------------------

Oh Barry, your work is wonderful!  It's always very inspiring to see your paintings.  

It's so huge. The art that you make, the effort that goes into it. It's something really really big. Your will to create is enormous. And that doesn't just say something about you and your ambition, which I find to be so motivating... it says something about what else is out there. What else is making up this universe, this reality... and even more than this reality. I am incredibly happy that you do this. That this is all part of you. Knowing you feels very very lucky. 

--Sarah S.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Barry~

Your painting "Higher Realms" is absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing that with us. It certainly reinforces our awareness and awakening of our connection to a higher realm of beauty, peace and light and Spirit. Your paintings are a gift of transformation and transcendence. I love it! 

Jewel and Jan

------------------------------------------------------

WOW! All I could think of is Going Home. Breathtakingly beeeuuutiful! I wish there were more spiritual places & people I could see & meet. But I journey there in my heart and mind; thanks to people like yourself that share such beauty on their websites. They are all so beautiful and say so much about you the painter. To me it reflects the brilliance of your soul; the divinity within you, bursting through and expressing itself through your paintings.

 --Elaine

------------------------------------------------------

    All art is connected by an invisible golden thread that makes it possible to combine one with the other.  I am a musician and Barry Mack an artist;  Barry's art is visual and mine in the dimension of sound.  When I look at Barry's wonderful creations,  the visual impact is tremendous. 

 Such far-reaching impression and expression of our universe has as yet, not been accomplished by any artist.  It is sublime, powerful and very, very beautiful.  When I look at it, I can hear music that transverses the visible into the audio medium, and influences my whole artistic capacities.  It inspires me.

---Oscar Scheickl, 

   Pianist and teacher. 

-------------------------------------------------------------

   Barry Mack's beautiful work is invested with messages for us all from the universal field of pure potentiality.  He is a seeker on the path toward enlightenment and this inspires him with great energy - producing a prodigious quantity and wide variety of concepts, ranging from the most dynamic and complex, to great simplicity and sensitivity.  I am grateful to have him as a friend and colleague.  

Thank you for deeply connecting us all to the universal spirit that helped you create this stunning display of virtuosity and amazing fecundity! There's something masterful in the body of your work that is thrilling and awe inspiring. 

---Ted K.

------------------------------------------------------

Hello, Barry!

              I've visited your site and I think that your work is fantastic. I'm from Uruguay, I'm also in digital art but I'm young and I think I have a lot to learn just to be like someone like you. My english is not good so please excuse me if you don't understand something. 

              I just write to say you that you are doing beautifull things that can touch people from different parts of the world. Continue doing it!  Never give it up.

I want you to know that your art is so strong and powerfull that it can reach unknown places and minds, so far in the distance but so close in feelings. Someone that can do such things can consider himself a great artist.

 -- Laura O.

------------------------------------------------------

 Barry:

Wow! The luminosity is truly remarkable.  Stunning, really.

-- Nancy Nye

Program Manager

Arts Action Alliance

------------------------------------------------------

Barry!

 It has been an absolute pleasure to be your friend and watch your art grow over the years. I am constantly amazed by your art every time I see it. Some of your pieces I’ve seen countless times but see something different every time I look at it. Art moves people in many different ways. Your pieces move people in ways that most art can’t. I am looking forward to your upcoming show. 

-- Larry H.

------------------------------------------------------

I have two of Barry's paintings...I picked them not only for their beauty, but for the way they make me feel. Looking into his works puts me at peace, in a world that seems to always want to do the opposite to people! Barry's personality is reflected in his art, and it's readily apparent that this artist views the world's light through a beautiful, peaceful lens.Every day, I enjoy a slice of what it must be to see as he does. His works attracted me immediately, as I love his play between darkness and light. 

--Leah K.

------------------------------------------------------

I highly recommend that you become familiar with his extraordinary portfolio of abstract paintings, as I believe time is running out to scoop the art world on this gifted artist. Barry paints not only with acrylics, but with light. Light for Barry is a medium in itself. In person, each canvas is like several living paintings in one, as the light picks up and reflects nuances of color and energy in the surrounding space. I don't feel as though I am simply viewing a painting, but rather that I am part of the living, creative energy that animates his images. Somehow Barry captures that light energy while keeping it alive in and on the canvas--truly amazing. 

--Laurie D.

------------------------------------------------------

WOW - what talent you were born with!  Just absolutely beautiful.

 — Debbie

------------------------------------------------------

Oh my gosh... they almost look iridescent! 

Keep rocking in the studio, man.

Looks awesome. I am so proud of you! 

-Mandi D.

------------------------------------------------------

Dear Mr. Mack,

   A soulful, philosophical and even an intuitive mood is created, expressed in Mack's work makes use of symbols, metaphors and the inherent qualities of paint to convey some of the concern involved with our inner life.

You can immediately associate the artwork with some form of higher power, most likely God. Another association could be a relation to churches or even angels. A feeling of flying and meditation is also apparent in the artwork.

 Barry Mack's artwork is becoming more and more  relevant to our world.

-- Tammi K.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry, your work is stunning!

— Debbie 

------------------------------------------------------

Amazing work Barry!

  — Gary R.

------------------------------------------------------

"I find these very brilliant paintings!" 

  — Fab K.

------------------------------------------------------

Beautiful! Liquid light!!

--Brad Laughlin

------------------------------------------------------

Absolutely gorgeous work... --Kathy

------------------------------------------------------

The liquid light descending from the heights in these paintings reminds me of a poem.

"Up from it's hidden source

A fresh stream of clear water

Makes its winding course

Down the waiting hill

Giving those who's hearts thirst their sweet clear fill."

-- Allan S.

------------------------------------------------------

"I love your work! You are brilliant!"    

 --Kedma O.

------------------------------------------------------

“I have admired Barry’s art for years since seeing it downtown in Portland.  Then by chance I met him at my old job. We were working on something on his car when we started talking about art, and he handed me his business card and the style of his painting was so recognizable…. I knew I had seen it before.”

-- Yvonne S.

-----------------

Halo Barry,

  When I see the art you make, I call you a seeker of light that is so beautiful and so important  in the world and in one’s personnel life.

  I see your paintings as a mirror of the soul and when I look to them, I see reflex ion of my soul true the colours, chaps and symbols and for every one that is different.

--  Erica

-----------------

I'm speechless......GLORIOUS.....

-- Diana

-----------------------------------------------------

On Fire seems truly appropriate right now, well, because you are on fire. I like this direction in your new works a lot! I love the intensity! On Fire is very graphic and easy to grasp. It has a feeling, at least for me, best described as “immediate”, kind of like great heat felt from real fire – you feel it now – bammo – in your face.

I like that... no holes barred - just out there. It’s appropriately named too. Personally, I think that more people will really relate to this new direction. 

 A.D. C.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry

Your art literally took my breath away...very compelling, expressive with hints toward a personal experience that seems familiar to possibly some of the visions I have experienced. 

--  Katie K.

-----------------

mmmmmmmmmmm!

honey dripping delicious.

golden inspired valley swimming

scattered dragonflies zipping by and around

inner glow, inner beauty. Natural.

-- Karen

------------------------------------------------------

Your work is fabulous...

GORGEOUS paintings... breathtaking!!!

Created with heart and love,

-- Lynn A.

------------------------------------------------------

At first I thought your studio was on fire, then I realized IT IS!

--Kathy R.

------------------------------------------------------

AWESOME WORK !!!

--Jim K.

------------------------------------------------------

Barry - OMG, is that beautiful!!!!!!! 

--Dave D.

------------------------------------------------------

Awesome Barry!

— Jean M.

------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations on the critical acclaim you are now receiving for your work. I'm so excited for you. You so deserve it!

-- Judy

------------------------------------

Barry Mack's artwork is not only beautiful to look at, but spiritually uplifting as well.  All of his images are appealing at first glance. But the more you study it, the more you find in it to behold.  A rare combination of geometric elegance and spiritual depth!

-- Dr. Joshua Golding 

Author of  Rationality and Religious Theism

Bellarmine University

------------------------------------- ----------------------- 

Barry!  All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW and WOW!  Your art  gives me goosebumps.  I wish I could buy about 10 of them.  

 -- Janelle H.S.

------------------------------------------------------

A spiritual journey is what Barry Mack's work transfers to the psyche of all, the emotion and the depth speaks in volumes. A visual delight once viewed, leaves the imprint forever. A uniquely talented artist.

-- Parys St. Martin, 

Australia

------------------------------------------------------

"Barry, I LOVE both your art.  I love the spiritual quality, the colors, the motion - I feel like I am drawn into the center and looking into my soul."  

--Bev G.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Barry,

 I find your work absolutely amazing and inspiring. I am in awe at how you are able to express something so spiritual in a work!

 This direction suits you well, and I would continue in this line as I find it very strong. I admire abstract works which can clearly express what a well-formed idea can also explain. I am trying to let myself go to abstracts, but it is very hard for me, so hats off to you!!!

Kind regards,

 Rachel

---------------

Barry,

Thank-you so much for sharing your beautiful art with us.

 I am ever amazed at your talent.

 It has to be so rewarding to see your vision from beginning to ultimately the incredible finished product.

-- Gwynn

----------------------- ----------------------- 

“THANK YOU BARRY!  WE LOVE THE PORTRAIT OF US!!!”    AMAZING ART WORK!    I love looking at your wonderful art and letting the beautiful smile wash over me.  

—Joan W.

------------------------------------------------------

“OMG - it’s luminous - gorgeous - I LOVE IT.   THANK YOU for all the work and love that was so obviously put into this!” 

 —Ina S.

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"Mack is a painter of transcendent experience in its manifold varieties.

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Barry, I love the new work.

To me, it's some of the best stuff you've ever done.  I love the direction you're taking.

 It's outrageously cool, a real gift for abstraction.

The work opens our doors of perception to realms we may have glimpsed only briefly, in dreams or nightmares, trances or trips, and in doing so, they imply something radical about the relationship of outer space to inner:  that the two may, in fact, be one and the same."

— Richard Speer is a contributing critic at ARTnews, among many others. See PRESS section