Patterson & Barnes

Sinatra*
Sinatra*
24" x 36"
Rosie Ledet
Rosie Ledet
25.25x17
Rodney Fontenot
Rodney Fontenot
15x34
Howlin' Wolf-Mr. Big Has Got the Roamin' Blues
Howlin' Wolf-Mr. Big Has Got the Roamin' Blues
24.5x55
Memphis Slim - Glad She Is Gone
Memphis Slim - Glad She Is Gone
20x23.25
Aquarium
Aquarium
52.5x67.5
No Trash Talk Here
No Trash Talk Here*
19x16.5
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
31.2x37
Junior Wells
Junior Wells*
57.5x28
Wynton Marsalis, Blue in N
Wynton Marsalis, Blue in N*
33x33.5
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Man I Love*
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Man I Love*
26.7x38.5
Jazz (Billie, Ella, Coltrane, Miles, etc.)
Jazz (Billie, Ella, Coltrane, Miles, etc.)
49" x 73.75"
Bobby Blue Bland-Turn on Your Love Light
Bobby Blue Bland-Turn on Your Love Light
40.7x40
Bertha & Little Joe
Bertha & Little Joe
35x66.5
Elvis Shake It Up
Elvis - Shake It Up Mama
77x70
BB King "Delta Man"
BB King "Delta Man"*
37x49
Stop Running Around With Bad People!
Stop Running Around With Bad People!*
18x15.5
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot
66.5x47.7
Dog Fight #2
Dog Fight #2
42x54
Alligator Mississipiensis - 2012*
Alligator Mississipiensis - 2012*
25" x 63"
John Coltrane - Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Love Supreme*
21.5x17.5
Its Your Thing
Its Your Thing
67.5x63.75
Can't Buy Love
Can't Buy Love
17.75x15.75
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
52x54.5
Off Key
Off Key
67x48
He's a Wild Man
He's a Wild Man
25x31
Betty Carter, the Bebop Girl
Betty Carter, the Bebop Girl
24x24
Eddie Lejeune - Fish Camp Waltz
Eddie Lejeune - Fish Camp Waltz*
34.25x46.5
Dreamed About You Last Night, Woke Up With the Blues
Dreamed About You Last Night, Woke Up With the Blues
15x12.5
You Use to Love Me Blues*
You Use to Love Me Blues*
13.25" x 13.5"
Red Rooster Lounge*
Red Rooster Lounge*
18.5x25
Alligator Mississippiensis*
Alligator Mississippiensis*
19" x 61"
To The Rescue
To The Rescue
20x58.25
Buddy Guy - Blues Guy
Buddy Guy - Blues Guy*
37x49
Go 3 Blocks*
Go 3 Blocks*
64x66.5
Georgia O'Keefe
Georgia O'Keefe
42.5x48
Benny Goodman*
Benny Goodman*
21x28.5x22
Somebody's Lover
Somebody's Lover
19.5x19.25
Love Peace and Happiness
Love Peace and Happiness*
65x55
On A Mission
On A Mission
24.75x45.25
Billie and Friends
Billie and Friends
48x60.5
Etta James
24' x 24"
Hot in the Kitchen*
Hot in the Kitchen*
18.75x25
Be Mine
Be Mine
64x53.2
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker "I Don't Want to Hear It"*
20x17.5
Duke
23" x 40"
What's You Crying About
What's You Crying About
20.5" x 17.25"
Listen Up
Listen Up
23.25x40.25
Miles Davis-Night is Falling
Miles Davis-Night is Falling*
37x49
Freedom
Freedom*
59x58.75
Diana Krall & Elvis Costello
Diana Krall & Elvis Costello
24x31.7
Slow Jazz
Slow Jazz
30.5x39
Killing Time
Killing Time
17.5x15
Are You Saved*
Are You Saved*
21" x 30.5"
Stevie Ray Vaughn "Ready to Rock"
Stevie Ray Vaughn "Ready to Rock"*
37x49
Willie King - Layed Mama to Rest
Willie King - Layed Mama to Rest*
31x55
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Man I Love
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Man I Love*
26.5x38.50
Still Cool
Still Cool*
43x33.25
Gatemouth Brown
Gatemouth Brown*
45.5x41
Bayou Blues
20" x 23"
Worried Man Blues
Worried Man Blues*
19.5x19
Once Upon a Time
14.75x18.75
Big Gator
Big Gator
13.5x29
Don't Judge Me*
Don't Judge Me*
17.25x15
I'm Cajun; Bite Me
I'm Cajun; Bite Me
18.25" x 23"
Son Thomas - Crying Baby Blues
Son Thomas - Crying Baby Blues*
31x36
I Don't Do Love Songs*
I Don't Do Love Songs*
13" x 13"
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair*
44.5x53.75
Louis Armstrong-Keep On Smiling
Louis Armstrong-Keep On Smiling*
70.5x58
Jimmy Buffett "Let's Go Fishing"
Jimmy Buffett "Let's Go Fishing"
39x48
Luther Allison "Bluesman a Long Way From Home"
Luther Allison "Bluesman a Long Way From Home"
35x19.5
Black is Black
Black is Black
67x58.5
She Don't Care
She Don't Care
18.75" x 24"
My Baby Can Blow
My Baby Can Blow*
35.5x46
Coltrane
36.75" x 36.75"
Jill Bit the Dust
Jill Bit the Dust
61x67
Ella
Ella*
33x52
Coz Fontenot
Coz Fontenot
31x61
Think Green*
Think Green*
59.5x65.2
Pete & Al
Pete & Al
40" x 53.75"
Marley (High on You)
33.5" x 57.5"
Ella, Billie, Bessie
Something to Say - Ella, Billie, Bessie
36x52
Feeling Groovy*
Feeling Groovy*
66x56
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson - Temptation*
21.5x15
My Band
My Band
19.75x60
One Foot
One Foot
44x56.2
Secret Love
Secret Love
16x22
Irma Thomas "Don't Go Crazy Just Because I Told You to Get Lost"
Irma Thomas "Don't Go Crazy Just Because I Told You to Get Lost"*
40.5x39
I Got My Wings
I Got My Wings
23.25" x 43.25"
Michael Jackson - Man from Neverland*
Michael Jackson - Man from Neverland*
32.25x38.25
Save Me
Save Me*
15.25x26.25
I Know Its Tough, Suck It Up
I Know Its Tough, Suck It Up
13.75x29.5
Louis Armstrong*
Louis Armstrong*
46x50
Miles Davis, Man With the Horn
Miles Davis, Man With the Horn
24x24
Ella
39.3x39.3
Sarah Vaughan - I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Sarah Vaughan - I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
28x26
Purple People*
Purple People*
62.5x65.5
Piano Man*(
Piano Man*
13.5" x 13.33"
Learning to Fly
Learning to Fly
23x40
I'm Singing the Blues
I'm Singing the Blues
23.25" x 26.25"
Thinking About Leaving
Thinking About Leaving
29.75x66.75
I Ain't Your Sugar Daddy
I Ain't Your Sugar Daddy*
14.5x12.5
Bob Marley "Feeling All Right"
Bob Marley "Feeling All Right"
37x49
Monk*
Monk*
22.25" x 47"
Hogwash
Hogwash
67x59.2
Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones*
36x52
Unlikely Trio
Unlikely Trio
37.2x49.5
Alligator and the Frog
Alligator and the Frog*
15x36.75
Mama Prays for Me*
Mama Prays for Me*
26" x 25.25"
The Smell of Money
The Smell of Money
18x22.25
Come To Bed Blues
Come To Bed Blues
25x31
Felix Richard - Tired and Dirty. I'm Coming Home
Felix Richard - Tired and Dirty. I'm Coming Home
20.25x20
She Wants to Take Me Home*
She Wants to Take Me Home*
13" x 13.25"
Oyster Bay
35" x 61"
Hank Williams, I Saw the Light
Hank Williams, I Saw the Light
24x24
Jazz Greats
Jazz Greats
6'x18.5'
Bob Dylan*
Bob Dylan*
18.25x18.75
Lost in the Moment
Lost in the Moment*
29.5x56.5
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey*
37.5x43
Drugs
15" x 23.25"
I've Seen too Much
17.5" x 19"
Blues Angel
Blues Angel
23.25x43.25
Billie Holiday-Jazz Singer
Billie Holiday-Jazz Singer*
68x57.75
Sarah Vaughn "Baby I'm Yours"
"Baby I'm Yours" - Sarah Vaughn
31x37
Crazy World Blues
Crazy World Blues*
19x25
Party Animal
Party Animal*
57.5x67.5
Jazz Fan*
Jazz Fan*
31x39
Dog Fight*
Dog Fight*
66.5x63.5
See No Evil
See No Evil*
19x17
Terrance Simien "Cajun Paradise"
Terrance Simien "Cajun Paradise"
15x29.5
I'm On Your Side
I'm On Your Side
28.5x51.25
Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty*
37.2x47.5
What More Do You Want*
What More Do You Want*
22" x 17.5"
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas
41.5x58.5
Bill Monroe "Father of Bluegrass"*
Bill Monroe "Father of Bluegrass"*
18x15
I Forgot Her Name
I Forgot Her Name
18x22
New Orleans Blues – I Got Them by Patterson & Barnes
New Orleans Blues – I Got Them*
28.75x29
Mildred's in the Middle
Mildred's in the Middle
63" x 62"
Don't Get Stuck in Hell
Don't Get Stuck in Hell*
25x18.5
Lost Tribe
Lost Tribe*
14.5x37.5
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
25x18.5
Got the Real Blues
Got the Real Blues*
30.5x39
Conray Fontenot - Waiting on You
Conray Fontenot - Waiting on You*
17.25x27
Billie*
Billie*
24.75" x 45.25"
Bob Dylan - Love Sucks
Bob Dylan - Love Sucks*
24x27
Ho Ho Men
Ho Ho Men*
72.5x69
City Lights
City Lights
61" x 55"
Getting Late
Getting Late*
23.75x26.75
Jazz (Louis Armstrong)
20" x 58.25"
Patterson & Barnes

Their paintings capture the powerful and expressive feelings conveyed in the making of jazz and blues.

Their compositions incorporate the use of many mediums including acrylic, watercolor, India ink, collage and constructions.  The expressiveness of many of their paintings is heightened by the evocative use of a purposeful exaggeration and abstraction.  The use of musicians best lent itself to this approach.

What makes the paintings even more unique is that each painting is a collaborative effort between  Patterson and Barnes.  They feel that an individual work is enriched by the infusion of their personal creativity, interests and past experiences.

The two met in the late 80’s while studying in Alabama under Bill Yeager.  During this time they painted separately and critiqued one another’s work.  They first collaborated in 1990 and soon developed a series of paintings based on jazz and blues musicians.  This series was born from their mutual interest in these original American art forms and the emotional power they expressed.

Their popularity extended to private and corporate collectors including Jimmy Buffet, Chris Rock, Peter Weller and Whoopi Goldberg.  They have created commissioned paintings for the Country Music Association headquarters, House of Blues blues clubs, B.B. King’s Blues Clubs and the Hard Rock Casino-Hotel.  In addition, the McIlhenny Company, makers of Tabasco brand pepper sauce, commissioned Patterson and Barnes to create a painting for the cover of their Tabasco Cookbook.

Their evocative paintings incorporate the use of many media, including acrylic, watercolor, India ink and collage. The expressiveness of many of their paintings is heightened by the use of a purposeful exaggeration and abstraction. These musicians themselves lend themselves to this technique. What makes the paintings even more unique is that each is a collaborative effort between the two artists. They feel that every individual work is enriched by the infusion of their personal creativity, interests, and past experience.