Hello,
I'm Michael Barrett.
Recent Artwork
These halves of an avocado fit together but don't quite match.
- Dimensions
- 24ʺ ✕ 36ʺ
- Media
- Acrylic, inkjet, and mixed media on canvas mounted on wood panel
Writing
At Substack, I write semi-regularly about current art projects, travel, and things.
Notes on an app
September 6, 2023Software is made of compromises
New work: May December
August 30, 2023The avocado is a metaphor.
New work: 11am Continental
August 28, 2023Iconic clouds over the Pacific City coast
Business art: the art of performing business
August 26, 2023On Blake Gopnik’s Warhol
Studio sale
August 19, 2023Making room for more art
Memories of Ireland, England, and Spain
August 18, 2023An old travel journal from 2019
Saturday art walk
August 16, 2023Visiting Froelick, Augen, Nucleus, Talon and Antler on a sunny Saturday
Seattle Art Fair
August 13, 2023Overnight in Needle Town
Local tourism
July 29, 2023Visiting my own city
By hand
July 5, 2023Gardening, painting, and other manual labor.
About
I grew up in Charlotte, NC. I attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After a brief stint painting murals and working in galleries, I completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. There, I began to experiment with web development, digital imaging, and large format printing.
After graduate school, I found my way into a software development career. I have worked primarily as a front-end engineer but I have also done full-stack web and service development in Java, C#, and Python. I have worked extensively with cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and has worked with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. Lately, I likes to say "JAMstack" in meetings to see if anyone notices.
I prefer VisualStudio Code as my JavaScript editor on macOS. I prefer Procreate on the iPad for painting. I prefer Sketch on macOS for creating web graphics. PixelmatorPro is pretty nice too.