Artwork copyright Donald Barrie. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Donald Barrie. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2018.

King of the World, 1976

Donald Barrie
American (born 1938)

Location: Child Study and Treatment Center, Tacoma

About the Artwork

Artist Donald Barrie created the figurative painting King of the World in an impressionistic style. He used gestural brushstrokes in many colors to create the composition. The young boy wears a pin that reads "aware." He stands on a bench carved with the name "Pelican Bay." He stands in front of a window display of whimsical and imagined sea creatures and birds.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Department of Social and Health Services.

About the Artist

Realist painter and muralist Donald Barrie captures the subtle details and formal relationships found in city scenes and sweeping landscapes. A faculty member at Seattle Central College, and founder of the Pelican Bay Artists' Cooperative. Barrie lives and works in Seattle, Washington.