Post 11 - Works Exhibited

"Art Aquatic" 



Art Aquatic

Underwater Video

On display at the Art Aquatic: An Exhibition 2011

video dtd 2007 

Artist: 

Doug Barkley, owner of Video Dude Productions and an avid scuba diver and well-known underwater videographer, has produced a number of underwater documentaries including one most recently for National Geographic.

Bio

  Doug Barkley has been a professional underwater videographer since 1999, shooting video for such diverse clients as National Geographic and The Neptune Society, as well as several dive operators from Jupiter, FL to the Florida Keys. A certified scuba diver since 1980 and currently certified as a NAUI and SDI Instructor, he has traveled all over the Caribbean and South Florida bringing memories of the underwater world back for everyone to see. His ability to get “up close and personal” with the creatures under the sea makes his videos interesting enough for even non-divers to enjoy!

Artist Statement - (taken from Doug's DAILY blog page)

  Went diving today with Force-E Dive Centers on their Goliath Grouper Dive in Riviera Beach, FL.Nikole put on a great trip for us aboard Jim Abernethy Scuba Adventures‘ “Deep Obsession”, and we dove on the Mitzpah Corridor, a wreck trek of 4 wrecks. Most of the groupers were hanging around the “Mitzpah” wreck and we got a few close encounters both inside and outside the wreck. Enjoy the video!

Having fun shooting video here in Paradise,
The Video Dude

  Background

  Art Aquatic is a collaboration of mixed media paintings and underwater video as seen through the eyes of Susan Clifton and Doug Barkley. This video represents the underwater aquatic life that is constantly changing day by day. This life is usually not seen by in this art form and Doug did a great job capturing the beauty and tranquility of it.

  Connection

  The reason why this particular piece was added was because it is a different type of art. The video displays the beauty of the ocean not just in colors or still frames but in a flowing continuation of beauty. This also adds to my on-line gallery of underwater aquatic and oceanic art. The artist Doug is also part of a gallery in Florida with another artist that will appear on my next blog.