Artist Daniel Barkley's comments to gallery owner James Yarosh regarding his painting, Brother's Keeper:

"I'm very happy you like this one because I think it is one of my very best. It just kind of happened; it all came together and became a painting about memory for me— and many other things as well. I grew up along the shore of the St. Lawrence River, exploring, swimming and boating in the summer, then skating and sledding in the winter. At night, as teenagers, my friends and I would go lie on the black ice— the first ice of the season not yet clouded by snow— and stare at the stars. This is a subject I will definitely re-visit. The official story still references the figure of the handsome blond man as Archangel Michael. Below, in a frozen prison, is his brother Lucifer, represented by the gold leaf. For Flemish and German painters, Lucifer was always the most beautiful angel, the 'Golden Angel.'"

During Mansions in May, 2014 (May 1st through 31st), Daniel Barkley's painting Brother's Keeper will be displayed as part of the Blairsden Mansion's An Art Collector's Sanctuary exhibition. Please also visit or contact James Yarosh Associates Fine Art Gallery regarding additional works on view by the artist and available through the gallery.