The Barnaby Coast


Story by PETEr dugré Photos by FrAn CoLLin


in life, the SpectAtorS hAnG bAck in the StAnDS AnD the MAtADorS cliMb into the ArenA to fAce the bull.


Barnaby Conrad, an 88-year-old writer, artist, and Rincon Point resident, has spent the better part of a century inside the ring, taking the bull by the horns. Conrad still churns out work, as he has for seventy years—


paintings, sculptures, and novels—as if he has tapped some secret, endless well of creativity. A personal life replete with adventures, associations with numerous


American luminaries, and globetrotting escapades have undoubtedly provided ample material.


ABOVE, “A Veronica Pass,” wood/oil. A recent show at Porch in Carpinteria was the first time Conrad showed his carved wooden sculptures.


OPPOSITE PAGE, Barnaby Conrad at home on the Rincon with his dog, Pippin. The painting behind him is the Conrad portrait “El Matador.”


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