Ernie Barnes’ iconic, musical paintings come to life at this ’70s time warp of an L.A art gallery Installation image from Ernie Barnes: Where Music and Soul Live at UTA Artist Space, Beverly ...

A new survey of Ernie Barnes' music-inspired artworks, which includes his painting "The Sugar Shack," opens this week at UTA Artist Space Los Angeles.

Professionally, Ernie Barnes was a football player for the NFL. Creatively, he was a painter. He switched careers and reinvented himself in the 1960s; the civil rights movement was breaking ...

Artist Ernie Barnes shows a painting commissioned by Jerry Buss to the subject of the work, boxer Oscar De La Hoya. (George Wilhelm/Los Angeles Times) By Elaine Woo . April 30, 2009 12 AM PT .

Ernie Barnes' 1976 painting The Sugar Shack, familiar to millions of TV viewers for its use during the closing credits of the '70s sitcom Good Times as well as serving as the album cover of Marvin ...

Renowned painter Ernie Barnes died Monday at age 70. Barnes came to painting after a career in professional football, as an offensive lineman with the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos.

Ernie Barnes’ 1976 painting The Sugar Shack, familiar to millions of TV viewers for its use during the closing credits of the ’70s sitcom Good Times as well as serving as the album cover of ...

That would be Ernie Barnes, who was a guard for the team from 1963-64 and later became more well known as a painter whose works were featured on album covers for artists including Marvin Gaye and ...

Barnes, perhaps best known for his painting The Sugar Shack, used in the credits of the TV show Good Times and on the cover of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 album I Want You, is one of the 20th century’s ...

It's "The Sugar Shack," a 1976 painting by former professional football player Ernie Barnes. On May 12, Christie's auction house sold it for $15.2 million – 76 times its high estimate.

Ernie Barnes’s most famous painting, “The Sugar Shack,” an exultant dancing scene that was featured on the cover of Marvin Gaye’s album “I Want You” and during the closing credits of ...

A new survey of Ernie Barnes' music-inspired artworks, which includes his painting "The Sugar Shack," opens this week at UTA Artist Space Los Angeles.