David Barison

Asheville, 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois
Asheville, 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois

 

BORN : 18th November 1943 - Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

DIED  : 13th October 2019 - Conway, Sth. Carolina, USA

Married : 3 times - 1. Joyce Barison,  2. Pam Lane,  3. Patricia Schoettker

No children

 

PAINTER & MUSICIAN

 

AMERICAN

1. Meher Baba with Mohammed
1. Meher Baba with Mohammed

David Barison, a former student of Alexander LaGoya; and at the North Carolina School for Arts, he studied with a renowned Segovia protégé from Mexico, Jesus Silva. Silva had been personal friends with Segovia and the guitar composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and Manuel Ponce.

 

Circle News Special
Oct. 14, 2019
Long-time Baba lover David Barison passed away at 7:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 13, at Pruitt Health Nursing Center in Conway, SC. We do not yet have a date or time for his memorial.  
His first wife, Joyce Barison, sent us this short obituary. 

Jai Baba. I was honored and humbled to be asked to write David’s obituary.  I love David very much. Even though I got married two more times, I am and remain Joyce Barison.

          

         David Barison was born November 18, 1943 in Jersey City , N.J.  However, he was more a New Yorker than a Jersey Citier. Intelligent and creative as he was, school was not his forte or an area where he excelled.
He was a musician and an artist.  Classical guitar became his love and his outlet for his creativity.  He played extremely well. In the beginning, painting took a back seat to music, but after he developed a kind of tendinitis in his hand, painting became the frontrunner.
         The most important day in David’s life was in January of 1968 when he became a Baba Lover.  He was living in a tenement in the East Village in N.Y. with me. Mike Miller, who David met in the army, found out about Baba from Ed and Irwin Luck.  Mike Miller told Michael Cherlin, who David also met in the army, and Michael Cherlin told David. That morning in January David had never heard of Baba and that same night, he became a Baba Lover and his life was changed forever.
         David went to Darshan in 1969 and visited India many times after that.  He lived in Chapel Hill, Myrtle Beach, Ashville and a few other places.
         David was married three times in his life, yet ended up alone.  In some ways his life was like the life of a starving artist. He made a haphazard living selling beautiful Baba paintings and paintings of the Baba Center in Myrtle Beach.  He spent a great deal of his life looking at Baba’s face while painting what he saw.
         Baba was a steady force throughout David’s life, but he also had a cynical side to his nature which some found arrogant or abrasive.  This part of his nature was softened by a great sense of humor and wit. David was loved by many.
         As David got older and became ill, his nature softened even more.  He became childlike and accepting and very lovable. At the very end of his life he reconnected in a special way with me, the one who he found out about Baba with.         David had many true friends who gathered around him as he prepared to die. Looking at the totality of David’s life, it was wonderful and he came to a wonderful end.
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David Barison Memorial - October 24, 2019 - AMB Circle of Friends, Myrtle Beach, SC., recorded by Robin Vogel.

Asheville 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois
Asheville 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES OF PAINTINGS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVID.

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4. Baba wearing the blue coat
4. Baba wearing the blue coat
5. Portofino
5. Portofino
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March 20019 : David at the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.
March 20019 : David at the Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.
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12 : Baba at Myrtle Beach
12 : Baba at Myrtle Beach
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THE ABOVE 2 SEGMENTS ARE THE ONLY IMAGES FROM A PAINTING OF BABA

19C : Courtesy of Al Grasso
19C : Courtesy of Al Grasso
20. Courtesy of Glow International magazine - Fall 2012 cover
20. Courtesy of Glow International magazine - Fall 2012 cover
21. Painting - Courtesy of Ann McEvoy
21. Painting - Courtesy of Ann McEvoy
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24. Meher Baba with Al Grasso ( as a child ). Courtesy of Al Grasso
24. Meher Baba with Al Grasso ( as a child ). Courtesy of Al Grasso
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25. Mani Irani
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27. Courtesy of Gerry & Dori Seeley
27. Courtesy of Gerry & Dori Seeley
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MYRTLE BEACH CENTER, STH.CAROLINA

 

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September 1995 : David painting the boathouse at the Meher Center, SC. See painting above.
September 1995 : David painting the boathouse at the Meher Center, SC. See painting above.
32. Myrtle Beach Centre - lake view. Courtesy of Theus & Rachel Malmberg
32. Myrtle Beach Centre - lake view. Courtesy of Theus & Rachel Malmberg
33 : Lagoon Cabin, Myrtle Beach Centre ; Courtesy of Bobbie Bernstein
33 : Lagoon Cabin, Myrtle Beach Centre ; Courtesy of Bobbie Bernstein
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38. The Boathouse . Private collection
38. The Boathouse . Private collection
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56. Private collection
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57. Private collection
39 : Baba on Center Beach
39 : Baba on Center Beach
Asheville 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois
Asheville 2013 : photo taken by Anthony Zois

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54. Courtesy of Sylvia Payne
54. Courtesy of Sylvia Payne

 

 

http://kendrasnotebook.blogspot.com.au/2007_04_29_archive.html

RECORDINGS

 

LP RECORD : " IN HIS LOVE "  1973

 

David plays classical guitar & finger cymbals

 

CD DISC : " IN HIS LOVE "  2011

 

David plays classical guitar & finger cymbals

 

Guitarists who influenced David Barison

 

Musicians David influenced

 

https://www.reverbnation.com/billystewart?popup_bio=true

 

https://southeast.kctcs.edu/news/classical-guitarist-michael-fogler-to-perform.aspx

 

http://www.classicalguitarreview.com/michael-fogler/

 

 

  1. Series: Container List
David Barison, 1973(?) October 31 - Box 5
Publication: The Daily Tar Heel i
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Issue Date: Tuesday, April 19, 1977 - Page: Page 6

 

 

Jeff Carter posted 14 years ago :
So true. I found one very early in my studies. David Barison was(is?) a
fantastic player and a wonderful teacher, and taught me for two years,
until I left for college, for free. He had previously taught at Duke U.
and the University of North Carolina, and normally charged the
exorbitant rate (at the time) of $20 for an hour lesson. I am forever
indebted.

 

https://rec.music.classical.guitar.narkive.com/PavnsXZ4/relative-difficulty#post2
Jeff also wrote :I know I'm about 12 years late with this, but I too studied with David Barison. I was his (mediocre) private student in the late 70's when he was at UNC. I considered him a great player and teacher.
He developed tendonitis and apparently abandoned the guitar and is now quite a talented painter and concentrates on painting his guru, Meher Baba. With some googling, I found that he now lives in the Asheville, NC area. He even has a facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/davidbarisonart