Daniel Wade Barrett

Daniel W. Barrett earned his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University and his BA from Wesleyan University, and is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT. Prior to joining WCSU, Dr. Barrett served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Health Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2016 his textbook, Social Psychology: Core Concepts and Emerging Trends, was published by Sage Publications. He is currently working on an edited book Social Influence: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives for Edward Elgar Publishing. His research interests include suspicion, persuasion, social influence, and cross-cultural psychology. When not teaching and writing about psychology, he thinks, paints, and works with wood at his home in Woodbury, CT.

I paint and sculpt neither to express my feelings nor to share my perceptions of the world with others. Rather, I engage in so-called artistic activities to revise my own comprehension of my objects. Thus, I paint, not to record what I see but to change it; to understand differently my prior conceptions of the true, the real, and the imaginary. I seek to generate new visions and thoughts by replacing and/or updating my previous ones—whether internal or external (which can be indistinguishable). I work in order to comprehend the life world, not because I already do.

I was previously a member of the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, a resident artist at RPAC Art Gallery in Ridgefield, an exhibiting member of the Rowayton Art Center (juried in), Carriage Barn Art Center (in New Canaan), the Kent Art Association, Stamford Art Association, and the Richter Association for the Arts.

Daniel Barrett, "Because"

Daniel Barrett, "In a beginning reduced"

Daniel Barrett, "Openings"

Daniel Barrett, "I Think There is Something Going On"