It is interesting to see that when Carl Barks, after his retirement from the comic books, started his painting career he completely changed his attitude about illustrating massive details. In the comic books he generally disliked fine and particular details, but in his paintings he would incorporate more and more details, because he liked the work! This becomes especially apparent in his 19 paintings showing the inside of the Money Bin, where he painted thousands of coins with great enthusiasm. For the most delicate details he would even use paint brushes with only one hair! He once stated: I like details in my paintings. I use the smallest brush to emphasize the smallest details.
Barks also excelled in a variety of different gags which he would incorporate into his duck paintings. This is especially apparent in the afore-mentioned Money Bin paintings, where artifacts from his comic book stories suddenly emerged, and in humorous titles on Scrooge's many ledgers.

The sub-pages offer you a detailed rundown on three of Barks' duck paintings enabling you to get an idea of just how many details his paintings contain if you look closely.

Bullet Valley

July Fourth in Duckburg

In Uncle Walt's Collectery