▁enough ▁income ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁art . ▁Oper ating ▁from ▁a ▁studio ▁at ▁his ▁home , ▁first ▁in ▁London ▁then ▁in ▁Den ham ▁and ▁subsequently ▁Pit sh ill , ▁Bar cl ay ▁experiment ed ▁widely ▁with ▁his ▁art ▁and ▁was ▁exhib ited ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁and ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁places . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁his ▁art works ▁were ▁purchased ▁by ▁public ▁gall eries , ▁although ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁necessity ▁to ▁sell . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁n inet ies ▁that ▁Bar cl ay ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁finally ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁paint ▁in ▁the ▁manner ▁he ▁wished . ▁ ▁As ide ▁from ▁his ▁art ▁and ▁business ▁interests , ▁Bar cl ay ▁was ▁a ▁keen ▁botan ist , ▁his ▁work ▁foc using ▁initially ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Cre te . ▁He ▁contributed ▁a ▁chapter ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁guide ▁Flow ers ▁of ▁Greece ▁and ▁the ▁B alk ans ▁and ▁subsequently ▁published ▁his ▁own ▁work ▁Cre te : ▁Check list ▁of ▁the ▁V asc ular ▁Pl ants ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁He ▁collected ▁many ▁plants ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁research ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁was ▁asked ▁by ▁Des mond ▁Me ik le ▁to ▁proc ure ▁samples ▁for ▁the ▁Royal ▁Botan ic ▁Gard ens , ▁K ew , ▁initially ▁in ▁Turkey ▁but ▁later ▁from ▁many ▁countries ▁around ▁the ▁glo be ▁including ▁Nep al ▁with ▁Patrick ▁Syn ge . ▁Bar cl ay ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁advoc ate