Michael Newberry

August, 2022

Creation, Background Almost Complete

Ready to begin my third painting session today, hopefully finishing the stars. I’m working systematically from the deepest space.

If you’ve read my book, Evolution Through Art, you would be familiar with the concept that sensual erotic figures were part of our evolutionary beginnings. You would also be familiar with that the nude in art is a symbol of authenticity and genuine feelings untethered from the status of clothes. Both play a role, especially when combined through art, to keep our sight on Eudaemonia, of human flourishing as an end in itself.

Michael, Idyllwild, July 6, 2022

July, 2022

Creation, Time-Lapse, Background

Newberry, Creation, background blocked in, oil on linen, 64x48"

Support and encourage the figurative artists in your orbit. If you have clout, then join a contemporary museum board. If you are in the fine arts, then start curating exhibitions in university galleries, cultural centers, and museums. If you are an art historian or art critic, then write about what great living figurative artists are doing now! If you are an activist, then offer to help figurative artists with their PR, social media, and arranging art talks and interviews. If you are psychologically wicked, enjoy research, and detective work, then expose the trustees of contemporary and postmodern art museum boards.