The Kiss, and Reddit
The night before I left for the April-May Provence Workshop I finished The Kiss. I posted in on Reddit , and it received a warm welcome. Crazy Journey Last Night is about the project with this pregnant couple.
Pastels
Here are examples of my pastel work.
Articles
Coinciding with 9/11 Newberry began writing art criticism critical of Postmodern art theory and pointing towards an alternative aesthetics of new evolutionary elements in figurative art. Read more …
Tutorials
Starting in 2003 Newberry began blogging art tutorials ranging from basics to highly advanced like Composition in One Easy Lesson and True Lies: Warp Negative Space. Read more…
About
Michael Newberry, b. 1956, is an American neo-romanticist painter based in Idyllwild, California. He blends a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists. His major works are typically life-sized canvases. His works are collected by internationally renowned people such as designer Chan Luu and philosopher Stephen Hicks. Read more …
Studio Collection
From sketches to definitive works these pieces are available. See more…
Blog
What triggers creativity? What is it about art that is evolutionary? What’s the story with postmodern art? These are some of the questions I muse about on my blog. One piece is First They Came for Black, (Jan, ’19) is about modernist and post modernist reduction of painting until it disappeared from the higher reaches of the art world. Recent art articles and commentary. Read more…
Negotiation and Shipping
Once a painting is done I want it to find a home with a great person or persons. Towards that the collector has good leverage by how much they care, who they are, and what they do. If you love a work contact me and let’s discuss it and make collecting it a reality. For a major work I recommend that I personally bring and install it or we get a fine art shipping company to do it. Smaller works I send USPS. I want you to be elated by the experience, whatever Newberry you own you can use the price towards an exchange. Official prices and info are at Artwork Archive .
Social Media
50 Years of Aesthetics in an Email?
Picasso was once asked why only a 30-second sketch on a napkin was worth so much and he replied: “No, it has taken me forty years to do that.” In the same way, in my newsletters, I share a lifetime of art insight, exploration, theory, and love through my perspectives and artworks. Enjoy. Join
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