Artist, Author, Activist, and Humanist
A little sketch of Rembrandt’s portrait of his son at the Norton Simon museum. I drew it standing in a throng of people with sketchbook in my left hand and pen in my right. I think the wobbliness is cool!
Corrupting media, foundations, art institutions, reputations, and artists. I hypothesize that, between 1950 and 1967, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used abstract art as a PsyOp tool of psychological warfare to undermine the American mind. This was done through their subordinate group, the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), to enable the Agency to manage the …
Continue reading “CIA Weaponizing Abstract Art and Its Fallout”
I have been working on this painting over a year. Some paintings can take me 3 weeks. Go Figure! Everyday I work on it feel just as exciting when I started. There have been two related developments fairly recent: I fully developed my color theory and I have changed the technical/subject theme on her. The …
I am thankful for reason, perception, and the indomitable human spirit; for our police and military that protect the innocent and our country; for the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution, individualism, and freedom; for real journalists, that separate fact from opinion; for Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, Leontyne Price, and Ella Fitzgerald; for Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Monet, …
Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2020, What I am Thankful For”
Newberry, Saunders Meadow in Idyllwild, pastel Late in 2017 I had a show at the White Cloud Gallery in Washington, D.C. The experience was bracketed by driving the works across the US to the show and then on the way back I drew pastel landscapes. This one was after I arrived home in Idyllwild — …
Since falling in love with Rembrandt’s magic at the age of 11, I have been on life-long quest for perceptual, emotional, and intellectual discoveries. Implementing these discoveries as I work on my drawings and paintings, I am at the same time, asking myself, while painting, “What exactly am I doing?” in order to understand these …
Join us on August 26th @ 12 Noon PT / 3 PM ET for The Atlas Society Asks Michael Newberry and Stephen Hicks. Michael Newberry is an American neo-romanticist painter based in Idyllwild, California. He blends a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists. The Atlas Society Senior Scholar Dr. Stephen Hicks is …
I grew up on the beach in La Jolla, California, without religion, but with freedom. Never did homework, hated the obligation of going to school, only had two teachers I liked, respectively in art and geometry. The most important influence was Rembrandt, just love the guy, discovered him when I was 11 and painted/drew everyday …
Excerpt from my upcoming book: Evolution Through Art by Michael Newberry The Spanish Inquisition VELAZQUEZ The artist Diego Velazquez (b. 1599–d. 1660) and Rembrandt van Rijn were contemporaries and the greatest painters of their respective countries, Catholic Spain and Protestant Netherlands. Likely they never saw each other’s works, yet they had many similarities in their …
Yay I finished writing Chapter 2 The Nude From Part Two Psychological Power Plays. It’s the climax of the book’s setup. Such a great honor to write about Rembrandt and Michelangelo, I’m pretty sure there are a few new insights about them. So much respect and gratitude to them. The complete draft is at 100 …
