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Michael Newberry’s art is about radiance.
The French Impressionists inspired him “to go back to nature”
and see the
world's
colors afresh. While the epic paintings of Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the
People and Rembrandt’s Danae
inspired his principal works.
His drawings, oil sketches, and large
canvases are uniquely composed. They convey the freshness of observation, often
play upon art history, and, yet, retain a sense of beauty.
For three decades Newberry has uniquely
worked his career, enjoying patronage from
respected collectors and friends. Painting
purely for his love of art, he has virtually
painted full-time with a small fraction of
that time devoted to students and
apprentices.
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| 1967 |
In La Jolla, at age 11, Michael
is blown away by Rembrandt's art; begins painting. At 17, he
starts selling his paintings and drawings. |
| 1974-1977 |
Michael
studies under modernist Edgar Ewing as a fine art major at U.S.C., then
studies in Holland at the Free Academy
Psychopolis. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Picasso,
and the French Impressionists serve as
influences. |
1977-
2005 |
He
lives and exhibits throughout Europe and the United States; paints fulltime.
In the early 1990's, for only one day a
week, he
teaches Life Drawing, Drawing and
Composition, and Painting at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles.
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2005-
Present |
Moves to New York, and continues to paint and draw
prolifically. He
establishes the
Newberry
Workshop
and shares his knowledge
of seeing art in a fresh way
through a series of online
Mini-Tutorials.
Newberry’s
works
can be seen in a growing image library of
over 500 images, one of the largest archives
of a living artist on the web, created and
hosted by Brett Holverstott. |
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