Monthly Studio Update - March, 2010
| Studio Update: Moving Forward (wip) The last couple of months I have been working with themes that incorporate depths of darkness. Moving Forward is moving along. I ran into a hiccup: the more detailed he became I saw that his arm and hand had to be moved to create a more natural feeling. So I "erased" it with paint, and moved it over, meaning that every detail had to be and is being redone. The catalyst for this painting is the tough times that many people are experiencing. It is about an individual man coming out of oblivion, guided by his vision, and the light of reason (the spotlight on his forehead.)
I spent about a week making additional studies with me standing in for the model. I used a mirror, pulled up my sleeves, and drew studies in ink of my arm and shoulder.
----- John’s Sunset Over the Christmas holidays my family went through the loss of my brother, John. I hadn't thought explicitly about it till I sat down and drew a still life about his death. I did this is the last two of weeks of February, 2010.
One December 19th, 2009 my older brother John was found dead floating in the Pacific Ocean, in the area between La Jolla Shores and The Cove. There is a foot path that winds along the cliff edge in which you can look down towards the crashing waves and out west to the horizon. I was born about five minutes walk from there. We all grew up as a beach urchins, snooping around every nook and cranny of this small curve of coast. Though my parents are no longer married, December 19th was their anniversary. www.newberrygallery.com/exhibit/still/still.html ----- Michael,
thank you so very much! As always, you were
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for all your guidance and
inspiration. When are coming back? I am definitely ready for another
workshop. For as long as I have been making art, 35 plus years, people have said wonderful things to me about my art, teaching, and insights. It seems now that I didn't have the time to register how wonderful the comments have been. I remember once listening to two cynical artists, not friends of mine, dissing their collectors. One of them discussed that the collector didn't even look at the work, but over the telephone bought it because it was the most expensive of the show. When asked, neither of them had any collectors that loved their work. I may be naive, but I couldn't believe how horrible their art relationships were. In the last two months I have begun to stop and really register the comments that people are making about my art and teaching. You can read some those comments here: http://michaelnewberry.com/test/test.htm ----- Man, I have been enjoying teaching my recent workshops--the focus, interpersonal and emotional exchanges, the light bulbs going off; it's great to experience. The next workshop coming up is on portrait in the Newberry Gallery in Santa Monica.
Michael Newberry mtnewberry@gmail.com
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