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Michael
Newberry - Bio
Excitement and discovery have been my
art world, from my
first experience, at 11, seeing a Rembrandt
image in a bookstore window, to sharing art
with friends, artists, and collectors.
I started
selling my art at 17, followed by art school
in California and Holland. Still in art
school, I started exhibiting and continue to
do so on a yearly basis. In 2009 I opened Newberry Gallery in Santa
Monica.
Explorations and Major Works
Explorations in my art are made up of
interiors, still lifes, landscapes, drawings
and smaller works. They are about pushing
my limits: expressing
newly formed thoughts; trying new
arrangements; and observing unique and
beautiful things and people.
My major
works answer the questions: what is the
essence of my existence? What are the states
of being that I want to see and to
experience in life? What does self-esteem,
happiness, and goal direction look like? I
work years on a solitary painting to get
those answers right.
In 1956 I
was born in La Jolla, California. I started painting at 11,
went on to be a Fine Arts major at U.S.C.
and studied with Edgar Ewing. At 20 I
studied art at the Free Academy in The
Hague, Holland. I then painted and exhibited in Holland, New York
City, Los Angeles, Rhodes, Greece, and now,
in Santa Monica. |
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1967 |
In La Jolla, at age 11,
I discover Rembrandt, and begin painting. At 17, I started selling my
paintings and drawings. |
1974-
1977 |
I studied
under modernist Edgar Ewing as a fine art
major at U.S.C., then studied in Holland at
the Free Academy Psychopolis. Rembrandt,
Vermeer, Picasso, and the French
Impressionists serve as my influences. |
1977-
2005 |
I painted and exhibited throughout Europe and
the United States.
In the early 1990's, I taught foundation
courses of
Life Drawing, Drawing and Composition, and
Painting at Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles. |
