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Michael Newberry in Santa Monica, December, 2008
 

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.

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.

2005-
2009

I moved to New York,  and continued to paint and draw prolifically. I started the Newberry Workshop and share my knowledge through a series of online Art-Tutorials.

2009-
Present

Opening the Newberry Gallery in Santa Monica, California in the Spring of 2009. My available work can be seen here.  There is also a growing image library of over 600 images, Newberry Archive one of the largest archives of a living artist on the web, created and hosted by Brett Holverstott.


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