Disarming the Mind: The Roach and Wasp Analogy
Visual Art Simplified
Thoughts on the Psychology of Art: Abstract Art Is a Psychotic Break with Reality
2003 Michael Newberry on Art and Inspiration
CIA Weaponizing Abstract Art and Its Fallout
Idyllwild Backyard in Winter
The Tattoo Series by Michael Newberry
Art within art. Painting a person with tattoos is like painting a painting within a painting. Mind-bending. The tricky part for the painter is to be not confused by the tones and hues of the tattoos and bring out the forms and light of anatomy. Tattoo Series, 2017, oil on canvas, each 24x20" Michael Newberry, …
Workshop Series: Composition!
Newberry Art Tutorials Some Guidelines For Great Compositons In my workshops students have plenty of time to compose the work, the line drawing set up before painting begins. The following tutorials show techniques you can focus on as you map out the painting's composition. Composition in One Easy Lesson For demonstration a markup of Van …
Grateful
Grateful, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches. In the last year I have been feeling grateful for friends, the beauty of Idyllwild, the ability to create so freely, and being in the right place to enjoy them all so much. How does an atheist find images to express that? These overlapping hands had an …
Art and Ideals by David Kelley, 29 min
https://youtu.be/f6_JFLBPoAE Just published for the first time. On October 6th, 2003 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented this conference at New York's Pierre Hotel. David Kelley, a philosopher, gives the talk Art and Ideals.
Tats Series
Earlier today I signed off on the third tattoo painting. The series was a fascinating excursion in which I contemplated how we sometimes become the artwork. I have always thought that was true in a metaphorical way, in the sense that when we are young, we often form our characters, unwittingly, by the influence of …
Rhythm a Beautiful Way to Organize Chaos
Erotic Symbolism in Visual Art
Newberry Art Tutorials O'Keeffe, 1923, Grey Line with Black, Blue, and Yellow Representational painting, such as landscapes, people, and furniture, is normally viewed at face value. A flower is just a flower; a chair a chair. But the manner in which an artist uses shapes can convey more than the literal content of the painting. …