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Posted on November, 2021

William Wray: Plotting Life’s Light

Wray, Chester and Green Streets
Posted on August, 2021August, 2021

Color Theory Presentation with the Gage Academy of Art, 60 min.

Wave Series by Michael Newberry
Posted on July, 2021April, 2026

Upcoming Solo Show, The Wave Series, September 2

Newberry, The Wave Series, Figure Ground Gallery, September 2, 2021
Posted on June, 2021

My Students Are the Best!

Petia Lilova, Garner Valley
Posted on May, 2021April, 2026

So Much Going On

Newberry Color Theory and Evolution Through Art
Posted on April, 2021

Idyllwild Pastel Workshop June 7-11, 2021

Newberry, High Desert: Green
Posted on February, 2021

Update on Danae, wip, oil

Newberry, wip, Danae, oil, feb 20, 2021
Posted on January, 2021

Danae, wip Ink Study and Oil Detail

Newberry, Danae detail, right arm, ink
Posted on January, 2021

My Two Manuscripts Ready To Move On

Hironori Kiyoshima, One Appearance of Jealousy from the Beautiful Japanese Woman Series
Posted on December, 2020December, 2020

Newberry Color Theory Book

Newberry Color Theory Book
Posted on November, 2020

ETA, Evolution Through Art, Part Three, Chapter Two, Vermeer and The French Impressionists, Finished!

Vincent Van Gogh, Harvest at La Crau with Montmajour in the Background, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 29x36 inches
Posted on November, 2020April, 2026

Newberry, San Onofre Blue, Blue, and Green, pastel

Newberry, San Onofre Blue, Blue, and Green, 2020, pastel, 18x24 inches
Posted on November, 2020April, 2026

Newberry, Apollo Beach Green, Green, and Yellow, pastel

Newberry, Apollo Beach, Green, Green, and Yellow, 2020, pastel, 18x24 inches

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The Space Series—Secular Gods Ennobling and Uplifting Humanity
Rapture: The Space Series
Rapture: The Space Series is a cycle of 24 life-size paintings (each 64×48″, oil on linen) of gods and goddesses set against nebula backgrounds. Spanning birth to old age.
The theme is that their shadowed selves are transparent and the stuff of the universe, lines mark their boundaries, and light defines who they are. 19 of 24 completed.
Michael Newberry painting on location in Australia
Michael Newberry
Michael Newberry (b. 1956, La Jolla, California) is an artist whose lifelong aim is to be the best artist he can be. Since selling his first artwork at 17, he has sold over one million dollars' worth of work worldwide and exhibited internationally from New York and Los Angeles to Greece, Rome, Brussels, and Washington, D.C. He is currently (2022 to present) completing Rapture: The Space Series, a cycle of twenty-four 64×48″ paintings of gods and goddesses against nebula backgrounds.
My Idyllwild Art Studio
My Idyllwild Art Studio (Pics)
Beginning my thirteenth year.
Newberry Books
Newberry Books
Sharing a lifetime of practice and reflection through eight books.
Newberry Art Inventory
Newberry Art Inventory
Newberry Art Inventory is my site dedicated to offering available artworks from my studio.
The Newberry Art Files
The Newberry Art Files
The Newberry Art Files contain over 1,500 works created across more than five decades.
The Dreamgate Vision
The Dreamgate Vision
Dreamgate is a vision for a permanent sanctuary dedicated to Rapture: The Space Series.
Newberry Art Inventory
Available art from my studio
Figurative Drawings
Figurative Oil Sketches
Figurative Pastels
Figurative Sketches
Landscape Pastels
Landscape Plein Air Oil
Still Life Drawings
Still Life Paintings
Still Life Pastels
The Wave Series
Available Major Works
Available Major Works
Rapture is not for everyone. But if it is for you, then so are my major works.
Figurative Major Works
Archive of My Major Figurative Paintings
The Wave Series
The Wave Series, Available As One Work
The Wave Series is a collection of sixteen pastel wavescapes working out my color theory, and how it enhances form, light, and space.

Social links:
Facebook Where I communicate with friends and collectors.
Substack Sharing my writing and art with other creatives.
Reddit Over 2.5 million views on my art posts.
YouTube Tutorials, talks, time-lapse, and reveals.

Michael Newberry at work
Photo of Michael Newberry by Stephen Hicks
Amazon Author Page
Gérôme’s Pygmalion and Galatea: The Transformative Power of Art
In this short reflection, I explore Gérôme’s Pygmalion and Galatea—a stunning depiction of transformation and artistic creation. The painting captures the moment an artwork comes to life, embodying the timeless idea that art has the power to awaken the spirit and make the inanimate radiant.
Contact
I welcome inquiries about my work for private, public, and museum art collections.
Michael
Email: mtnewberry@gmail.com
Stephen Hicks on Michael Newberry
“My favorite living painter is an artist named Michael Newberry.” — Philosopher Stephen Hicks
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