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Posted on June, 2022July, 2023

Art Criticism Is Not Censorship, Some DeviantArtists Are Immature

bjpentecost, from deviantart
Posted on June, 2022April, 2026

Mourning Series – Gut Wrenching, 1992

Newberry, Mourning Series - Gut Wrenching, detail feet, 1992, charcoal on Rives BFK, 30x22"
Posted on December, 2021

Forearm Study 2

Newberry, Forearm Study 2, 2021, ink, 10x8"
Posted on December, 2021April, 2026

Going To the Otherside of the World, John’s Sunset

Newberry, John's Sunset, 2010, charcoal on Rives BFK, 26x19"
Posted on December, 2021December, 2021

Grounded to Reality Through Representational Art

Newberry, North Carolina Dogwoods, oil, 12x9"
Posted on November, 2021December, 2021

1999 Satisfying the Soul: An Interview with Michael Newberry

Michael Newberry, circa 1999
Posted on November, 2021May, 2026

2004 A Man with his Art on his Sleeve

Posted on November, 2021December, 2021

A Difference Between Life Drawing and a Thematic Work

Posted on October, 2021October, 2021

Early Work, Self-Portrait 1977

Newberry, self portrait, 1977, ink, Frankfurt
Posted on June, 2021April, 2026

A Day in My Life

Newberry, Heady Currents: Georgie's Ears, diptych, 2021, oil on canvas, 20x48"
Posted on May, 2021April, 2026

So Much Going On

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

Deliverance!

Michael Newberry, Idyllwild, 2-3-2021
Posted on January, 2021May, 2026

CIA Weaponizing Abstract Art and Its Fallout

Jackson Pollock, No. 5, 1948, 48x96"

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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.
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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