In the past I have rejected doing animals because humanity is at the forefront of my mind. I love my dog, Frida, and she loves me, but she doesn't even glance at my art. :(
My First Sculpture in Clay and Then Finished in Bronze
Thodoris Archontopoulos, Byzantine Archaeologist and Art Historian
I met Thodoris in the Fall of 1994 in Rhodes, Greece. Incredibly smart, both an archaeologist and an art historian with a perfectionist integrity for styles, dates, and research in art. It was a huge honor that he made a presentation and wrote the review for my 1996 show at To Dentro, in Rhodes, Greece. The review was published in the Greek newspaper the Rodiaki. The show was about the creative process for large definitive works that were then works in progress. A few years later, the same show but with the completed definitive works became an international traveling exhibition “Visions” 1998 November-Athens College, Athens, Greece; August-Ministry of Greek Culture, Rhodes, Greece; July-institute for Objectivist Studies, Summer Seminar, Boulder, Colorado.
Roger Scruton’s Why Beauty Matters; And Did I Have a Small Part in It?
I was relieved that my article Pandora's Box Part III was published in the Free Radical (magazine and online) in 2002, while this Scruton publication was released in November 2009.
Before Everything There Was Visual Art
Icarus: How Visual Artists Such as Myself and Bryan Larsen Steal, Borrow, and Originate
Icarus: How Visual Artists Such as Myself and Bryan Larsen Steal, Borrow, and Originate
Ep. 9 From an Emotion to an Artwork, Newberry Aesthetic Evolution 11/20/2019
What does the feeling of lovemaking look like? Where can/do visual ideas come from? Michael Newberry discusses the genesis of his recent pastel Reclining Nudes.
Ep. 5 A 40-Year Retrospective? Newberry Aesthetic Evolution 10/28/2019
In this episode, I reflect that it has been 40 years of painting life-size figures and now it is time for a major retrospection of my work in a major museum of contemporary art.
Ep. 4, Influences Vermeer to Michelangelo
Newberry discusses the influences of Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Michelangelo in his current work in progress.

