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At 22, Icarus Landing Is Taking Off on His Own
Taking Flight, Major Works Going to New Homes
Celebrating!!! My 3rd Book is Out Now
A Manifesto: A Video Re-Creation of a Lecture I Gave at Rockford College in 2004
Quick Art Trip Around the World
The Color of Freedom, Homestretch in my book Evolution Through Art
Facing the World, Self-Portrait
Where No One Has Gone Before by Michael Newberry
Stephen Hicks visits Peter Schipperheyn’s “Zarathustra” Sculpture
Stephen Hicks: In Melbourne, I met Peter Schipperheyn, creator of the magnificent Thus Spake Zarathustra. The monumental piece is at the McClelland Sculpture Park near Mornington. The tension running through Zarathustra’s bowed body as he reaches and affirms his decision is powerful.
Book Idea: Psychological Aesthetics and the Exciting Fight to Evolve by Michael Newberry
Beyond Obstacles, Malevolence, and Ignorance Willendorf Venus c. 28,000 BCE – 25,000 BCE Discovere 1908 near Willendorf, by Josef Szombathy, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria I have been thinking about writing an art book filled with stories, anecdotes, speculation on prehistorical art, real life experiences, and the knowledge of what is it is like to strive …
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
Schipperheyn’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
The nude in art is one of the greatest means of expressing individuality. It bypasses the status of clothes and symbols and drives the focus towards character through body and facial expression. The nude asks the viewer to share their deeper, more personal thoughts about how they feel about who they are, their dreams, and their deepest beliefs.