This was lecture by Rick hosted through the ICC Speaker Series on the Future of Art as he saw it and featured the work of Artist Michael Newberry. This was taped at the beautiful Creekstone Inn in Idyllwild, California, January 14th, 2016
The future awaiting you is to be seen in the art you engage with. Will I have beauty in my life? Am I doomed to depression? Will justice prevail? Will I be happy? Will I be cut up by a chainsaw? Will I throw myself over a cliff or find exaltation in living in the present?
There is a magnificent show in the heart of Los Angeles on La Cienega through December 26th that will be one of the most humanist, empathetic, and beautiful exhibitions you will have experienced within the last decade. Tanya Ragir fearlessly dives into our hopes and dreams, regrets, loss, love, and even chaos. Her pieces are the answers to questions about how to handle pain, how to cope, and how to find meaning.
As a neo-romantic artist/painter I felt terribly alone and disgusted by Duchamp's art world. Yet, these wonderful recordings and hundreds more kept me motivated, sane, happy, and ready to take on the greatest challenge to an artist: to celebrate personal and human evolution. Thank you.
Would you, could you, pose with your mate tonight for the "Kiss" painting?” He said: "Yes!"
The experience of the sublime is to be looked for in art. Art integrates senses, emotions, and thought. The sublime in art elevates our sensory experience, heightens and taps our emotional potential, and furthers our knowledge. The sublime in art can give us a moral to the story, a stance towards living. At its best, the sublime in art inspires awe in our human potential and gives us a path to evolve as a whole being and as a species. Michael Newberry
PREVIEW Just published, available in Coffee Table Book and Kindle formats. From the inside jacket cover: Idyllwild Paintings is a journey from the indifferent art scene of Downtown L.A. to the granite mountains of Idyllwild. In danger of losing the meaning of being an artist, Michael Newberry sought a place to explore depth, death, love, …
Idyllwild is a mythic place, if I were religious, I would say it one of God's gardens. Indeed, if you were to wander the remote paths, you might actually come across a forest nymph interacting with nature. This year I made friends with Katie Bolin and her mate Ivan Ellirand, starting with a life-size …
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.
https://youtu.be/c6M2fIr32mY Thanks to Dana Ross for creating this video. August 2012. This is about the inspiration, the creative process, and color theory for Adam and Eve.
https://youtu.be/VEhnh_YGr4A 3 min 6 sec Thanks to Dana Ross for the video and audio. About expressing being one with the Universe, anatomy, how does the light drive home the theme, color theory, and layers of techniques that merge with the theme.
Newberry Art Lecture https://youtu.be/QnfYvyucpwg On October 6th, 2003 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented this conference at New York's Pierre Hotel. Stephen Hicks gives the introduction to the conference and to Michael Newberry's talk, Innovation in Art. Part 1 0:09 Stephen Hicks Introduction3:03 Michael Newberry Innovations in Art4:11 Zuburan, Mondrian, John Moore6:05 …
