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Posted on June, 2021June, 2021

ETA PART THREE, CHAPTER 3: EVOLUTION: CONTEMPORARIES, ABIODUN OLAKU

Abiodun Olaku, Elemental Notes, 2012, oil on canvas, 36x48 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Posted on November, 2020April, 2026

Two Chapters to Go in My Book: Evolution Through Art

Olaku, Elemental Notes, 2012, oil
Posted on April, 2019June, 2020

The Sky Problem in Landscape Painting

Newberry, California High Desert, pastel on dark paper

Newberry Art Tutorials The Problem: A Bright Sky In real life the daylight sky is bright, much brighter than the landscape's trees, vegetation, mountains, and water. Think of it as a large lamp. But when you paint a landscape truthfully the effect backfires, the sky will be bright but the earth part will be dull …

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Posted on May, 2017April, 2026

Energizing the Eye: Abiodun Olaku

“In the broad valley, far below him, in the first sunlight of early morning, he saw a town. Only it was not a town. Towns did not look like that. He had to suspend the possible for a while longer, to seek no questions or explanations, only to look.” The above was Ayn Rand's description …

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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.
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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
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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.

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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.
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