A Floral Still Life From My Upcoming Memoir
“Pan” a Poem by Trudi Nicola, Inspired by My Painting “Pan Kicking the Universe”
White, Black, and Blue by Michael Newberry
Idyllwild Backyard in Winter
The Weird Optics of Glass
Ep 10 Da Vinci Drawing Newberry Aesthetic Evolution 12/12/2019
Da Vinci shows us in his drawing humanity, science, discovery, empathy, light, and beauty. All can be metaphors for life.
The Cult of Oblivion: CIA, Abstract Expressionists, and Kant
In the mid-20th century these three forces––Kant's philosophy, abstract expressionists, and the CIA––congealed ostensibly to champion freedom and originality, instead accomplished an undermining of art and consequently humanity. The connections and machinations are so complicated and obtuse it is hard to take them seriously, but it does make a difference in understanding them, at least in the sense of whether or not our culture evolves.
Want to Know What Your Future Is? Examine the Art You Like and the Art of Your Time
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?
The Surface Vs. 3D Paradox Solved
There was a crazy split in art history between the modernist perspective of being true to the surface of the canvas vs. the classical window looking at out the world. Paradoxically, both are true but they missed what connects them: light and color vibrations dance on our cornea's surface.
Nude Reclining
I drew this the other evening from a live model. It is play on Duchamp's Nude Descending
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.
Color Theory: Shadow and Depth Share the Same Color Base
Newberry Art Tutorials Painting Is a Lie That Helps Us See More An important part of being a true artist is exploring visual knowledge. In this series of small 10x8" paintings I tested my hypothesis that the hue (color) of shadows would have similar hues in spatial depth. The idea was gleaned from two things: …
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Newberry Color Palette
Newberry Art Tutorials https://youtu.be/yJgO3x4FrWM In this 14 minute video I mix some of my favorite color combinations showing how you play with warm and cool colors, and how to tweak some highlights by the color you add.