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Michael Newberry is an American painter based in Idyllwild, California. He is a representational artist, blending a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists. [1] His major works are typically life-sized canvases.
He began painting at age 11, after discovering Rembrandt. [1]
He studied fine arts at the University of Southern California from 1974 to 1977 and was mentored by American modernist Edgar Ewing. [1]
He taught figure drawing, composition, and painting at the Otis/Parsons Institute in Los Angeles from 1990 to 1994. [2]
He created and organized the Foundation for the Advancement of Art, which held a conference "Innovation, Substance, Vision: The Future of Art" at the Pierre Hotel in Manhattan on October 6, 2003, featuring speakers: philosophers Stephen Hicks and David Kelley, vision scientist Jan Koenderick, and sculptor Martine Vaugel. The mission of the Foundation was to recognize and promote innovative, contemporary representational painters and sculptors. [3]
Michael Newberry interview with Ayn Rand Fan Club: