The Echo Series, Pastel Figurative Drawings by Michael Newberry
Recent overlaid pastel figurative drawings. Reminiscent of Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, though overlaid figurative drawings have been around since Chauvet Cave painters.
I like the temporary feeling of fleeting moments and sense of continuous flowing impressions. I don't know if I am ready for a life-size painting. It could be very cool to a lovers painting in this way, shifting the subject of the painting to the feeling not the reality. Think about the times you have made genuine love, do you recall the pornographic details or the currents of movement triggering all your senses, one wave after another? I think this approach would be idea for that. We will see the more I put it through my psychological grinder--any of those mental voices have veto rights.
I edited a couple of them today.
Michael Newberry, Idyllwild, 4/25/2020