ABOUT
Working from life is the way I love to paint. Through observing reality, I can explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, all the ways light can transform our perceptions.
After attending Stanford University, I studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Post school, I worked as an art director for a number of years in Los Angeles and New York and later began to focus more on painting.
My early works were in a suburban surrealism mode. While painting the American landscape, houses and gardens, mostly from imagination, I also drew and painted extensively from the figure. A bit later, I began painting still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects. It wasn’t long before still life painting became my main interest.
I have been in many group shows across the country as well as four one person shows. My paintings are in many private collections. I was also chosen to do a residency at Fundación Valpariaso in Andalusia Spain in 2012. I live and work in Brooklyn, NY with my wife, the painter Kathleen Migliore-Newton. We are lucky to share our brownstone in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with our daughter, her husband and our granddaughter.
Interviews
A video interview with me on the LaGuardia Community College radio and tv station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_sRKz5KEs [youtube.com]
The March/April, 2018 edition of ArtDiction magazine is titled Culinary Arts and features a nine page article about my paintings of food.
An article in ArtsyShark
I'm featured in an article on ArtsyShark, an online marketing site for artists. A nice writeup on my painting.
https://www.artsyshark.com/2017/08/31/featured-artist-douglas-newton/
I am featured on Jung Katz artist’s blog in an interview by Casey Webb: Douglas Newton Realistic oil painter with a strong abstract quality. http://jungkatz.com/2016/02/25/interview-with-painter-douglas-newton/
A short video of my wife Kathleen and myself about our experiences as artists,done by Mathilde Hamel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QK8k8rNFc
An interview with me on the Art Book Guy blog http://artbookguy.com/douglas-newton-light-transforming_1092.html
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Galleries and sites that my work is connected with:
Tabla Rasa Gallery http://www.tablarasagallery.com
Denise Bibro Fine Art http://www.denisebibrofineart.com/
George Billis Gallery http://www.georgebillis.com/
1stDibs https://www.1stdibs.com/search/?q=douglas%20newton
Saatchi online, https://www.saatchiart.com/all?query=Douglas+Newton
Singulart
https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/douglas-newton-30775?ref=ts
Artfinder https://www.artfinder.com/douglas-newton
New York Artists Circle http://nyartistscircle.com/index.php/portfolio-3/
Other artists I know and admire:
Kathleen Migliore Newton http://urbanpaintings.com My wife’s painting web-site. She specializes in paintings of people in the city.
Fran Beallor http://www.franbeallor.com
Steve Bernstein http://www.stevebernsteinportraits.com
Kristin Capp http://www.kristincapp.com
Tony Gonzalez http://tonygonzalezartist.com
Serena Kojimoto http://shopworkshop.com
Melanie Kozol http://www.melaniekozol.com
Judith S. Miller http://www.judithsmillerom
Ann Page http://web.me.com/ann.page/ANN/Ann_Page.html
Denise Shaw http://www.deniseshawpaintings.com
Jim Zver http://home.earthlink.net/~zverart/index.html
Doug Newton
