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DAVID NEwMAN

Lived and worked in France, italy, Florida, new york and texas, Usa
 www.artworksbydavid.com
artist contact
 nikki@artworksbydavid.com

David Newman’s fascinating career stretches
more than six decades and incorporates media
ranging from marble to bronze, oils on canvas,
watercolors, ink, pencil and pastels. His works
range in size from miniature watercolors
and oils to 13-foot murals. In his work, there
is an absence of any preconceived agenda.
The great respect, in which he held Picasso,
Van Gogh, Crivelli, Michelangelo, Gauguin,
Bonnard, as well as Pollock, Kandinski, and so
on, never seemed to demand that he “should”
do anything other than what came naturally in
his artistic journey.
David was very articulate about the distinction
between objective and non-objective within the
domain of abstraction. As he gradually worked
his way out of the strongly representative works
of his early years, he no doubt passed though
his impressionist, fauvist and slightly cubist
moments.
In 1981, he became totally abstract in his
painting, declaring it to be the culmination of
decades of work. “I never change a line or
shape. Even if the paint drips down the canvas,
I don’t wipe it up. I respect it (the paint) to such
a degree that I’ll never touch it again.” David also
wants to be known for the texture he gives to
paintings. “Most paintings are flat. But why?
That’s not natural. Are there not dust particles
on a rug? I’m one of the few guys around that
lets paint be paint. Over the years, Newman
completed many commissioned works, as well
as numerous gallery and museum exhibitions.
During David’s most recent period, he explored
a variety of themes including the Reflections,
the Improvs and the Dots series. Although
varied in style from the geometric to the
abstract, a unifying thread of bold color, rich
texture and dynamic energy defines this period.
The cumulative work constitutes an entity.
A statement. It tells a story of harmony and
sanity. It also - by the nature of abstraction - lets
the onlooker imagine various interpretations - it
does not control others’ thoughts - only gives a
point of departure -a point of contact.  sTUdY FOr sCULPTUre, 1981 WATerCOLOr 30x22 In. /76x55 CM.