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Nature’s Course: An Interview with John Newsom (Part 5)
“This is about healing. I think ultimately great painting is about healing. Whether it’s yourself or the viewer – and it’s really important to note that a painting doesn’t exist unless it’s got eyes in front of it.”
Nature’s Course: An Interview with John Newsom (Part 4)
“I’m not obsessed with making a ‘new’ type of painting, but I am interested in presenting what my interests are to develop a painting that’s intrinsically and closely tied to that individual vision as possible. Because if I’m doing that, it’s going to be new.”
Nature’s Course: An Interview with John Newsom (Part 3)
If you look at my work, for the most part, the works are rather large in scale and they’re also very tactical. They’re tough, they’re heavy, and they’re physical paintings. So I always found it kind of a nice juxtaposition when I would go to Los Angeles and see friends and artists out there and shows where it became about light and space.