Greg Newbold - Evidence of Process

About this episode

Greg Newbold discusses his artistic process and the influence of his life experiences on his paintings.

Greg Newbold is a fine art painter and illustrator based near Salt Lake City, Utah. Greg says that for him, "art is a soulful expression." His hope is that a piece of him comes out at the end of his brush onto the surface of a painting and connects with the spirit of the viewer. Greg's compelling visions of the American West are distilled through the filter of his own life experiences. Building upon that, he applies his own unique creative filters of simplification, light, color, shape, and texture. This creative alchemy results in paintings that feature bold composition, strong value structure, sensitive color, and intriguing narrative. Greg's evocative, contemporary paintings are eagerly desired by collectors from around the globe. Greg characterizes his approach to painting as Stylized Realism. Greg explains how his experience as an illustrator helped him develop a diverse vocabulary that he can draw upon for his oil paintings. He explains that doing the hard work of putting in the brush mileage he put into his illustrations and paintings allowed his unique voice to appear naturally. Greg gained valuable insights into how many famous artists worked as he developed the…

People in this episode

Guest: Greg Newbold

Topics covered

• fine art
• illustration
• American West
• Stylized Realism

Keywords

• soulful expression
• creative filters
• bold composition
• value structure
• sensitive color
• intriguing narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Products: If Picasso Painted a Snowman, If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur

Books & works: If Picasso Painter a Snowman, If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur, Dogs Playing Poker, Dinosaurs Playing Poker, a Creative License, Evidence of Process, The Artful Painter, Forty Illustrators and How They Work

Places: Salt Lake City, Utah, the American West, the South West

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