Velia Newman

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Biography

"Colour, Texture & Imagination are my objectives, with nature as my guide, the palette is endless”

Born in Sydney, Australia in 1969, Velia began her painting career age 9 (from a painting family). Largely self-taught although had many years guidance from mother Anita Newman who is a well-known romanticim pressionist artist. Influenced by her artistic parents and grandparents, Velia began painting with watercolour and oils at the age of nine. Following work with ceramics and other art mediums, she discovered her love of acrylic paints and has developed her own unique and exciting style that is reinventing the rules for acrylic media.

A major part of Newman’s childhood was the beauty of the natural bush-land, beaches, surf, water and boating activities of the famous Northern Beaches of Sydney. Today these influences are portrayed in the brightness and vivid colour of Velia’s paintings. As a full time artist for the past 12 years (previously involved in ceramic and other art mediums) her works have had an enormous impact at this early stage of her painting career. Velia is represented in many private collections with wide recognition nationally. Velia now paints full time from her studio situated on Queenslands beautiful Gold Coast, Australia.

Velia has been featured in exhibitions with recognised Australian Artists such as David Boyd, Geoff Dyer (Archibald Prize winner) & many others. She was also represented in numerous galleries throughout Australia, Asia, and United Kingdom and currently exporting to the United States.

Velia Newman’s no-hold-barred approach to brilliant colourand substantial texturing makes her acrylic painting style singular and extraordinary. At the forefront of changing boundaries with her use of acrylic paints, Velia captures childlike excitement and simplicity in her work along with the thrill of bold colours and cheerful subject matter – perfect to express her love of the indigenous beauty of Australian beaches bush and garden flowers. Her most beloved tool for painting is the palette knife, and she employs several innovative paint application techniques with this along with others. Using thick layering in pure acrylic in the technique of abstraction, she creates three-dimensional representation of what she sees to be the 'essence of nature', thus re-inventing the rules of acrylic media today.

Exhibitions

June 24th 2006 Exhibition

Anually-Bayview Gallery

Dural Exhibition May 2005

2002/2003/2004 - Boyd Gallery, Camden

2002/2003/2004 - Dural Galleries, Dural

2001/2003/2004 - Aarwun Gallery Nicholls Canberra

2001/2003 - Grosvenor Gallery Lane Cove

2000/2001 - Hillcrest Gallery Cherrybrook

2000 / 2001/2003/2004 -Saints Gallery Sans Souci

2000/2001/2002 Palm Beach Art Gallery and Cafe

1989 /09-/99 Bayview Gallery, Mona Vale