DAVID

NEWMAN-WHITE

David Newman-White is a highly acclaimed visual artist. 

He studied in Australia and has taught at East Sydney, Liverpool, Penrith and Seaforth TAFE, The Gallery School, Meadowbank Northern Institute TAFE, Nepean Art and Design Centre, Western Sydney Institute and the Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum (National Trust).

Along with various Australian galleries, David has exhibited work in the Genesis, at the Agora Gallery in New York’s Soho district, in Nude or Naked at the Clatsop Community College in Portland, Oregon and in Drawing 2012 at Lausanne, Switzerland.

During the covid period 2020 till now, I have spent my time creatively producing large scale paintings for the walls of Lithgow Baptist Church in Bowenfels. Using traditional themes from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, I have produced ten oil paintings on canvas. Church members as it also was during the high Renaissance and during the Baroque period have been modelling as subjects for a range of themes from the New Testament.

I was born in Nowra NSW in 1952. My art education began in 1970 at St George TAFE, Kogarah where I was enrolled in an Introductory Art course followed by Intermediate Art in 1971. Completed a four year Diploma at Alexander Mackie(C.A.E.); followed by an Graduate Diploma in Education (Sydney Teachers College; Graduate Diploma in Professional Arts Studies at Alexander Mackie; MA(Hons) Visual Arts with the University of Western Sydney graduating in 1996.

 Employed as a teacher if Fine Art drawing and painting by TAFE NSW from 1980-2017; Employed by the National Trust, Norman Lindsay Art Gallery and Museum as a tutor for figure drawing from 1996-2018.

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David Newman-White’s “The prophetess Anna,” an exquisite oil on canvas painting from 2023, is a captivating work of art that deserves to be celebrated and explored in greater detail. This masterpiece not only showcases the artist’s technical prowess but also delves into the rich world of storytelling and symbolism.

The painting, “The prophetess Anna,” undoubtedly draws inspiration from the biblical narrative found in the Gospel of Luke. Anna, also known as Anna the Prophetess, was a devout woman who is said to have lived in the temple of Jerusalem. In the biblical account, she is described as an elderly widow who spent her days worshiping and fasting, and she was blessed with the ability to recognize Jesus as the Messiah when he was presented at the temple as an infant.

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