Bob Newman at his easel in
New Hope, Minnesota, USABob painted his first oil painting at fourteen when his aunt sent him some brushes and oil paint while confined to bed with an illness. Before graduating from High School, he was well known by his classmates for his colored pencil drawings. Deciding to attend art school, he started his own sign and show card service to earn money for tuition and art supplies, which included trading signs for food at a hamburger shop near the art school. Bob attended Minneapolis School of Art (now called Minneapolis Collage of Art and Design) and Gene Hundredmark Graphics Art School and entered the commercial art field in 1951. After working for a few months in the advertising field, he started doing technical illustration for a farm machinery manufacturer. In 1961 he and a copy writer founded Manual-matic Company and operated as its owner and President for 43 years. During those years, Bob occasionally painted watercolor landscapes. In 2004, Bob finally shut down his illustration business and followed the urge to oil paint landscapes, still life and florals. Many of the scenes are from subject matter near he and his wife Gayle's lake cabin in North Central Minnesota.
Affiliations:
Associate member of Oil Painters of America
Active member of Hennepin Artists of Robbin Gallery
Member of the Northwest Suburbs Art Crawl, Maple Grove, MN
Shows and Awards:
1. Extremely Minnesota Juried Show, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
Nov. and Dec., 2005—2 Paintings
2. Northern Showcase Juried Show, Blaine, MN City Hall
Nov. and Dec., 2005—3 Paintings
3. Minnesota Oil Painters of America Paint Out—Coordinator
Sept. 24, 2005—9 Participants
4. Northwest Suburbs Art Crawl, Maple Grove, MN City Hall
Oct. 8 and 9, 2005—20 Paintings
5. Country Kitchen, New Hope, MN
Feb. through Sept., 2005—12 Paintings in rotation
6. Whiz Bang Show, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
July 7 through 29, 2006—3 Paintings
7. 10,000 Lakes Show, Great River Arts Gallery, Little Falls, MN
June 30 through Sept. 10, 2006—4 Paintings
8. One Man Show, Great River Arts Gallery, Little Falls, MN
December 1 through December 29th, 2006—29 Paintings
Awards:
Courage Center, Minneapolis, MN
Accepted for the Executive Card Program—2 Paintings
MN/DAK Hemophilia Foundation
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award
© 2010 Bob Newman
