Member Review Gregory Newson

[Belfoured]

I'm pretty sure they didnt have Jack Daniels in 1863...

That's the "tip of the iceberg" in these artistic gems.

 

[TallTallMan]

As an artist I am genuinely disturbed that American Art Collector covered this guy. Why haven't I gotten a call yet? I don't draw nonsense.

Artist Focus: Gregory Newson

A closer look at the art of Gregory Newson

www.americanartcollector.com

 

[TallTallMan]

I'm not sure what you have to be on to come up with this concept for a painting and I'd prefer not to find out ...

His memoir:

 

[lupaglupa]

His memoir:

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That title is almost more disturbing than the art.

 

[Belfoured]

His memoir:

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I think we're on to something here. But I'm still hung up on Stonewall's plans for the sheep.

 

[Belfoured]

That title is almost more disturbing than the art.

Sort of a "chicken-egg" issue ...

 

[Belfoured]

As an artist I am genuinely disturbed that American Art Collector covered this guy. Why haven't I gotten a call yet? I don't draw nonsense.

Artist Focus: Gregory Newson

A closer look at the art of Gregory Newson

www.americanartcollector.com

Based on the title of his memoir, I'll leave it to you to figure out the "difference maker" ...

 

[TallTallMan]

OK, so Mr. Newson was interviewed on YT, and needless to say it was interesting. It was at a reenactment so there were loud voices and sound effects throughout; the weird paintings adorn the tent; he reviews a Lochlainn Seabrook book; he claims Varina Davis was a Mulatto and/or Native American; he delivers a deadpan story about Lee's chicken; and he says that Confederates fled to South America to escape "the Lincoln administration" (after April 12)? It's a flawless video.

Also, he said he was once a pusher and junkie. No kiddin'?

 

[Belfoured]

OK, so Mr. Newson was interviewed on YT, and needless to say it was interesting. It was at a reenactment so there were loud voices and sound effects throughout; the weird paintings adorn the tent; he reviews a Lochlainn Seabrook book; he claims Varina Davis was a Mulatto and/or Native American; he delivers a deadpan story about Lee's chicken; and he says that Confederates fled to South America to escape "the Lincoln administration" (after April 12)? It's a flawless video.

Also, he said he was once a pusher and junkie. No kiddin'?

"Once ..."?

 

[Library Lady]

I vaguely recall that some of the more snooty white society matrons in Richmond had some rather nasty things to say about Mrs. Davis' appearance/antecedents while she was living there, so I don't think the claim is new or exclusive to Mr. Newson. Neither Mrs. Lincoln nor Mrs. Davis had an easy time being First Lady. The women who thought that only they should be at the top of the social pecking order were not receptive to either of the ladies.

 

[TallTallMan]

Postcards! $25.00 (+S&H!)

Furthermore, Norman Rockwell gave him his scholarship. As a Rockwell fan that is intensely disturbing.

 

[TallTallMan]

I'm a personal fan of his "Monument Themal Containers".

Monument Thermal Carrying Containers- I will protect

newsonpublishing.com

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I still don't understand these things. So, like, you carry them around battlefields? What do they have to do with monuments?

 

[rpkennedy]

Serious question (picture 1): Was Jackson a drinker? For some reason, that doesn't seem right.

No, he wasn't. He stated once that he stopped because he liked it too much.

Ryan

 

[Library Lady]

Postcards! $25.00 (+S&H!)

Furthermore, Norman Rockwell gave him his scholarship. As a Rockwell fan that is intensely disturbing.

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He does have talent, but some of his subjects are strange (to say the least). But then, there are only a couple of Picasso's that I'd be willing to go to jail for for stealing (and the one in Daley Plaza isn't one of them).

 

[Belfoured]

OK, so Mr. Newson was interviewed on YT, and needless to say it was interesting. It was at a reenactment so there were loud voices and sound effects throughout; the weird paintings adorn the tent; he reviews a Lochlainn Seabrook book; he claims Varina Davis was a Mulatto and/or Native American; he delivers a deadpan story about Lee's chicken; and he says that Confederates fled to South America to escape "the Lincoln administration" (after April 12)? It's a flawless video.

Also, he said he was once a pusher and junkie. No kiddin'?

So - against my better judgment - I watched this. Wow. This guy makes up some creative [ ].

One example - after the war Jefferson Davis sold his plantation to a black man. Really? His brother Joseph had always kept title to Brierfield, allowing Jefferson to live there, operate it,and take earnings before the war. After the war Joseph sold the property to former family slaves and left the operating income - but not the property - to Jefferson in his will. The former slaves defaulted on the mortgage after Joseph died, so it went into his estate. There was some nasty litigation between Jefferson and other heirs after which Jefferson prevailed and got title. He kept it. So much for that one ...

Another example. On his website he claims that Stonewall "assembled an army of over 3,000 black people". I'll let you assess the basis for that one.

Any idea why there's an elephant on one of the book covers?

 

[Belfoured]

He does have talent, but some of his subjects are strange (to say the least). But then, there are only a couple of Picasso's that I'd be willing to go to jail for for stealing (and the one in Daley Plaza isn't one of them).

A good point about Picassos but I'll wager a handsome sum that art dealers will recognize the difference. Sometimes as a guy who is highly unqualified to assess good art, even I can guess correctly that something is junk.

 

[Belfoured]

Postcards! $25.00 (+S&H!)

Furthermore, Norman Rockwell gave him his scholarship. As a Rockwell fan that is intensely disturbing.

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My guess is that if Norman were around today he'd fire whoever was administering the scholarship fund.

 

[TallTallMan]

So - against my better judgment - I watched this. Wow. This guy makes up some creative [ ].

One example - after the war Jefferson Davis sold his plantation to a black man. Really? His brother Joseph had always kept title to Brierfield, allowing Jefferson to live there, operate it,and take earnings before the war. After the war Joseph sold the property to former family slaves and left the operating income - but not the property - to Jefferson in his will. The former slaves defaulted on the mortgage after Joseph died, so it went into his estate. There was some nasty litigation between Jefferson and other heirs after which Jefferson prevailed and got title. He kept it. So much for that one ...

Another example. On his website he claims that Stonewall "assembled an army of over 3,000 black people". I'll let you assess the basis for that one.

Any idea why there's an elephant on one of the book covers?

I hope you're family wasn't around. I watched this in the seclusion of my room.

 

[TallTallMan]

This book gets me the most. The description is a memable masterpiece. It's bizarre...and I've got to get a copy...

Stonewall Jackson and the Uppity Spy

Jim Lewis attended to Stonewall Jackson and astutely gauged Jackson’s needs and desires, often before the general expressed them. Many accounts tell of “faithful, brave, big-hearted […]

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The "New" Stonewall Jackson and the Uppity Spy is a comic book "originally named" Uncle T and the Uppity Spy, but this version has no Gullah, an English-based Creole language. The entire Stonewall Jackson and the Uppity Spy book is represented in this book, but it is designed for a young adult audience of ages 10 to 14. Its layout is an 8″ x 10″ format like a traditional comic book with bubbles and graphics, representing sounds and actions. As a bonus, to make sure that young people understand this version, it has 10% more content than the original hardcopy version.

It's Stonewall Jackson's true-life story written in a young adult format.

General Thomas Stonewall Jackson's amputated arm is buried in a separate grave from the rest of his body. It is ironic to this author that the same arm that handed Bibles to enslaved African Americans and broke the law by teaching them how to read and write is separated from the rest of the general's remains.

Stonewall Jackson's arm was buried a few days before his death due to complications from the wound. The arm was laid to rest at Ellwood Manor on the Wilderness Battlefield. Several attempts have been made to exhume the arm, but it has always been returned to the ground. Although Jackson's body is buried in Lexington, Virginia, more than twenty miles away from his death location, which is now the Stonewall Jackson Shrine, his arm remains separated from his body.

It is a powerful symbol that Stonewall Jackson's body was separated from his soul. This symbolizes the divide in understanding his true legacy. Honored as a war hero and glamorized for his contributions to the battlefield's violence, it was, in fact, the hand that extended compassion and education to enslaved African Americans that truly represents what Stonewall Jackson gave to the world.

Stonewall Jackson's hat is considered the true symbol of his identity and what he represented in America. Black leaders from the South founded a brand-new church in 1870 called the Colored (now "Christian") Methodist Episcopal Church. Jackson's training programs for freeing black and enslaved people helped to spark a thriving black religious community in the South, which made this possible. Despite his legal obstacles, Jackson remained committed to his Christian beliefs and passed them on to others, making him one of the most influential figures in the growth of black religion in the South.

 

[TallTallMan]

OK, I did a look inside. I'm trying to contain myself.

Lochlainn Seabrook ad:

This:

An unwritten book:

A sample page (is that a pie moon?):