YAQUINA RIVER MUSEUM OF ART

Newman’s hand-pulled silkscreen prints, called serigraphs, branded the “California Cool” style of design and became part of the visual lexicon of the counterculture ‘60’s on the West Coast, and continued to be popular through the decades for its distinctive look. Besides making posters for the Monterey Jazz Festival, he has made posters for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon State University, NW Art & Art Festival, the Oregon Country Fair, and the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Selections of Newman's work for the Monterey Jazz Festival now belongs to the Smithsonian Division of Music's collection in Washington D.C.

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For many years, Earl had a booth at Oregon Country Fair, selling his works at reasonable prices. Being hand-pulled, his serigraphs will all have their differences and unique one of a kind quality, and the economy of production of the work allows the prices to be affordable to all. “I’ve been able to reproduce my designs in volume… It’s like having 100 canvases on which to experiment, using different colors of paper and inks, varying the color blends as I go along.” Says Newman. “Unlike mass-produced machine prints, each silk-screen print is made step-by-step, each color a separate printing.” Earl’s work shows his abilities to present subject matter from colorful flowers to sensitive views of animals which are appealing to all.