Dave Newman “Matchbook Chief” Series Mixed Media On Board

$6,550

Dave Newman

“Matchbook Chief” Series

Medium — Mixed media (acrylic) on board

Dimensions — 48 × 48 in.

Dave Newman is a self-taught artist who has painted mixed media for over 30 years. Originally from Anaheim, California, Dave moved to Arizona and now resides outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. This painting belongs to his “Matchbook Chief” series, worked in acrylic on board. It portrays an American Indian chief whose headdress is made of old license plates cut out to resemble feathers.

Dave travels across the Southwest collecting relics to repurpose in his artwork. He uses multiple colors and textures mixed with three-dimensional objects that stand out from the background of the painting.

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About the Artist

Dave Newman

Mixed media & Pop Americana · Placitas, New Mexico

Dave Newman is a nationally recognized mixed-media and acrylic artist whose work celebrates American nostalgia, pop culture, and the iconic imagery of the Southwest. A self-taught artist originally from Anaheim, California and now based in Placitas, New Mexico, he builds layered “time capsule” collages from his own photography, reclaimed wood and metal, vintage postcards, maps, and 20th-century print ephemera.

He also paints vivid acrylics — from stylized birds and landscapes to cultural icons and Americana — and has collaborated with the Fender Custom Shop for over fifteen years, creating one-of-a-kind playable art guitars shown in international calendars, catalogs, and exhibitions.

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