Newel Hunter

“It’s not about the paint. Or the canvas. It’s about digging deep enough to stir the soul.”

As a writer and artist, Newel Hunter can’t help himself. He’s a storyteller. Of tricksters and tramps. Of dreams and harsh reality. Of pathos and passion. Of unbidden energy and unwholesome vibrations. In his portfolio, you’ll find stories of love and death amid amazing landscapes. You’ll find translucent forms with only hints of substance and color. His black and white images dance and vibrate with a fluid calligraphic style wholly his own.

Highly physical, gestural, exhilarating and interpretive, Hunter’s art is a whole body exercise in storytelling. Even in its most abstract.

He paints mainly in black and white -- inspired by any number of European Art Informel and American abstractionists. Among them, Kline, Motherwell, Still, Hofmann, Richter, and de Kooning. Hunter has stated that Pierre Soulages -- with his concentration on the light reflecting qualities of black -- has influenced him more than just about any other artist.

His art is widely represented in collections within and outside the U.S. He has exhibited extensively in regional and national juried shows, including “Art by America, A National Review of Two...

1969: Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, University of Oregon

1970 - 2004: Writer, Artist

2004 - Present: Artist, Writer

Currently resides with his beautiful wife in Port Townsend, Washington

2021
Art Comes Alive 2021; ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jurors: Multiple; Abstract Painter of the Year Award

Black, Grey & White; Art House Gallery; International curated exhibition; Juror: Rebecca George

Art Now America; Slocum Gallery; National curated exhibition; Juror: Mike Calway-Fagen

Expressions West; Coos Art Museum; Juror: Yuji Hiratsuka

Art That Surrounds You; Arts Benicia; International curated virtual exhibition; Juror: Asya Abdrahman

2020
Expressions West; Coos Art Museum; Juror: Yuji Hiratsuka

2919
CVG Show 2019; Collective Visions Gallery; Juror: Gary Faigan

2018
Art Comes Alive 2018; ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jurors: Multiple
Expressions Northwest; Northwind Arts Center; Juror: Margaret Bullock
Think Big; Northwind Arts Center; Juror: Michael Paul Miller
CVG 2018; Collective Visions Gallery; Juror: Teresa Saia

2017
2017 Open Juried Art Show; Peninsula Art League; Juror: Michael Stasinos
Expressions Northwest; Northwind Art Center; Juror: Susan Warner
Alchemy of the Abstract, Northwind Arts Center, Juror's Choice Award; Juror: Jonathan Wood
CVG 2017; Collective Visions Gallery; Juror: Ned Mueller

2016
Art Convergence; Port ...