Thrilled to have completed Fragrant Canopy by artist and friend John Newsom. Not only is John talented but he also has a knack for connecting with people like I’ve never seen before. One of my favorite stories of his is how he came to befriend the Wu-Tang Clan, later designing the album cover for Raekwon (image 3). His pursuit to depict the natural world from an artistic lens is contagious and I feel lucky to have worked with him on this project. @johnnewsomstudio #artnovel . John Newsom is an American painter. Newsom was born in 1970 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Newsom is best known for combining multiple techniques of formal painting strategies onto large-scale canvases, featuring dynamic spectacles of the natural world. Newsom has exhibited extensively in The United States and Europe, as well as Japan. Articles and reviews of his work have appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, and The New York Times, among other notable periodicals. His work is included in numerous private and public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Hammer Museum, The San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, The Neuberger Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and The R.I.S.D. Museum. . 1+2 Fragrant Canopy# 3 Rae Kwon album cover 4 Ancient Origin .