Tessa Newcomb
Arnhem Lilies
Oil on canvas
27¾ x 24 ins (70.49 x 60.96 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb b 1955
Tessa Newcomb is a painter in oil on board or on furniture. She was born in Suffolk and is the daughter of the artist Mary Newcomb. She studied at Norwich School of Art, 1972-3, and gained an honours degree from Bath Academy of Art, 1976, doing a year's advanced printmaking at Wimbledon School of Art, 1977.
Scenes of the Suffolk countryside and coastline dominate her work. Her Suffolk is a place of odd encounters an unkempt land and seascapes featuring working figures, dogs, boats, churchyards and allotments all portrayed in her distinctive style.
Mixed exhibitions included Crane Arts and Mercury Gallery in London and Edinburgh. She had two solo shows at Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon, 1979-80, and later ones including the Christopher Hull Gallery from 1987, and Chappel Galleries, Chappel, 1996 (with Hein Bonger).
She has completed jacket illustrations for Julia Blackburn's Daisy In The Desert and the paperback of The Emperor's Last Island, both in 1994. She is represented in the Bradford Metropolitan Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, Strawberry Hill College and Ocean and Transport.
Tessa lives at Wenhaston, Suffolk with her partner Telfer Stokes who is the artist son of Margaret Mellis.
Scenes of the Suffolk countryside and coastline dominate her work. Her Suffolk is a place of odd encounters an unkempt land and seascapes featuring working figures, dogs, boats, churchyards and allotments all portrayed in her distinctive style.
Mixed exhibitions included Crane Arts and Mercury Gallery in London and Edinburgh. She had two solo shows at Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon, 1979-80, and later ones including the Christopher Hull Gallery from 1987, and Chappel Galleries, Chappel, 1996 (with Hein Bonger).
She has completed jacket illustrations for Julia Blackburn's Daisy In The Desert and the paperback of The Emperor's Last Island, both in 1994. She is represented in the Bradford Metropolitan Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, Strawberry Hill College and Ocean and Transport.
Tessa lives at Wenhaston, Suffolk with her partner Telfer Stokes who is the artist son of Margaret Mellis.
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Tessa Newcomb
Behind the Counter at Safeways
Oil on Board
7¾ x 10¼ ins (19.68 x 26.04 cms)
Price: £750.00
Tessa Newcomb
Blue Pond
Oil on Board
16 x 12 ins (40.64 x 30.48 cms)
Price: £1,500.00
Tessa Newcomb
Deliberately Vague
Oil on canvas
40 x 32 ins (101.60 x 81.28 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Ginger Gat
Oil on Board
8 x 6 ins (20.32 x 15.24 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Italian Shoes
Oil on Board
7 x 6¼ ins (17.78 x 15.88 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Japanese Anemones
Oil on Board
16 x 12 ins (40.64 x 30.48 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Just Looking
Oil on Board
12 x 3.75 ins (30.48 x 9.53 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Looking for People
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 ins (60.96 x 91.44 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Marketing
Oil on Board
8½ x 8½ ins (21.59 x 21.59 cms)
Price: £750.00
Tessa Newcomb
Milling Swans
Oil on Board
26 x 30 ins (66.04 x 76.20 cms)
Price: £3,250.00
Tessa Newcomb
Overwhelming Lilies in the Cafe
Oil on Board
10 x 8 ins (25.40 x 20.32 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Running to see the Passing Boat
Oil on Board
6½ x 8 ins (16.51 x 20.32 cms)
Price: £750.00
Tessa Newcomb
Sea Lavender
Oil on canvas
15½ x 19½ ins (39.37 x 49.53 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Sunday In Deep Countryside
Oil on Board
4 x 5 ins (10.16 x 12.70 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Swan Eyeing up my Seat
Oil on canvas
23½ x 29¼ ins (59.69 x 74.30 cms)
Price: £3,500.00
Tessa Newcomb
Swirling Birds
Oil on Board
4.25 x 12 ins (10.80 x 30.48 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
The Attentive Dog
Oil on artists board
9 x 5 ins (22.86 x 12.70 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
The Country Show
Oil on Board
17¾ x 23¾ ins (45.09 x 60.33 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
The National School of Boat Building
Oil on canvas
29¾ x 39¾ ins (75.57 x 100.97 cms)
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Tessa Newcomb
Then the Light Came
Oil on Board
16 x 12 ins (40.64 x 30.48 cms)
Price: £2,200.00
Tessa Newcomb
Three Men in a Boat
Oil on Board
11¾ x 7½ ins (29.85 x 19.05 cms)
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