Rock Newcomb
Born 1945 in Oakland, California; lives in Payson, Arizona
GROWING UP IN southern Idaho on the family homestead, Rock Newcomb encountered numerous types of wildlife. As he traveled throughout the West in later life, he was able to observe most of the wild creatures and incorporate many of them into his paintings. After earning advanced art degrees in Southern California, Newcomb taught art in the public sector for more than two decades.
Moving to Payson, Arizona, in the late 1990s, Newcomb continued to portray wildlife. He also painted historic and pre-Columbian peoples, ruins, and artifacts of the American Southwest, as well as indigenous subjects of the American plains, plateaus, basins, and Northwest Coast. Newcomb and his wife, Cody, travel extensively throughout the United States seeking very rare and seldom displayed subjects for his paintings
Notable Awards and Achievements
2019 Casa Romantica Cultural and Gardens, Solo Exhibition
2016 San Dimas Festival of Arts, Western Fine Art Exhibition & Sale, First Place Acrylic/Oil Painting
2016 San Isabel Land Protection Trust, Art for the Sangres, Featured Artist
2015 NatureWorks Art Show & Sale , Best of Show
2014 Gilcrease Museum, Collectors’ Reserve, Presidential Purchase
2014 NatureWorks Art Show & Sale, Directors’ Award
2013 San Dimas Festival of Arts, Western Fine Art Exhibition & Sale, Best of Show
2013 NatureWorks Art Show & Sale, Best of Show
2011 Gilcrease Museum, Collectors’ Reserve, Williams Award/President’s Choice
2010 Briscoe Western Art Museum, Night of Artists, Best Body of Work
2008 Phippen Museum, Western Art Show & Sale, First Place Acrylic
2008 San Dimas Festival of Arts, Western Fine Art Exhibition & Sale, Featured Artist, Best of Show, Purchase Award
2005 National Park Service, Arts for the Parks, Historical Art Award
Memberships
International Guild of Realism, Juried Member
International Society of Acrylic Painters, Signature Member
International Society of Scratchboard Artists, Juried Member
Society of Animal Artists, Signature Member
Gallery Representation
Astoria Fine Art, Jackson, Wyoming
Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona